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That sounds like a great idea. The problem with that is if i ever want to move the fish tank (or move house- our long term plan is to one day buy another house and rent this one out) i will have a wood floor with a large section of ply in it. I am making the cabinet and am going to make it...

The dining room in the house has a awful uneven floor (once had a outhouse type thing that has been knocked through), I am also going to replace the floor tiles in the kitchen. Given that and the fact i want the floor dead level where the fish tank goes i have decided to get a plasterer in to...

I have had a single story extension added to my terraced home Once the sub floor has dried i am going to put an engineered wood floor down I want to put a fish tank with a 6ft x 31in foot print on it. The tank is 2 ft deep. 1 gallon weighs 10lbs so the weight of the water will be approx...

Looks like the screeder did a good job then. 1 gallon weighs approc 10lb. So the water in my tank, which is about 180g, will weigh about 820Kg. On top of this there is the weight of the tank, and filters etc. There is also gravel and some rocks (higher density than water and so weigh more...

Ok so given that the screed is not perfectly level and varies in height from the lowest to highest point but 2-3mm will it be ok to lay the wood floor straight on the screed

I have checked what i can, cant walk on the floor till monday, using a 4ft spirit level, and although the floor is reasonably level there is some undulations. the difference between the highest and lowest points is about 2-3mm. Does this mean the floor needs leveling compound or will the uderlay...

Im confused. I am going to be laying a floating wood floor. Engineered wood I think i am confusing what i call a floating wood floor and what you mean by boards At the moment i have this new sub floor. I thought i could just lay the underlay and then the wood floor From re-reading the...

Ok so take the plaster out as recommended by the screeder. I think i will also take out the excess screed above the floor level just to be sure to leave a gap between the plaster and screed I am planning to put in a floating wood floor. Can i lay this on the screed or do i need to put...

The footings people put a base floor in and the DPM is under/in that and came up the sides. It came up against the existing external house wall. On the sides walls the DPM came up and over the base layers of bricks with the wall on the top. On the external wall with the patio door there is the...

I have had a single story extension added to my home The builder said to get the plastering done before the final screed (sub floor). It has been said in other posts of mine that this was the wrong way round but i had already had the plasterer in. I was told to chop back any excessive...

This is true but i would of expected the builder to either to know what the correct type of vent is or to have got someone in who does. I had told him that i needed a vent for my back boiler when he quoted for the job, its on the plans and i have mentioned it several times to him. It is lucky...

The outside air brick is of the masonary type. The builder put the vent in tuesday and when i got in on tuesday evening i phoned him to tell him it was wrong and he said it was alright. Today i phoned the gas engineer who installed the boiler and he said i needed the same vent as i found...

I knew i was right Ok so i have measured the double air brick (on the outside) and it had 40 square holes in it and each one is about 1cm by 1cm which makes 40cm squared. I have been doing a little research on the internet and it seems Stadium do a vent (BM700) that is anti draft and does...

The boiler was installed about six months before they stopped making back boilers (im not sure but i was told they were banned), it is about 7 years old or so Its a baxi and its output is 55,000 BTUs for the boiler plus the fire

I have had a single story extension added to my terraced home. The living room opens directly onto the extension with no doors, just a large opening. In the living room I have a back boiler with a fire on the front. I used to have a vent on the old external wall (this wall is now gone). I told...

A friend of mine has lent me his dehumidifier. Hopefully this will speed up the drying out process. i am also going to buy a cheap moisture tester to make sure the floor screed if fully dry before laying the wood floor.

I only employed the builder to make the extension water tight and to lay the floor. He is responsible for the footings, the walls and the roof and gutters etc. All the internal work i have either done myself or employed contractors. Thus i contracted the plasterer myself and i must say that...

The existing floor was laid in mid november. The poor weather and snow delayed the roof for 3 weeks and what with christmas and sorting out the plumbing, electrics and plastering this is why we are now ready for the floor screed. 3 walls of the plastering is base coat and skim the other wall...

Ok. Im sorry for my mistake

I have had a real single story extension built onto my terraced home. The extension is water tight, the rads have been put in (and removed for the plasterer), the eletrics have been installed except for the final installation of the socket and the lights fittings. The plasterer is currently...