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Thanks moz and sticky you have both been a great help!

great stuff thanks for your help! :D Are they just laid on a strong sand/cement mix still or something else? Also what is best used for grouting? Thanks again!

thanks for that answer i will try to find that brand products! i was told water based is better, so il dry lay them to get the layout then seal them once then wet lay them. then grout them and then keep sealing til no more can go in correct?

I have just installed a brand new kitchen in my home and have got quite a large amount of travertine stone floor slabs coming for the floor. I have no problems in laying them as i used to work as a pavior ( similar type of job) but my question is on the best way to SEAL the stone? ( to stop bad...

What about my other questions? Can i use bonding/browning? Does the stone/brick need coating with anythin 1st i.e pva mix, some sort of waterproofing etc?

Hi guys, just about ready to plaster my stairs and landing in my 1900 end terrace. The walls are a mixture of stone/brick one side and all brick on the other, is it better to use browning or bonding or what for the base coat? Also as the right hand wall is the external wall of the house do i...

Thanks jbonding great help!! Is there a maximum depth the dots of adhesive should be i,e. where the wall has a big hollow i would have to use a bigger dollop of adhesive? Should i pack out the areas with sand/cement 1st to get it somewhere near straight then dot and dab it on top? Wat does...

Thanks for the reply jbonding but sorry im not sure what EML is? :? Do u basically mean build it out in layers of sand and cement until its level that way and then skim over the top of the sand/cement? The left wall isnt to bad it just bulges out in the middle so i thought maybe i could get...

I live in a 1910 solid stone walled house. All internal and external walls are stonework. The staircase runs up inside the house with the right side against the external wall and the left side being the front room wall (hope you understand! Both walls currently are plastered and papered but are...

Hi there, after help from this site i tore down the old landing false ceiling and knocked out all the old loft hatch and have installed a new PVC hatch and plasterboarded all round it. The plaster allup the stairs and landing is cracked quite badly under the old wallpaper and i want to remove...

yeah thansk masona...im ok with that! il get back to you with any problems! thanks again!!

THanks masona.. the blue dotted line is a solid stone internal wall that splits the 2 bedrooms and comes across the corridor via a stone lintel joining to the outside wall. This wall continues right up to where it meets the roof. The area right of the blue line is the loft..the area to the...

Thanks for your help guys Softus and John D...both a great help to me!!! I feel ready to tackle it now...just to watch where i put my feet upthere now!! :lol:

Hi and thanks for trying to help softus, 1) The current mineral wool insulation laid between the current joists is very small and old maybe 3" or something. The new house regulations is about 10" now. So ideally i would like to increase the height of mine before boarding over. 2) This is...

Thanks masona!! I cant get a ladder from the bedroom 2 area outside the bathroom door because of the low lintel that comes across on the blue dotted line. My idea would be to create a new hatch slightly over the stairs where the red box i have drawn is. I only wondered is it good practice to...

thanks softus! i am confused as some people say to lie the new timber along the joists and some say lie them at 90degrees? I would not be able to get single lengths into my loft to span right across at 90degress so they would have to be cut and joined at one of the existing joists which in...

so what does anybody think i should do?

thanks masona!!! iv emailed them to the site so hopefully my works of art should be on soon!!

Okay John D after just finishing my drawings ready to post them on here i realise that u cant...mmmmmmm :x Anyhow... Il describe it you walk through the front door and the stairs are in front of you ( front room to the left)..anyhow so u go up the stairs and where the stairs get to the top...