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Dear Forum, I should be grateful for advivre as to 1) which is the best adhesive to use on engineered wood floor with tongue and groove - I searched and found Everbuild, Evostik, PVA, PVAC- more details on these please 2) where the adhesive is applied - on tongue or on groove or both Thanks

Dear Forum We are going to have engineered wood floor installed underneath the existing skirting (skirting bottom to be cut to slot in the woodfloor), we are confused by the advice given by two woodfitters 1) one said, if we are going to have underlay (thickone) then there will be 3mm gap...

Hi We would like to buy a plinth heater to put underneath our kitchen that has more than one speed (flow rate) for heat that is not too noisy. Can anyone please advise what make is a good one to buy Thanks

I am writing with the hope that you may be able to help me with clarification on which Act has precedence over which based on my example. If a buyer entered into a contract with a seller who said that they supply and install Brand A products. The buyer thought when the product arrived he...

Dear forum, Our existing floorboard has moisture content around 16%. Now, the solid wood seller does not recommend to install any wood including Engineered Wood Floor but our floor fitting company says it is ok for Engineered Wood Floor. We know that we live next to the street that...

Hi again, We need to have our doors/skirting/ceiling painted. We were told that to give a good finish we need to put 2 undercoating and 2 top coats afterward. We were also told that Farrow & Ball paint gives better finish than Dulux paint. Your comments please. thanks

Oh dear, I would not know where to seek for help if this website did not exist. Thanks again for your help for the following question Our floor is wood board which two wood fitting companies came in and declared solid wood is not suitable but Engineered Wood Floor + Damp Proof Membrance...

Dear Forum, We recently bought our house which has ventilation in every room on the walls near the ceiling end. The wall on some of the rooms are damp. We are not sure whether it was the climbing trees/plants, ventilation problem or something else. Thanks again for your help. 1) Kitchen...

Dear Forum, We recently bought our house which has ventilation in every room on the walls near the ceiling end. The wall on some of the rooms are damp. We are not sure whether it was the climbing trees/plants, ventilation problem or something else. Thanks again for your help. 1) Kitchen...

Dear Forum We were hoping to get our local wood floor shop to give us a quote for our home but they closed since January 2009. We should be grateful if you could advise us where (except the big outlet B&Q..) to buy solid/re-engineering wood and wall paper in and around London area Thanks

Dear Forum We had some builders in to give quotes for 1) fixing our cracked ceiling. One builder said "raking out, bonding then taping then plastering", the other said "raking out, bonding then skiming". Is skiming the same as plastering? is bonding without taping is good enough? 2)...

Dear Forum, We have received different explanations from different painters and would like your view. We have an external pebble dash wall which is in its raw state and would like to have it painted. All painters we invited for a quote mentioned the same paint - Dulux Weathershields which...

Dear Forum, My tiler said that we don't need to have a waterproof pannel (aquapannel) before the tiles can be put on because our bathroom wall is brick. All we need is to have it plastered then tile on. Could you please give us a guide on the cost of having the existing tile removed and...

Guys, I heard that Aqualisa has come out with a new digital shower which allows users to set different temperature and water volume. However, because this is much more expensive they are traded under different name and supply only to upmarket bathroom suppliers. Any idea what this is called...

Hi Forum, We should be grateful for your advice on 1) good brand for an Vented Main Water Cylinder (VMWC) 2) does WMWC need a cold water storage and can it be put in the loft as we have no space on the first floor 3) would it work well with Worcester System Boiler Many thanks again for...

Hi Forum, We are soon having our new hotwater and heating changed. We are going to have Worcester System boiler + Megalo 210 litres and would like to have Aqualisa shower installer. However, our bathroom supplier said that Aqualisa shower is not the best for unvented system because Aqualisa...

We would like to have our external wall pebbledash painted and were offered by Treatexwall.com to have the wall resin bonding.... which they say last much longer than painting and allow the wall to breath. However, our double glazing trademan said that there has been a number of cases (not...

Forum, please help 1) Open up fireplace - our chimney trademans will be opening up an existing fireplace which is currently blocked. He proposed to remove to remove pointingg from the top few layers of the bricks and repoint with sand and cement, to remove the existing flaunching, put in...

Dear Forum, We should be grateful for your advice for the following topics 1) Bathroom tiling - instead of taking the old tiles out and replaster the wall before puting the new tile on. My tiler suggests that we can have the new tiles on the old in a non-wet area of the bathroom. 2)...

Dear Forum , I heard that Unibond anti-mould adhesive/grout is best for bathroom, but my tiler said it takes longer for him to do and it dries quicker. He mentioned that he uses Tilemake product? His charge for putting tile up the wall is £30/square meter. Can I have your views please. thanks