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I am soon to be fitting solid wood flooring and will be doing this with hidden screws in the tongues of the boards, so I will be using a ply sub-floor on the concrete. (I did this with the other room, same boards, and was happy this way) I would like to also insulate under the boards but I only...

OK, so I have figured out that the reinforcement covers the full width of the frame, I thought it would be a single strip on the outside face, so was wondering if I should screw through it or not. So now I have to which changes the fixings I was going to use. I was going to use...

OK, so I have figured out that the reinforcement covers the full width of the frame, I thought it would be a single strip on the outside face, so was wondering if I should screw through it or not. So now I have to which changes the fixings I was going to use. I was going to use...

I will probably do option 1, trying to keep it simple but still effective! Do I need to screw through the reinforced metal within the UPVC frame to the brickwork? There are photos of the frame above.

It is a concrete floor, the wall in the pictures that I will be cutting out is about 700mm high and the cavity is about 1m deep from the top of this wall & 50mm wide cavity. However, only about 500mm of this wall is coming out due to the DPC on the outside as we measured from the DPC to the...

Yes there is a metal edge, in the corners it looks like it goes out further than the window frame, see photo metal-lintel.jpg. Q1. Does the sill need to be fixed to the DPC it sits on with any type of adhesive/sealant? It just seams like a long length of UPVC to be not fixed which will be...

Thank you Gazman16! Good tip. I have had the French doors delivered today, they are very heavy, luckily the doors come off the hinges. So the sill is not attached to the frame already and I have found two websites that say different things. Q1 Should I fix the sill to the frame then fit into...

Hello all, I will be removing this window, cutting the brick out and fitting UPVC French Doors. Of course, after removing the radiator! Across the bottom there is a DPC in the brick from the outside. Rough brick opening 1800 x 1900 to the DPC (Custom made to size due to low height) Cavity...

We have a glass top wooden framed conservatory roof and will be getting this replaced with slate tiles very soon. To cut on costs I will be insulating with Celotex boards or similar, plaster-boarding and skimming the underside myself but would like to check my plans with you guys! Bearing in...

Do I need carpet lining paper. We have an old house with floor boards with a few gaps, do we need this? If so, can I get away with regular lining paper?

Yes but i need to see their changes. Thank you for your help!

I have exposed old Victorian brick fireplace which I wish to keep exposed and would like to know how best to protect it with treatment. The bricks are VERY absorbent.

Hello! I send a word document to a client who has sent it back in a format that i cannot open. It is named: foldername.pages.zip Contents: /__MACOSX /foldername.pages In foldername.pages is: /Data /Metadata index.zip preview.jpg preview-micro.jpg preview-web.jpg NOTE: I have...

I cannot seam to find a definate answer to the question: Should we nail or screw in our floor boards? We currently have a 18mm ply wood floor and the floorboards are oak solid wood 20mm depth which have tongue and grooves. I was planning on using the Tongue-Tite screws and hidden...

I am currently in the process of pulling up the old floor boards over an old Victorian suspended ground floor with air bricks around the room. I will be using a loft roll insulation, as Celotex is too expensive for the total area, to insulate before re-fitting the boards. I have seen posts...

What should I do with the old damp undercoat of plaster?

We planned on digging it out, so that is good news.. I think Thank you so much for your advice! What should I do with the damp plaster that is on the damp brick. 1. Hack it off then fit the insulation straight onto the brick? 2. Hack it off then apply an undercoat of plaster...

We planned to render the outside. Would this allow the brick to breath if we were to remove the paint first? Also, what would you suggest is best for the inside for now?

We have recently moved into an old Victorian property which has not been very well maintained. We are currently renovating the living room and planned to insulate the solid wall internally. We have removed the lath and plaster and the stud work that held the laths and found a few of the bricks...