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Yeah, they delivered the materials yesterday. I bought a tonne of sand, and 20 bags of cement (half tonne), and 20 bags of aggregrete (half tonne). Shifted it all round the back of the house ready for tomorrow.....

Is that a cheeper way to buy it? Its in the kitchen, round the back of the house, so would need to be pumped round about 50ft.

Thanks, i've called the yard and they call it 'half to dust' so i've ordered that - guess that means half inch in size down to just dust. Funny thing is B and Q are actually cheeper for cement and chips. The yard refused to match their price, but i cant get 1.5 tonnes in the car! Oh well...

Thanks denso13. One last thing, so i dont sound silly when ordering the stuff, what sort of chippings do i ask for at the builders yard?

How did you get from 0.77 cu. metres to 1.6 tons? Is there a conversion factor (looks like cu.metres x 2) J

I need to make C35p concrete, 1:2:1 cement:sand:gravel. I need to make a total of 0.77 cubic metres, how much sand, cement and gravel do i need and how do you calculate this??? Joe

I always buy carpet from CarpetRight. Go into a show room and buy it. Ask them to fit it, but tell them you have underlay and grippers already. Then when the fitter arrives, he'll moan that there are no grippers or underlay, and sell you some cheeper than buying it in the shop.

Took the floor up last night. The floor is actually a 5" concrete base, and a 2inch screed. Can ronafix be used to make up a 2in DPM screed or is that too big and i need to make up 1" with concrete, then a 1" DPM screed on top? I read the back of the ronafix container, and there is several...

Hi, Had someone round to look at the floor, only 3.5sqm is effected (the rest of the floor was replaced some time in the past by the looks of it) so i will be hitting off the 1 inch screed, sealing and re-screeding the floor rather than ripping it up.

Im not too good at concreting, but really good at wood work, i feel more confident in replacing for wood, but worried about the time, cost etc... At this stage, im still working out my options. Thanks for the advice you've been most helpful!

Hummmm, just adding up the costs involved, and excluding labour, its working out slightly cheeper to rip out the whole floor, dig down a foot, and fit joists and joist hangers, floor boards. Any pros / cons to this?

Thanks. How far does a 10kg bag of monoprufe stretch? Also if i mix ronafix with cement, 1:1, how far does a 5L container of Ronafix stretch? Im trying to work out how much of each im going to need to buy. Also, do i mix the ronafix into a sludge, apply thinly, leave to dry a little...

Thanks. Can i then laytex over the top to get a level finish?

Whaere can i buy it? Im in bristol. only one coat? The floor area is 20sq m (17x13ft)

Sounds like a resonable solution. Will it prevent the concrete arching up in the future and who sells it? I tired build center and jewsons and they both dont sell it! I need to dig out the bits that have bubbled up with the damp and relay the concrete, then screed. Any tips on how to...

I thought of that. Hitting off the 1" top screed, applying a liquid DPM paint sealer to the 3" concrete underneath, then a 1" layer of latex over the whole floor to level it off. Would that be ok or would it sink? What sealer should i use? Most of the damp is where the floor touches...

Thats why i got a cat, because if you have one, all the other cats stay out of your garden.

If the floor is sagging that much, then id replace the floor. This will involve new joists, and hence new ceiling downstairs. If the floor boards are rotten also, then they will need replacing. The bore holes sounds like wood worm. You can treat that yourself with a pump spray gun (go to...

If the carpet has a deepish pile, you can make a completly seamless joint, if not it may show, depending upon how carful you are. How To: Cut the damaged carpet out CARFULLY with a stanley knife with a NEW BLADE fitted. Cut along a straight line so the hole you cut out has straight...

can you take a photo of this? I need to do the same!