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The intention is to make the stairs compliant, and the floor strong enough to be compliant, but the room will never be described (by us in our life-time) as "compliant" or "habitable" after all a "non-compliant" staircase will cost exactly the same as any staircase. Due to my "hobby"...

Thanks noseall and tony :wink: As I said above this is an old chaps dream hobby room, one that will be still accessible when I get really old. We have 4 bedrooms and there are only 2 of us (and occasional guests) so it will NOT be a habitable room whilst we are alive. However if you do...

..........just planning a future project! I am thinking of installing a flight of stairs up to the loft I think I have enough linear room for a straight flight, but may need to turn them 90 degrees at the top to save a banged head. It is not the current intention to make the loft...

You will get the best results from 6mm ply and please be sure you know what pipes and cables are under the floor - decide will you ever need to access them - if so screw it down. avoid joints anywhere in gaps - make sure no joints are on a join between boards. 6mm ply can be carefully cut with a...

switch the light off louise :lol: either buy a felt backed carpet or buy underlay please

you should post this in the flooring section.......... more info is needed and photos are helpful too ...........is it a solid floor? ....if so what do you mean by poorly laid? if the tiles are firmly fixed then latex screed is usually the correct preparation for sheet vinyl are you...

Cheapest quotes will be for a clear room as you say this includes removing existing "old" flooring. Fitters understand that you may need to leave the setee in the room. prices vary wildly from area to area but..... in North West........... carpet - expect to pay approx. £2.50m2 with a...

Click-together LVT flooring is relatively new to the market. It is a product I always longed for when I was in business......... It is (I understand) a floating floor product just as is your current flooring. So.......... Yes providing your existing floor is flat and smooth go for it...

Be aware that on a vehicle "less is more"........ you are either.......... driving past pedestrians who have a limited time to read your message... parked up and passing motorists have a limited time to read your message... driving and fellow motorists have a limited time to read your...

I suspect (indeed know) you will struggle....... striped carpet has a pattern repeat.......... Once you determine how wide you wish your runner to be you have to add at least the pattern repeat to the width of your donor piece of carpet, I always allowed 1.5 times the pattern repeat when...

Well speak to Gerflor first, but............. as I say your product appears to be an LVT = luxury vinyl tile = amtico/karndean etc, albeit with an adhesive tape applied. As I said I am not familiar with this one, so please seek advice then pop back.........

http://www.gerflor.co.uk/floorcovering/self-adhesive-tile.htm they seem to invite technical questions towards the bottom of the page...... I didn't do much more than google "gerflor self adhesive tiles"............... I am not experienced in this particular product but it appears to be...

Before you even consider removing it you need to know what it is and why it was put there............. As you have only just moved in perhaps you could ask the previous owner, either via your solicitor (which may cost you money) or a very polite enquiry to the estate agent you bought it off...

OK - I`ll bite ....................How do you know........... 1/ its bitumen (rather than asphalt) 2/ that it is over an inch thick 3/ that it is tiled underneath 4/ that it was laid to combat damp (what tests have been done) In addition ................. 1/ how long have you...

so that works out at £68 per sq metre - All in (materials and labour) sounds reasonable

I have just retired from a lifetime in flooring retailing. So over 40 years of experience is how I know I reckon from the info given so far (which could be wrong) I am right. And yes Marley IS the generic name anyone I have worked with gives these tiles. And bitumen was the glue/adhesive used...

Errrrrrrrr Op - post 1 - I have a 1978 built house. In the hallway downstairs we pulled up the carpet to find marley tiles/thermoplastic tiles. Read more: http://www.diynot.com/forums/floors-stairs-lofts/do-i-need-to-put-in-a-new-dpm.369859/#ixzz2YLY6l5tx

It looks like you have a "truss" system roof........... they are not designed to do anything other than take the weight of the roof and plasterboard ceiling. You should NOT use your loft to do anything more without "beefing up" your loft "floor"

Yes............. but the OP`s floor is Marley tiles and bitumen ............NO visqueen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In my experience there will be no visqueen under the slab. The 70`s was when visqueen "came on the scene" before that happened it was concrete then bitumen then marley tiles