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Don't buy cheap flooring, you get edge curls! Either buy quality vinyl. Or put down a permanent hard eg-tile etc-floor.

I did mine many years ago, and with no protection- using a sledgehammer in the bathroom- I must have been daft- heads still going boinnnnng. We asked the refuse boys to take it away- they came on saturday quick at the thought of selling it. Got a bit dissappointed I guess :D

Just to mention- I read somewhere that in a few cases of 'rise' and 'heave' occurring after a long period, the reason was 'some soil reacts with the filling hardcore' (maybe also some types of hardcore too). I opted to put a 1000g sheet under the lot- if I remember right-in the kitchen. Got...

Thanks Nestor, I found your post wonderfully put- informative and very helpful. I feel I know what I'm doing now. (and that's a change!)

Maybe the guy means- lights whot stays on for five minutes of so- - aint that a circuit worth re-inventing! ________________________________________ Grow old disgracefully.

Hi, well if it's just the colour- why not use tile paint, plenty of colour choices. Always take the short route- life's too short! :)

For my money I would try a larger industrial 'angle grinder'- they have about a 10 inch blade- and a good vacumm. Fill the overcuts later.

Jacko- glad you got your control back. I'm no expert but I would say you're right- one is onto neutral. You'll get nothing with both on line!

I have read on another post somewhere, that laying a vapour barrier u/f is just as likely to push the damp towards the walls- therefore making them permanently damp or maybe waterlogged in severe cases. Insulating u/f is much easier if you are replacing the floorboards. Suggest you put more...

(Many thanks to the moderaters.) Regards.

Jacko, I am just suggesting using a sort of 'soft' start to the floor element-about half the normal current is what I would aim for. Estimate the total wattage of the element and try to match that in say an electric fire put into the mains feed circuit in series. If you have a junction box...

You should also be aware that plastic netting, I found, is a fire hazzard. A match on one end and the flame doesn't stop until reaching the other! Will you be plasterboarding the cellar ceiling- should that not be enough?

Also you can just 'sound' the boards out with a hard instrument- if they sound hollow in different parts- you may have dryrot of woodworm. Try as well with a blunt screwdriver pressed into the wood. If it goes in easy- same problem! Best of luck.

Yes- if you can confirm that it's fed with mains voltage - 230v. Put a one or two bar fire in series with the floor wire and mains -take great care you don't touch any bare wires etc. See if the floor warms ok- partial warmth. You can just check the continuity with just a 100 watt bulb instead...

I know a man who went round and shot his neighbour. Can't get quicker than that! :)

Just a thought, -would the double socket** user items pick up surge voltages from the fridge/freezer?

For my money- for what it's worth- I'd always go for solid-solid. ie heavy breeze blocks or concrete ones- (footings) floor to ceiling . Only thing for bass notes. But you need 5 inch width!!

A case of 'Think Twice'- 'Look both ways, and steer straight' :)

ban-all-sheds Joined: 27 Aug 2003 Posts: 8169 Location: United Kingdom Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:39 pm Post Subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bylough wrote: Very true- and when you add the many millions of...

Have to get my oar in here!! Yes, too true, with resistance wire it has to be the ambient temperature- My guess is- you won't have to warm it up much in order to read correctly!