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thanks for the useful information. Have you ever had to trim wood engineered flooring in the same way, or is it less likely to expand than solid wood flooring? does that also apply to wood engineered flooring that is only 14mm thick if laid with proper insulation/damp proof membrane? I'm...

Hi, I have been into a number of flooring shops to ask about real wood flooring that I want to install in my lounge which has a concrete floor. All the shops have told me that real wood flooring has to be glued down to the floor because it is too "unstable" to have it as a floating floor. Now...

As far as I know many tilers finish all internal tiled joints by applying a bead of silicon. sanjay

Thanks Paul. That's useful to know. I don't have a radial arm saw and was just planning to use an ordinary jigsaw (+handsaw). Do you think that is adequate (although i'm sure things will be much slower)? Also, I think WoodULike said that clamps weren't strictly necessary since you can simply...

That really looks like an excellent job Paul. Can you offer any tips and words of advice to a novice who will be doing the same job soon (ie, anything you wish you knew before you started that would have made life easier). thanks sanjay

I plan to lay a floating wooden floor in my lounge and passage way. I have seen some oak wood engineered flooring (around 15mm thick with 4mm oak veneer) at B&Q that looks pretty nice. It's availiable in the click system (like laminate flooring). Since using this stuff would mean that I don't...

A while back I had all my architraves and doors replaced with new ones. I repainted all the door frames using Dulux water based satinwood paint. However, since this paint was difficult to use (because it is so quick drying), I decided to use Dulux oil based satinwood for the doors which I just...

what do you mean by "rad roller sleeve"? From what i've seen at q&b, you get two types of roller: one to be used for emulsion paints (pretty long pile) and the other to be used for gloss paints (which can be either made of foam or short pile). I undercoated all the flat parts of my panel...

I am finally ready to start painting my 10 panel doors! Can someone (Zampa?) explain to me what "cut in the panels first though" means exactly. Does it mean to paint the edges (ie, non flat bits) of the panels (with a brush) first and then use the foam radiator roller to meet the line of...

I have a concrete floor in my lounge and passageway. It has a liquid DPM painted onto the surface of it and also solid black vinyl tiles ontop of that. The vinyl tiles are breaking away at various points around the edges where carpet grippers were nailed through them. I now wish to remove the...

Depends on the tile adhesive you have used. It has to set before grouting (ie, there should be no possibility of the tiles moving as you grout). It should say on the packaging. sanjay

you can probably tile as it is and use tile adhesive to compensate in places where the skim is missing if it is only a few milimeters.... sanjay

It's a good idea to remove the grout first around the tile that you are removing. sanjay

thanks for the advice Zampa. I started painting the architraves and door linings first and always seem to get a bit of paint collecting (as drips) at the edges (the edge of door stops for example) when painting the next section. If I try and paint over the drips it creates a mess. I guess the...

Which type of satinwood would you say is best/easiest to use for a DIYer? I have 10 internal panelled doors and frames to paint and started with Dulux quick dry satinwood which is water based. It's a pain to use because it dries too quickly and forms a skin. I don't want to use it anymore...

I have exactly the same problem with Siemens TRV when I had all my radiators replaced a little while ago (see my previous posting where I reported it). I didn't really get any definitive answer. It could be the quality of the TRV which seems the most likely but I haven't had a chance to...

Admittedley i'm no expert but I've only seen it done this way: Tile square into the corner and butt the tiles on the side wall onto it (I think the order you do the walls, doesn't matter). Then silicone the joint all the way down. I've never seen the edges of times mitered??? Sureley that...

I wish to pain over my wooden door architraves. They are currently painted with a shiny gloss which I assume is oil based. I wish to pain over it using water based satinwood finish. I was simply going to sand the architrave to remove the shiny gloss sheen, apply a water based undercoat and...

thanks. I was hoping I didn't have to use the awful car body filler stuff! can you use wood fillers for large holes in architraves (ones where a latch has been removed)? i.e. can you sand them so that they blend in the existing architrave? I though i shouldn't be using anything 'flexible' as...

I've just had a carpenter in to fit new skirting boards (amongst other things). He fitted them using quite large screws. I need to fill the holes with the screw heads but don't want to use anything like pollyfilla because I want to stain the skirting with a clear stain and the pollyfilla would...