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I am planning on buying a Sonos 5 unit and currently have an Apple Time Capsule providing the wifi signal in my house. I had thought that the sonos will connect direct with the time capsule via the wifi signal but have been told that I also need to buy the sonos bridge in order to allow the...

I am planning on buying a Sonos 5 unit and currently have an Apple Time Capsule providing the wifi signal in my house. I had thought that the sonos will connect direct with the time capsule via the wifi signal but have been told that I also need to buy the sonos bridge in order to allow the...

Could definitely be brown rather than purple!

Its definitely a cat5 cable as it had a RJ45 plug already connected at each end, but I had to cut this off to feed it through the wall to its current position. My description of the individual wires was a bit misleading, I have 8 in total, each coloured wire has a white wire wrapped round it...

Have a new sky+ box that can be connected to the Internet and I have an Ethernet cable inthe right place. The sky man gave me a little connecting cable that has a connector that takes the individual wires. It's coloured up for blue, white/blue, orange and white/orange but my cat 5 cable is...

Niji983 I just bought from uk flooring direct, was actually delivered this morning. I went for the Florence solid rustic oak 150mm lacquered. Having just a box, which contains 2.64 sq m, the shortest length is 350mm and there only appears to be 4 planks of this length in the first box...

Apparently on the eve of the big vote in 2014, in order to garner support for the YES vote, Braveheart will be shown on tv. But as with all political events, in order to balance matters, Trainspotting will be shown immediately afterwards!

We are moving forward with our kitchen extension so are starting to look for ideas on the new kitchen. Does anyone have ideas on worktops. We will have a straight run against a wall which will have the hob located on it and a reasonably large island type worktop (although it will sit against...

Cheers symptoms The original Heath (stone or concrete) is below the raised marble hearth and is level with the original suspended timber floor. The marble hearth sits on top of this - we had it fitted when a gas fire was installed. I think the top piece of the hearth is supported by the...

The hearth is made of marble - we had it fitted a few years ago after the mrs wanted the then wooden floor ripped out and carpets put down. Couple of kids and carpets later, we are going back to wooden flooring! I understand what you saying about cutting into the hearth but don't think I...

ah, not that i was planning to run the boards in different directions in any event! So i should be okay round the hearth using the "frame" tyoe layout as long as i leave a fairly limited depth to the rebate in case of expansion its in a living room and i will leave the flooring in the room...

from a professional point of view, would you even consider the "frame" type layout around the hearth or am i just leaving myself open to any number of issues? i have seen examples of wooden floors where part of the room has been laid in one direction with a portion at an angle to it - how do...

is that so the "frame" element would break if the floor expanded? I have done a quick drawing to illustrate what I am thinking of doind - does my drawing of the frame being rebated show what you suggest? if this is correct, would i still need the oak strip to hide an expansion gap...

not sure I follow? the "frame" would sit at the same level and be flush with the finished floor - i would still intend to use the oak strip you have suggested to allow for expansion around the hearth. where would I rebate?

last questiong - would I be making problems for my self if I lay boards in a "frame" type layout around the hearth, ie single plank width with mitred corners. the rest of the floor would be laid normally. not sure how this would be effected by the expansion of the two planks at the short...

does it still make sense to install 9mm ply before the new floor?

Ordered th new solid wooden flooring, 150 mm wide planks and plan to secret nail the floor to the existing timber boards (suspended). Plan to remove all he skirtings and door facings so an expansion gap can be created. I am not sure how to deal with the expansion gap round the fireplace...

Plan to install a new solid oak floor over the original suspended timber floorboards. I have installed a floor previously and secretly nail it to the suspended floor. But what would be best practice? Did i did before and secretly nail or lay as a floating floor? With a floating floor...