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I have a relatively newly installed engineered wood floor. One of the boards is squeaking. It is a floating glued T&G floor on 8mm ply on wooden joists. Is it possible to fix this or at least make it less noisy? Getting the builder back who installed it is not an option.

Thanks, that doesn't sound too onerous. Eventually, the room will be a bedroom with engineered wood flooring when I get around to moving the bathroom into another room. This will be floating over an underlay with a built-in DPM.

Over the past two weeks, I have noticed a damp patch appearing on the bathroom carpet. It has got steadily darker and bigger. The carpet (now removed) was over the original vinyl tiles stuck to a concrete slab. Since removing the carpet it seems there is only a small amount of moisture but...

Thanks for the replies. The drain laying aspects I am good with having recently installed a new run for a garage conversion and put in new chambers and had it all signed off by building control. I can get a straight run to the existing pipe that comes into the existing bathroom with the correct...

I live in a bungalow and would like to convert a non habitable room into a bathroom and the bathroom into a bedroom. I have attached a floorplan which is not to scale but gives an idea of the layout. The non habitable room was partitioned off from part of the living room to, functions as a...

Thanks. A weekend of digging awaits then .

I guess my question is if I break in through the end (top left of posted pic) will it affect the integrity of the manhole brickwork- would it weaken it to an extent it may collapse? I shall try hitting the sheet of iron with a sledge hammer though having once spend a lot of effort doing the...

whatever it is , it is staying buried if I can help it!

I guess it was surplus to requirements so they just buried it.

I am going to dig on the outside. The route in is not impeded by this iron sheet if I enter at the top end. The iron sheet is on the left hand side of the picture. It is about 8 inches to the side, running on an angle stopping me digging a big enough hole to get in and break into the manhole...

Thanks for all the replies. This project got put on hold for various reasons but I am now started work on it. The manhole is surrounded by patio slabs which sit on a 2'' concrete slab. I started digging and found a great big sheet of iron just under the slab right where I wanted to dig my hole...

The same level as the channel but coming in from slightly above it for a fall.

Is that a small breaker type drill with roto stop? That is the sort of thing I was thinking of hiring with a core drill attachment. The IL is only about 3 feet down and the hole needs to be on an angle through the side to match the direction of flow, so I thought a core drill would give a neater...

I need to break into an existing manhole for a new foul water branch from my garage conversion. Is the best way to stitch drill or go in with a core drill? It is not something I have done before so any tips appreciated.

HI is though reading on various council websites about the requirements for floor insulation it seems that they make allowances for the fact it may not be possible to meet u values due to levels. This is from one (Charnwood) admittedly from 2010: Floor level with the house; if the floor is...

Yes, it has, as any more would take the finished floor level above the existing floor level in the house.

Thanks for the reply, just to clarify, I am not putting joists in, the t and g just floats on the insulation, can I just put one 50mm joist that sits on the dpm and then is fixed to the floor from above and then fix the sole plate through the floor into the joist?

I am converting my garage into a habitable room. I need to build an internal stud wall to separate off the en-suite. I have a concrete slab floor which I am covering with a DPM then 50mm of celotex with 18mm chipboard T and G flooring with glued joints, floating on top. My question is: can I...

It will be painted black and there will only a bit showing so unless someone looks closely they won't notice. Thanks for the advice. I spoke to BC today and they gave me a verbal OK on that method. As luck would have it my BCO is on holiday until Monday so I will crack on; worse case I have to...

Thanks. That sounds like a plan. Would there be any problem using 2 courses of blocks on their sides rather than bricks as it gives me the 215mm and would be quicker? The new floor height will be 70mm to match the adjoining room so the new wall will finish above floor level. At the party wall...