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That is a good idea to let the first row set first. There is no rush as it's just my home bathroom and we are using the ensuite in the meantime. Thanks ! :lol:

You would think wouldn't you.......... Still no matter what I search on offset, brickwork pattern etc I can not seem to find a laying guide or any tips.................

Hi There, I am making some bedside chest of drawers at the moment and they have draws which fit flush with the front of the chest. I have built the draws using biscuits and screws leaving off the front of the draw. I then fit the draws in the the chest and measure up the front piece. Where I...

Hi There From previous posts I've now ply'd and screwed my bathroom floor, self leveled it and am ready to start my tiling. The wife has selected rectangular tiles and wants them layed in a brickwork overlapping style. I've never laid this way before so would appreciate some tips or a link...

Following advice on here I have started preparing my bathroom floow for tiling. This involved removing the chipboard floor and getting the plumbing laid (done) and then cutting in new chipboard (Done) to lay down the WBP Ply for the tiles. I decided before laying the ply to check the floor...

Thanks for the comments on this one, sounds like DITRA matting may not be the way forward for me. So I am left with the following, a chip board floor with big holes in it where it's had to come back up for some changes in piping. Am I on the right lines below ? Get rid of all the chip...

Hi there - I have a chipboard floor in my bathroom and need to lay ceramic or travertine tiles. The chip board floor has not been laid very well and has a few minor gaps in.To remedy this I was planning on laying DITRA matting and then tiling over the top of that. I've never done this before so...

Hi there - I have a chipboard floor in my bathroom and need to lay ceramic or travertine tiles. The chip board floor has not been laid very well and has a few minor gaps in.To remedy this I was planning on laying DITRA matting and then tiling over the top of that. I've never done this before so...

Thanks for replying. We do not have a combi boiler it is a normal boiler with a mega flow so there is no tank in the loft. Can't remember whether the heat was on or off, probably on, by asking this I assume there is a right and wrong way to do this ? Not sure exactly what you mean with your last...

Hope someone can advise. I have 1 towel rail that has three heating sections, only 2/3rds of the first section is hot and the rest is cold. I assumed it had air in it so tried to bleed it through the vent at the top. Air escapes for approx 5 secs then stops. If you undo the actual valve itself...

When fitting new skirts I have painstakenly masked off the wooden floor and then painted. When removing the tape I am always left with some over spill on the floor, albiet a very small amount but it still looks amateur. So 2 questions. 1) How do I paint the skirts whilst fixed to the walls...

Thanks for all your replies, I cut the grain through with a stanley as suggested and my splitting nightmares are over, even when using my mitre saw. Isn't it easy when you know how !!

I am just about to start a project making a door from some softwood bead and butt t@g panelling, the wood will be finished rather than painted so I need some advice on how to stop the end grain splitting out when cutting the panels to length. Cheers

THanks for that, is there a specific blade I should use for cutting laminate with a jigsaw. The one I am currently using chips the edges of the laminate ?

When I fitted my laminate in the rest of my downstairs I had removed all the rads. I used a hole saw and placed the hole over the rad pipe and then put a covering trim over it which looks fine. In a room I am now doing the rad is already in place and I am not sure how to fit the floor round...

Yeah it is on an outside wall but there is no evidence of penetration from the wall, guttering run off or anything so can only presume it rises up from underneath the floor, and you might be right actually it does seem to be after heavy rain.....................

Thanks for your response. As far as I can tell there are no water pipes in the area, and it is very sporadic it is only the 2nd maybe third time I have seen it in the last couple of months. How can I best find out the source of the damp ?

Having just self levelled an uneven floor this weekend I checked to see if it was all dry last night and noticed a small ( 12" by 6" approx) patch of damp in the corner of the floor. Now I remember seeing this area before just after construction but put it down to drying out / spilt water etc...

Thanks very much, that's the information I need.

I have a new section of concrete floor that has been laid up to the old one, this is smooth and level but is raised approx 5mm up from the original one. The original floor has been poorly laid by the previous owner and has all sorts of dips, different levels and the like. What would be the...