Search results

Hi all - at risk of sounding like a daft female... I am currently building a kitchen extension, and are at the stage of 8 courses above dpc. Concrete slab over dpm in, and waiting to lay final screed over cellotex 'til the end of the build. Problem is the oversite level sitting 4" below dpc...

Hi all Can any of you wise ones advise on this... Our building inspector is saying he wants to see a 25mm strip of cellotex around the edge of our new extension floor, against the internal wall, over the concrete slab, which the 75mm screed will come up to and then cover. We can't...

Hi! In the process of redecorating our bedroom, and have noticed that our lined chimney breast above the open fire in our 1950's house smells of smoke. It's not filling the room or anything terrible, it just smells when you get in close proximity to the plaster from about a third of the way up...

hi - have a brand new toilet, waiting to be installed over a newly tiled floor. Problem is toilet has been cast a bit wonky :? ! As a result we need to pack up the right hand side of the pan to bring it up to level by about 5-10mm - what would anyone advise to use? Reluctant to use sand...

Hi all - any help on this one would be appreciated. As the only girl i the house I have taken responsibility for this problem... We have just spent a long time tiling our bathroom with large porcelain and small mosaic travertine tiles. We are now about to grout (mapei grout over mapei...