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    Laying plywood over wooden floorboards - a few questions

    Thanks, obvious question but won’t that mean when I install the threshold profile file it will fall into the gap ? hope that makes sense o_O
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    Laying plywood over wooden floorboards - a few questions

    Thanks for the replies. I'll be putting on underlay and quick step balance LVT as a floating floor. And butt up against the tiles in the adjoining kitchen / utility ? And no gaps form hallway to living room ?
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    Laying plywood over wooden floorboards - a few questions

    Hi, Need to raise my currently wooden floorboards by 9.5mm to be level with the kitchen and utility which are currently tiled. A few questions though. 1.) My local timber merchants sells hardwood WBP and Softwood ply, about £4 difference per sheet, which should I go for ? 2.) Understand I...
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    Cordless jigsaw recommendation - Dewalt or Bosch

    Hi thanks for your replies. And yeah rather not have a third set of batteries to use. and it won’t get used massively, laying plywood floors as the main project and after that maybe just a few times a year for odd jobs. I was originally going to buy a £30 one :cautious::LOL:
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    Cordless jigsaw recommendation - Dewalt or Bosch

    Hi, Looking at installing LVT floor in the next month or two and planning to lay 9.5mm plywood flooring first. I have multitool and circular saw but now looking to getting a jigsaw. Was not planning on spending too much but have been recommended a pendulum one. I currently have batteries...
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    Double check details for laying Quick Step LVT

    Hi, Planning on laying LVT (about 29 sq meters) over our current (worn) floorboards for living room and hallway which we had sanded and waxed years ago. We plan to ply all of it to 9.5mm so that it will be level with the tiled kitchen and maybe eventually lay LVT in the kitchen in the future...
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    Texecom Connect

    Hi, We are very close in getting a new Texecom system installed. The quotes I have got include the installation of the ComIP module. Is it best to wait for when the Connect is fully released / tested and go for that instead ? Both the installers says they need to test it first and won't be...
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    Underfloor heating in bathroom - thickness of boards

    Hi, Getting a new bathroom fitted next few months and will look to purchase UFH, warmup in this case for the bathroom. The bathroom is upstairs and on joists and wooden floorboards. Now the plumber has said i need to get some sort of board, either hardiebacker or warmup insulation boards. I...
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    Spurring mains socket - few questions please

    Ah, thanks very much for your reply. So not really something I should do myself but to get an electrician in, at the very least the double check my work ? Not spurred - guess not 100% but socket has two twin and earth cable going into it and therefore part of the ring circuit. There isn't a...
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    Spurring mains socket - few questions please

    Morning, Plan to spur of an existing double socket to another double socket which will be located behind my wall mounted tv. The planned route will run horizontal for about 20 cm and then straight up. I have checked and this socket is not already spurred. So I just need to channel...
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    How would I fix this, floorboards with cut in ?

    Probably can't tell from photos but that is in the very corner of the room so not end of the world. And the sofa will pretty much be on top of it. Just not a great start I suppose. But dread replacing an at least 3 entire boards !
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    How would I fix this, floorboards with cut in ?

    Hi, Eventually will sand and wax floorboards, so lifted the carpet up today to be presented with a fairly large cut in the floorboards. Looks like it may have been done when the previous ppl replaced the radiator ? Easiest way to repair this, would I get away with sawdust and pva ?
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    Extending toilet and bathroom work ? who to call ?

    thanks, guess get a builder in first then. luckily the wall i want to move seems to just be plasterboard so 'should' be fairly simple to extend into the bedroom. sounds a bit of a nightmare juggling all the people but will see if it's worthwhile,
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    Extending toilet and bathroom work ? who to call ?

    Hi, Have 2 'projects' that like to do this year: 1.) Extend our upstairs toilet so it uses up some of the bedroom space. So will require knocking the wall down and moving it. Then if space is there, put a shower in this room. 2.) Extend family bathroom slightly into hall way by moving...
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    Leaking roof, this quote sound ok ?

    Yup everything. He said most of the cost is labour really. Which I guess is fair enough.
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    Leaking roof, this quote sound ok ?

    Hi, Due to all the rain noticed dripping in the room. Traced it and found it coming from the chimney area. Today a roofer came to get a quote and he showed me pictures. Seems that the motar between the bricks and flashing, there is a gap. So he plans to get it all out and the put new...
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    Replacing Eurosec CP8L keypad

    ah, ok thanks. The first photo isn't one of mine but the person who started this thread. Sorry for the confusion. I'll ahev to source another keypad in that case but make sure the buttons are exactly the same !! Edit: Just noticed there is a third type of keypad that says Full and...
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    Replacing Eurosec CP8L keypad

    Not sure but here you go: New Back: New front: Old back: Old Front ( faulty ) :
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    Replacing Eurosec CP8L keypad

    Hi, Thanks for all your help so far. I'm 100% sure the wiring is correct as i triple checked it. Using my old faulty panel it displays text ( badly as part of the screens display is broken, which is why i'm replacing it ) I bought the keypad from here ...
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