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I’ve got it in one room and it’s been ok. That timbermate looks to be 5x the price. Not really in my budget and we are redoing the floors with a view to selling on so won’t really see any benefit spending that much money. If it was going to be my home for ages then I’d probably consider it...

Hi, Going to lay some 12mm laminate soon, mostly on suspended floor but some will be on concrete subfloor. Looking online I'm keen to get the 3mm foil backed foam insulation (sonic gold). The thing thats throwing me is there is a 3mm silver foil backed foam insulation thats a fair bit cheaper...

How do you use the plywood strips to get your levels? I think im going to take out the high spots. Rather than a grinder I think I’ll cut into it with a big cutting disc. Then knock bits out between the cut lines. Then will build up the really low spot and SLC the whole floor.

Checked it with a laser, but basically did the screw distances so I could run a 6ft level between them, then adjusted the screws to get them level (using the 0 as the initial reference point) and then measured the height of the screw from the floor for the deviation. Are there alternatives? I...

I can for the really high spots but thats only going to give me 9mm for the tile and maybe another 3-4mm for the adhesive. Its a rectangular room, about 2.7m x 5.1m. I've put 12 screws in 3 columns going across the room. Starting with the highest spot being 0mm as screw is straight into the...

Sorry. Just updated the initial post. Was tired when I posted yesterday. It’ll be 12mm laminate with 3mm underlay.

In fairness I haven’t. But the join is right above where the leak is internally and when we’ve stripped it back it was wet underneath the bitumen they used to seal the join (weirdly it’s welded on one side and not the other, guessing that might be to allow expansion?). Struggling to get the...

yeah its leaking at the join between the two pieces of aluminium section.

I’ve used a scraper to get all the old stuff off and then I’ve used some rubber sealant on it. Hopefully it holds this time!

Hi, I've had a read through the sticky but don't feel like leveling compound is my best option, or at least, its certainly not the cheapest. I've got a conservatory floor with a concrete slab that is tiled on top. You can feel underfoot the levels are all over the place. We had to take a...

Yeah there was a gutter there but I removed it to get better access to the drainage channel underneath. It also had some ridiculously oversized drip trays that were way too big. Check out the bodgework below. I’ve got new fascia’s being delivered on Monday to tidy up the cow boys work (it was...

Thanks. Do you think acetone would be more or less effective as I’ve got some of that too. Clearly the repair hasn’t lasted well. Any tips on what the best proper fix would be. Guessing I need to form a better join between the two pieces of metal.

Yeah if I had to guess that’s what I was thinking. Just looks like they’ve sloshed it on. Any tips on what to do to fix it?

Photos attached. I can see a join line but no idea what the black stuff is or best way of cleaning it off so I can redo the joint.

Hi, Our conservatory is leaking and its proving a challenge to figure out where its coming from. Where the external wall meets the conservatory there is an aluminum drainage channel. It seems to have a join there which I believe is where the leak is happening so I want to fix this first. I'm...

Nah the floor I’m doing 600x600. So it’s whether I can line it up so all it’s all aligned and not off centre. Difficult bit is there is a radius cut for the shower tray. So I’m only going to get 2 full tiles for the floor at the most. It’s a really small room!

Thanks. Good idea. Would you start from the window wall to set the height? I’m thinking best route is to have a full tile the bottom of the window it’s 600mm wide so should hopefully line up ok. Not done full walls before so wary my inexperience will lead me into some pitfalls.

Hi Looking to start my tiling this weekend. Quite a small area but doing walls and floor. What’s the best layout for the the attached photos? I’m guessing the hardest part is going to be the wall with the window? Tiles to be used are 300x600 for the walls. 3mm grout spacing. Max height of the...

Yeah I’ll get it level the best I can. It’s already got laminate down im just replacing it. Just wary of what I may find when I lift it. There’s been some shoddy work I’ve had to fix in this house already. Thanks for the help.

Did you mean fine with any thickness? Just a bit weird how you’ve only got 1mm of tolerance according to the packet. Bit strange I thought. Is it better to go thicker on underlay when you’ve got a more uneven floor?