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    Need for air brick and best insulation for new wooden floor

    Sorry I should have explained. I had to install battens to raise the level of the floor to meet limestone slabs that have been laid in the rest of the house. There will be a step up from the other part of the lounge which will be carpeted.
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    Underfloor Heating - Is it worth it?

    I also installed a Warm Up system under my limestone flagstones in my kitchen and dining room. Like you I was worried about efficiency and cost but having taken their advice and fitted insulation board underneath the cabling the rooms heat up within about an hour and a half (flagstones are 1"...
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    Need for air brick and best insulation for new wooden floor

    I am just about to fix new Oak T&G floorboards to 3" x 2" joists on a solid concrete ground floor in my lounge and I wondered if I need to ensure any kind of air circulation such as an air brick or other :?: I also wondered what the best form of insulation would be to fit between the joists...
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    Advice on laying oak boards with long exposed edge

    Thanks for confirming A to B for direction. Do I need to install a threshold T beteween the new boards and the slabs to allow for expansion?
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    Advice on laying oak boards with long exposed edge

    I am just starting to lay out the wooden battens (3" x 2") over existing concrete floor to lay some T&G oak boards (20mm thick). I am laying the boards to raise part of the lounge floor to meet the rear hallway which has limestone slabs. Because of this I will have a very wide step on one...
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    New wooden floor - need to worry about DPC?

    Thanks for your help
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    New wooden floor - need to worry about DPC?

    Don't wamt to have a ramp
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    New wooden floor - need to worry about DPC?

    I nned to raise the level of the floor to meet with stone slabs laid in adjacent rooms.
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    New wooden floor - need to worry about DPC?

    I am looking to lay a new wooden floor (oak t&g boards on 3" x 2"timber joists) on top of a solid concrete floor. I was planning to screw the new joists to the floor but was a little worried about going through any DPC membrane that is likely to be under the screed. Is this a problem or...
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    Capping of microbore radiators

    I am refurbishing my mum's 8mm microbore central heating system including the permanent removal of 2 radiators that are no longer needed. Can I just put stop ends on both pipes or do I have to do something else? I would also like to flush the system and would like to know the best way to...
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