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Hi We are putting our TV in bay not the corner of our lounge. Want sockets in floor (floorboards) behind TV. Buying Floorbox and recessed lid on top for piece of floorboard proving expensive. Any other ideas? many thanks!

he is going to use the sander, floor has gone down and is looking good. But worries about oak parquet over the under floor heating still… Hearing mixed reports some say it’s ok, others don’t do it …

Any advice on this one?? Ta

Hi does anyone have experience of laying exterior porcelain tiles? My wife would like these for a patio in the garden, what’s the difference in how you lay them compared to “normal” slabs? Are their any reasons not to go for them? I think they are supposed to have a more contemporary / modern...

so the chap we are likely to go with who has been recommended to us and is also reasonably priced has suggested unfinished PAR oak parquet flooring. Primer applied first underneath and flooring glued down over the screed. he is keen to start the job but I’m wary as we still need to finish...

Great, getting 50/50 either way, perhaps the issue is heating rather than the floor lifting itself over time due to expansion contraction?

Thanks, the floor will be covered in a lacquer to give it a very light colour, and I’m not sure we will be going for oak… maybe that will help? Or engineered better choice?

Ok many thanks for your reply. So In our old House we had pine floorboards that we ourselves painted in our kitchen. And had no problems with those?? So why would a solid wood floor be different? It would be on top of underfloor heating btw too

Hi Is it OK to use this in out new kitchen extension? Or engineered wood better for humidity etc? Or no difference. I read on the web that engineered better in this part of the house? Any experience of this? thanks!

As per usual your advice is much appreciated @^woody^

cheers and Yes it is BS 3621....

Hi Can anyone recommend what locks I should have on a door going from my utility room to garage on side of our newly renovated semi detached house. I know the idea is that if someone was to get in , this would just slow them down if they were really determined to get inside. We would also...

Er whats the difference between this and a mono wet dash? IVe got someone who can do it, but not sure if he has used 3mm silicone render before maybe just 1.5mm Would he need to do a basecoat over the old breaking off pebbledash first I presume?

Would this also do the job? 3mm grain size https://ewistore.co.uk/shop/ewi-075-silicone-render-25kg/?attribute_pa_colour=pure-white#reviews

So having it done with silicone render 3mm grain, would this give it a "painted pebbledash" look - that what we want really. With this method you dont add the dash afterwards it is already pre mixed when you buy it?

it wasn’t designed with out trickle vents, it was assumed they would be on the fixed window as we didn’t ask for them not on there. Hopefully won’t affect looking sim profile too much on window. To be honest if we are opening sliding doors etc to garden I don’t see point of them. Perhaps winter...

understood!

We didnt get any drawings. The windows and sliding doors are of good quality and reasonably priced for what they are. But I have never come across trickle vents not being fitted unless we specifically asked them not to.

Hi Building inspector wants a trickle vent installed in our new extension. Glazing company did not explain this although FENSA registered. I thought it should have been in place as standard but we didnt ask. They have offered to retrofit the vent but will it look terrible seeing as window has...

Thanks. Do you think it would look something like this above the window