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I ve been trying to bend 25mm thick skirting board by cutting the back of the skirting board, this has been un successful so far how ever a carpenter has told my wife that the cuts should be put on the front of the board, can any body confirm this or am i being led up the garden path. cheers...

Am trying to fit skirting board to my bay window, the size of the skirting is 175x25mm thick and is both ogee and torus forms.the bay is almost a complete semi circle, i have slotted the back of the board with the circular saw and also soaked the wood in water before bending but to no avail...

I have just completed sanding my pine parquet floor, i used mix and fill to fill any gaps after the second sanding,however after checking the final result i have noticed that my gap filling exploits were not as successfull as i had hoped.There are still gaps in the floor (only small) would it be...

I am about to sand my woodblock floor and after reading various topics on this subject am going to use mix and fill woodfiller :? for any gaps i have . I understand that you mix the filler with sawdust from the second sand and that you fill any larger of the gaps first, what i am not sure...

I have almost finished laying my wood block floor,however as we are having new doors leading to the conservatory this is going to mean that the floor from the conservatorynow protrudes into our dining room.I have decided to attempt to cut the floor tiles back (approx 50mm)and lay down extra...

I have just finished applying my latex floor screed, it hasn't come out to bad but perfectly level it is not. My local floor supplier does not supply lecol 5500 but said that most of the floor layers use laybond 17 for laying woodblock floor, he told me that you actually dip the bottom of the...

I am about to lay down a latex screed on a suspended concrete floor,the floor has dipped in the middle do to historic movement and i was going to lay a 3mm screed down just to level the floor.After checking the level of the floor width wise there is a 5mm dip along the centre of the room, if i...

When laying parquet flooring is it best to lay all the middle blocks first and then do all the cutting once the floor is set. Also i have to go around a fireplace hearth should the blocks be mitred or can they be butted up to each other (which is the norm ) cheers paul

Can any body tell if they have used FEB floor products, mainly feb sealer and feb latex floor screed.My reason for asking is that these products seem to be readily available from local stores and the later meets my needs of glueing a woodblock floor on a suspended concrete floor. My second...

I ve been removing the bitumen from the wood block today i have beeb using an electrical bosch paper scraper/chisel it really removes the stuff quite easily. My question is although it removes all the bitumen it leaves the bottom of the block black,( it looks as if the bottom has been...

I have just pulled up the parquet floor im my living room assumming that it was an oak wood block floor,after handling the floor it is easy to see that it is definately not oak(wishful thinking) C an any body hazard a guess as to what type it would be from my poor description provided. the...

I have just pulled up a poorly laid wood block floor, the floor it is to be laid on is a concrete floor which is not to level, is it ok to put a self leveling compound down and then lay the floor on to that? will i need to seal the floor before applying the screed and then will i need to...