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    How flexible is Self levelling compound??

    I've just finished replacing all my floorboards in the kitchen (suspended floor) with 18mm plywood. It's reasonably level and I've used a lifetime supply of screws. But there are still a few dips when I skim a large spirit level over some areas. I've seen screwfix do a 'flexible self levelling...
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    Have I fudged up?! Wrong plywood ??

    I've just finished replacing my old ruined floorboards with 18mm plywood.. All went well and smooth. I got the ply from wickes where it was simply marked up as hardwood plywood 18mm..(8x4) Was about £30 a sheet and seemed nice and solid. Now the jobs done and I've been having a look about...
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    Using excess loft insulation under floorboards??

    hi all and happy new year I live in an early Victorian house with suspended timber floors which can be very cold and draughty... In my loft I have 6 or 7 unused rolls of insulation, I was simply going to spend one afternoon rolling them out in the loft as an extra layer but then wondered if they...
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    Converting a room into a garage?

    Hi, I've attached the floor plan from when I bought my house.. As you can see it's a bit of an odd layout. It's an old Victorian town/terrace house where the ground floor has been seperated into 2 properties. So 'bedroom 1' is on top of what my neighbour likes to call a cottage... We have no...
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    Levelling sloping floorboards. Ply and cement???

    hi I've posted on here before about options of replacing my ground floor kitchen floor to make it feel more solid. It's an early Victorian terrace house with traditional floorboards. Ideally I'd like to replace the ground floor with solid cement flooring but this seems to be major £££ and it...
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    Replace Victorian Floorboards with solid floor???

    Hello I have an old Victorian terrace house. On the ground floor all I have is a kitchen (the house has been seperated into 2 dwellings) My kitchen is floorboards over a crawl space.. I'd like to have a more solid floor so I can lay tiles etc but also because of silly things like the washing...
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    Ground floor options to stop rodents/odour

    hello I live in an old Victorian terrace house and my ground floor kitchen has traditional floorboards with a crawl space under them... Since moving in we have heard the odd bit of scratching and rustling under the floor and every so often get a stale smell come through... Our first plan was...
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