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the floor is flat enough with the existing layer of ply, its just eaiser i think to add another thin layer and screw it down rather than try to remove the glue from the cork tiles as i'm guessing applying the tile grout ontop of the excess cork tile adhesive would be a bad thing. other sheets...

yeh i had an engineer take a look and advise on adding the steel to maintain stability once the butress wall is out, still waiting on his quote though and past experience suggests this will be around the £800 mark. So £295 for the drawings and a filled out building warrent application that i...

The Fridge/freezer is item 16 on the other side of the room, the space next to the sink is where the CH boilers are at present. The sink unit has a dishwasher on the right half of the unit (cant see it in the plan) so dunno if that makes a difference about having somewhere to store dirty dishes...

I found a floor tile stripper machine in HSS, £50 but well worth it. The ply thats there at the moment is 12mm i think nailed at every 6 inches. The floor is solid enough under foot even thought the floorboards underneith are a bit warped. I'm thinking its probably best to lay another thin...

came across this site http://www.expressplans.com which looks like it provides a very competitive service. just wondering if anyone on here has any experience of using them? i have a non load bearing butress wall seperating two rooms that i want to remove, replacing it with a steel...

whoever invented cork floor tiles as a lot to answer for. I'm trying to take up some cork tile from a bathroom floor so but its hard hard going using a combination of chessel, spade, and brute force. does anyone have an tips for a quicker way to get these up? Secondly, i plan to...

I'm tryng to find some guidance on the positioning of kitchen units etc. relative to doors wall etc. to work out our how much free space need to leave. 3 specific questions: 1. the kitchen layout is one back wall (the north wall of the room) with units, cooker etc. and a large island to the...

Thanks Richard C, that helps. Only reaminaing question would be how to secure/tie in the new brickwork to the existing wall. or if i even need to do this?

Ok so ive done a fair amount of googling and basically found nothing specific or particularly helpful. The wall the door is currently in is brick not plasterboard or the old style wood lath and plaster. The door was added to the wall by the previous owner of the flat so they put in a concrete...

all, i need to block up a door between two rooms. Can anyone point in the direction of a good step by step guide on to appraoch this. thanks ewans

got them, www.e-hardware.co.uk £1.34 each, result.

duhhh! :oops: so i tried clips/brackets/locks/holders/"lock type thingys".. but nope, never tried fasteners! nice one, cheers. e

All, refurbishing an old victorian tenament flat with sash windows. Most of the windows are missing the locks/clips/whatever you call them (see picture) that hold the window shut. I've tried google and ebay without any luck so the question is.... what are these called, and where can i get them...

i reakon i just leave it as it, there just spare bedrooms and to be honest i'ts not worth the hassle to replace the boards etc. I pulled up some boards and had a look, looks like some of the joists are short and have 2 have been bolted together mid span to make one longer length, maybe you...

this is a different problem to my last post and i think needs a different solution. I have two bedrooms, upper floor, both dip to wards the centre of the room from the east /west walls, the dip is not so bad that the floor needs replaced and its pretty typical of flats of...

i followed mattysupra's instructions in this and his other post, worked a treat, some things i noticed: - filling the gaps / cauking is essental, the leveing stuff really is like water - mix the leveler very very well - leave it for a few days to dry, untill its colour changes to light...

i followed mattysupra's instructions in this and his other post, worked a treat :)

mattysupra, you rule! better to post a new subject on it i think, i cant be the only person in the Uk with an old flat and wonky/sloping wodden floors othere will no doubt find the info useful. thanks again for all your help, very much apprechiated.

glasgow south side, cheers for the help

the floor is standard floorboards (the origional ones far as i can tell) on joists. There is a layer of 12mm ply ontop at the moment. mattysupra, some questions. 1. what is flooring grade plywood and where can i get it 2. which uzin / f-ball products should i be looking at and more...