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    Circular Saw Advice

    I have a Scheppach track saw as have no room really for a table saw and I have been really impressed with it, using the track means perfect cuts and you can even take very fine slices off doors etc.
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    Can't find a floor fitter this side of Christmas!

    If your not taking the pan out, fold it back tight up against the pan and using a sharp Stanley knife cut right back to the edge and then ease it round the pan by putting lots of little cuts around the pan. I use a hook blade to fit vinyl and either vinyl spray glue or if it is a felt backed...
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    Help identifying floor covering please

    It looks to me a composite floor which was put down like a screed but was also a damp course, you will need to see if there is a damp course under the tiles, great find :wink:
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    Dewalt DC725 v DC727 - 18v combi drills - or makita 8391d

    I have two Ryobi drills with nicads that fail to hold the charge so i went and bought a Makita Li-ion drill in March which was on offer at B & Q for £100. yesterday i used it for only the second time and drained one of the batteries so put it onto charge, As i switched it on it fizzed a bit...
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    Wooden floor edging around architrave

    I would have finished the beading at the end of the skirting by mitreing and end piece and then use a fleible filler of a suitable colour to fill in around the architrave
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    Self Build Shed

    yes it is self built, frame,floor.roof.cladding and plyed inside. Also treated everything inside and out as i built it
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    Self Build Shed

    you have done a great job there, here's mine
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    carpet grippers

    i always used to set the gripper the thickness or the gripper away from the wall
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    carpet fitters

    my fitters charge £2.50 a metre plus a stair charge of £35.00 What carpet are you buying online for £42.00? If you go to an independant retailer you will get a guarantee with the carpet and on the fitting
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    trouble with the drains

    i am selling less carpets for bathrooms and more vinyls but the are people who like comfort under their feet
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    Self Build Shed

    like us all :) thanks for replying
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    Self Build Shed

    so where are the pictures, i am going to start building mine on saturday and am looking for tips
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    Any projects planned for the Bank Holiday weekend?

    I am going to knock down my old shed and start to build a new one from scratch
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    Can I glue a Carpet Edging Strip to a concrete floor?

    you could get a finishing strip same colour as the laminate and glue it to the laminate, if not no nails is fine
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    How do I lay vinyl flooring over wood parquet tiles

    i fail to see how unfixed hardboard or ply would lay flat?? I would reccomend 4mm ply stapled down with short staples (Maestri) and then felt backed vinyl tackified to the hardboard. Be aware though that your parquet could pop anytime but the ply should hold it together. Utility room should...
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