Search results for query: concrete

Can you use Plasticiser for mortar i concrete. (short and sweet).

We are looking at laying a concrete floor (polished) in our kitchen, however at this time the floor is laid with traditional wooden floorboards- is there anyway to lay concrete on top of these? Secondly can anyone tell me the difference between a polished concrete floor and a resin floor? Which...

I am knocking down a "60's" style concrete brick wall on the patio. The bricks have easily come down but there are reinforced concrete posts embedded into the concrete patio. I want to shear these down level with the patio. Is there an easy way to do this and what tools are necessary...

Good morning I am planning to build an 8 meter by 4 meter, 12 foot high office in my garden with concrete blocks. Currently there is a 12 inch concrete base covering a 1/3rd of the area where two sheds used to stand. I have dug out the necessary soil for the rest of the area. Could someone...

Hi all can you help have recently bought a old concrete sectional garage with 4ft wide concret slabs joing the pillars with metal clips to erect the garage.However i am short of these clips does anyone know where i can order these from please?

...in our house that were in fantastic condition, and would like to replicate the look in the rest of the house downstairs. The problem is the rest of the house is an extension with concrete floors! Is it at all possible to buy reclaimed floorboards and lay these on top of the concrete floor...

...wet ufh installed , yet to buy the ufh pipe but i have a question on thicknesses etc , our floor construction will be dpm - insulation - concrete slab , what is the minimum thicknes that the concrete slab can be ?? .. is it normal to clip the ufh pipework to the insulation layer then...

I am about to rip down an old shed in a the garden and replace it with a new one. There are already concrete foundations measuring 13' by 7'. I would like to put a shed up that is 14' or 15' by 8'. I therefore need to extend the concrete base. Given that the shed will not weight that much can I...

I have removed vinyl flooring from a concrete floor,this was stuck with adhesive.Are there any preparations to do before laying ceramic tiles?the concrete is level and sound

I've got a fence that's collapsing and want to replace the short concrete posts (half the height of the fence) that hold it up. I decided to dig the posts out (one had actually rotted and the concrete was crumbling!) to replace them and found that they were not concreted in. Is that normal? I...

Hi guys I need a concrete step for the garden. Is it faster for a builder to shutter some concrete to make the step or is there a concrete lintel(?) thats premade that he can cement in place? Thanks

Morning all, I've been looking at re-vamping my front drive and was looking at using stone until someone mentioned Patterned concrete. I've searched on Google and the pictures say its concrete but it actually looks like slabs/block pave etc etc. I know I'm not a builder but surely "concrete"...

I am currently just completing the base for my conservatory. It is 3.2 m wide by 4m projection. I have dug the hole out, concreted the footings - layed the brickwork, filled the middle with hardcore and screeded with sand - just the membrane and concrete for the floor left. What Iwould like is...

I need to make adjustments to a pvc door which will entail removing the concrete screws from a no fines wall. Does anyone know what to do if the hole becomes too big and the concrete screw loses its grip ? I don't really want to have to drill new holes.

...the garden to replace an existing, single skin brick wall. It retains the garden upto a height of approx 0.6 metres. Was planning to use concrete blocks - is there any reason to not use light weight blocks as opposed to dense concrete blocks? The finished surface will be rendered...

...is getting a wheel barrow down there. I am building a summer house/workshop so it needs good support. I was looking at possibly using the concrete posts as per picture set into concrete, much like the principle for fence posts. Or making shuttering to form concrete piers set into the ground...

...doors in it. The area is approx 1.8mx0.9m. The main issue I need to overcome is that the floor under the stairs isn't finished. There is a concrete finish, but the rest of the house has on top of that: a layer of bitumen, concrete screed (looks just like normal concrete from the edge) and...

I'm looking to tile a concrete bathroom floor - what's the best way to insulate it prior to tiling?

I am insulating a concrete floor with multifoil layer and T and G OSB on top. Does this need to be screwed into the concrete , the insulation supplier says not, the contractor says yes?

I had to get some new drains fitted which required digging up the old concrete path in the garden, the works been done and the concrete laid, but theres a couple of slight shallow spots the water sits in... Is there a way of resolving this without redoing the concrete? Can it be skimmed...