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I am re doing a bathroom that will be tiled. Would it be best to remove the floorboards and replace with 18mm plywood or just screw 6mm ply over the existing floorboards? Thanks

I am installing LVT in a small downstairs shower and toilet room. Under the vinyl tiles will be ply wood. I read even though its suitable for bathroom's water can seep through the joints. Would it be best to water proof the ply wood or leave it. My concern is that if the ply is waterproofed...

Hello I have had a lot of plastering done and applied a 50/50 coat and painted a lot of the walls now. On areas that have darker patches that look like drip marks on the plaster the paint doesnt stick as well so leaves an indentation. The odd one I dont mind but 1 wall has allot so i dont want...

Anyone got advise on sealing a newly laid drive? I have been advised to seal it but the sealer must contain polyurethane otherwise it's pointless doing it. Just worried it will spoil the look of the blocks. Any one done it? Thanks

Hello. I have excavated my drive and set up my levels. The top of my drive will sit lower than the foundations of my neighbours retaining wall (which barely has foundations) Any advise on what to do down the side? Thanks Here is a pic.... it has been dug deeper since this was taken

Could anyone recommend an alarm system that a can be fitted buy a competent person? I have never fitted a house alarm but have allot of experience in electrics and engineering. After doing a bit of research I'm thinking about a Texecom Premier Elite 64-W. Does anyone have any other...

I have done an extension and am now doing my drive. I am re doing the drains for my rain water. One of my down pipes from my gutters comes down inbetween my neighbours wall and the side of my house. Due to the foundations I cant dig out to fit a gulley? My drive slopes down away from my house...

I have nearly finished installing new drainage pipes for my rain water prior to having a drive laid. I was going to use the soil that was removed and put it back over the drain pipes (mainly clay) Is this ok or is it better to use MOT type 1?

I have dug my drive up and am trying to work out where the rain water runs? The foul waste all runs to my man hole but I cannot find where the rain water runs as the gully traps are blocked and have wet areas. It's a 1930s house. All the drain pipes are clay. Near the man hole I found a length...

I have dug my trench for a new water main and am going to lay a new drive. The drive slopes upwards towards my house. I need a way for the pipe to enter the house... If I drill at the lowest point above foundation it will be exposed. Can this be done if it is sleeved and insulated? The only...

I have purchased a stone resin shower tray that needs to be layed onto an uneven suspended timber floor. Ideally I want to lay it direct to my floor boards. It suggests sand and cement on play wood but have have also read you can lay it on flexible tile adhesive direct to the floor boards. Has...

After removing my lino floor in the kitchen I found part of the floor solid not floor boards like the rest of the house. Where the solid floor meets floor boards it was wet all along the boards (in the picture it only looks like like one part but that's because it dried out once the lino was...

I am fitting a shower tray and want to keep it as low as possible (on ground floor shower room). If I fit the shower tray to the floor and have the trap under the floor is this ok or is there times access will be required to the trap?

Hi I know cement board is advised but is it still ok to tile over moisture board provided it is 'tanked'. I did write in another forum previously but after having the moisture board delivered already... if I do it this way will it last? Thanks

Hello I am fitting a downstairs shower room. 2 of the walls where the shower cubicle will be are Stud walls the other wall is masonry. Is it better to use green moisture reaistant plasterboard and tank the walls or just use cement boards and tile over? Thanks

I have fitted all my kitchen units.. all are level within 1-2mm of each other. However I have put in my sink which will be under me quartz work top. How is the quartz fitted ontop. The top of the sink raises the height and makes it unlevel now?

Been advised it would be ok to have a 800mm wide extractor built into my 2x500 units which is above my induction hob. The distance between hob and bottom of unit is 680mm. The extractor is just under 300mm deep and does not pull out. Just worried condensation will build up on front of high gloss...

I am looking at having brick slips on a wall that's been dot and dabbed/skimmed. My concern is can the wall that's been dot and dabbed take the weight of the brick tiles ( roughly 36kg per m2) or would the plaster board need removing then hard walled or rendered instead? Dot and dabbed to me...

Hello I need to fit a fire door frame between a living area and a garage. I've picked up a frame but cant understand why the fire door frame is 40mm taller than standard frames? I know the wood is slightly thicker but doesn't account for 40mm. Also do you need a intumescent strip at the bottom...

I have an un level timber floor which has had 6mm ply put on top of 18 mm floor boards. The amtico company want to level it with as much as 10mm latex. Will the weight of this be ok as they are 1930 joists 4x2 . I was told to tile you need to reinforce the floor. Surely this thickness is the...