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Good morning everybody, After 2yrs of delays we are finally ready to get new floors layed - engineered oak on top of our old pine sub-floor. We have looked at many suppliers and fitters and usually find a wealth of advice/recommendations/warnings on the web, but we can't find any comments...

Ah!! I wish I read this before the weekend. I have subsequently filled and repainted. I shall see how long this lasts! Twickenham, and they casement (by the way). Thanks.

I just love debating. I am not entirely sure I agree with what I wrote either :D Right, I'm off to lobby the government to bring back hanging.

Surely you must see the irony in me being criticized and accused of lacking compassion for not wanting to a man killed/tortured?! What history has taught us is that there is no link between servere punishment and lower crime. All it does is desensitize us. Here is a fair example: All...

Nope, not religious. And I have no clue why this would be relevant. Because of the mention of forgiveness? Do you have to be religious to forgive?! I don't know if I could forgive, but if they showed remorse, regret and a desire to change then I would want to be able to. The foundations of...

Sorry, I see how that could have been read! Let me try again: If somebody truely believes in God, I doubt they would commit acts which they see as a sin. I am sure that in some way they have justified their actions to themselves. Better?

:D You made my day. Girth, what a great word.

Cover ups, by their very definition, are not widely publicised. Agreed. Though abusing less children is still not good. At what point are we allowed to be outraged? If someone can believe in a God, I am sure they can also find justification in their acts. My point is that the term...

Yep, engineered oak from a real person (he even had a face!). I was hoping to have popped by your place but it was over a 240mile round trip. (Thanks for all the help - they'll be more questions coming soon!) gw

The majority of criminals aren't caught: Many would take an educated risk to satisfy a desire, many do and many don't get caught. Look at the high murder rates in the USA despite having the death penalty. Which they can't use because we are too busy looking down on them. Daily Mail reader...

News flash: People who aren't Catholic Priests have also interefered with minors. Wasn't a nursery school teacher convicted the other day for such acts? Can we vilify everyone in the education system as well? As long as we can conveniently group offenders under one giant broad heading (in...

That is precisely my point. Once you have committed a crime, you will forever be a criminal in the public's eye. This is why even if rehabilitation is successful, we still won't accept them back into society and allow them to live a normal life - this in turn could prompt a return to...

Hi Iddon It depends what expectations you have for quality of the wood you are after. I think the resident experts will recommend steering weel clear of 'internet shops' if you are hoping to have anything of genuine quality which will last. Provide some more details and I am sure that a...

He may be rehabilitated; he may undergo all the appropriate therapies and show genuine guilt and remorse. At which point he should be forgiven and released (at the end of his prison term). The difficulty, and the problem with our justice system, is that even if this happened he will still...

Wood filler it is then....lots and lots of wood filler.... Thanks Crank.

Nobody? :(

Existing pine floorboards. Duratex it is then! Thank you WYL :wink:

You beautiful wonderful magical DIYnot members - you have taken me from the pit of despair to the lush green meadows of potentially-having-a-floor-land. Thank you one and all :D Floating is best for sound insulation, right?

Evenin'all, A wooden window in my victorian built flat is rotten beyond repair. Any ideas where I can get a replacement please? I have searched everywhere with no luck... GW

WYL: Can I be cheeky and correct your english?! It is 'slope' not 'sloop' :wink: The floor is not curved; it is flat but not level: Imagine you lift one end of a table, for example. The new floor will be completely in contact with the old floor. Does this change your opinion on floating it...