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Tightened up the screws with a big ratchet which helped, the floor no longer makes little cracking sounds, however the creaking remained. After much jumping up and down on the floor I managed to pinpoint the source of the creaking, one of the packing timbers between the joists was rubbing...

Morning! I'm approaching the end of a loft conversion, just painting and electrics left to do, to my dismay however the floor has started squeaking! It's 22mm t&g chipboard, all joints are glued and they're screwed down with 70mm screws. At first I thought it was because I'd not piloted the...

*bump* No comments? Hopefully that just means everyone thinks I'm doing it the right way :)

Morning all! I'm currently in the process of renovating my bathroom, and I'm having trouble wading through all the options and opinions on wall surfaces for tiling. The room is 2.4m x 2.4m, 2 external solid brick walls, 1 plasterboard and 1 plaster and lath wall, upon removing tiles I've...

Edit - doh! Not sure how this ended up in an existing thread, ignore!

I'm carpeting the steps, but the stringers, newels etc wil be exposed, and I'd like to have the option to go bare wood steps in the future too. Those suggestions are great tho, thanks for the tips!

Afternoon! I've recently installed a new pine staircase in my house, I need to protect them now from scuffs etc. from daily use, any recommendations what I should use? I'd like to keep as close as possible to its current colour which I quite like, and I'm not much of a fan of glossy finishes...

Yeh that's the one. Sorry I couldn't get any better pictures, the chipboard goes underneath the stairs so I'd have to do some cutting to expose the joists again.

I'm half way through a loft conversion at present (see here), and I've realised there's potential to improve the head room on the first floor stairs by cutting one of the joists. Unforunately I'd already put the loft stairs in place before I realised this, so you might have to use your...