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Hello, My sons rabbit has urinated on his bedroom floor, it has had a rug on top and we just pulled it back to discover the floor has dark patches on it. The areas are already dry and all advice I can find is based on it still being wet. The floor is solid oak and is Osmo hardwax oiled...

Had a builder in to lay an OSB floor in our attic. It is an older house and the joists were not level, he said he would level these out before laying the floor. I had expected him to add strips to the top of the joists before laying. The job is done but I am to happy with the bouncing and noise...

I have a room that I will now be laying a solid wooden floor on. It is a cement floor (will be level and screed) and is over a cellar that will be used for wine storage and reading the water meter, it has a very low ceiling and will never be a habitable room. In one corner of the room (6mx4m...

I want to insulate the floor in my sitting room, it is a concrete floor over a cellar, there is reasonable airflow in the cellar which means in the winter the floor gets pretty cold. As it's concrete I do not fancy loads of drilling etc to batten and was wondering if I could glue the polystyrene...

WYL, having followed your excellent advice in the past (with results that I am very happy with) I have another question. I have a bedroom that is 6mx4m that will have a small dressing room (read large built in wardrobe but with proper walls) built at one end and the entrance door next to it...

I have looked into KVH timber for a joist and see it is equivalent to C24. I want to have the timber 100mm wide and am not sure if I should go with 180 or 200 depth. The span is 4m and spaced at 600mm. I think I might be ok with 180 but can only find tables that go to 89mm. The room above...

I need to replace a floor, existing joists are very old and have suffered from wood worm, the floor above is very bouncy and bows in the middle (there are no noggins, which does not help). They are currently spaced at 600mm and the span is 4m, going into a solid sandstone wall. By using the...

WoodYouLike, Having read your posts and followed your excellent advice in the past I have a question on floor installation. I will be replacing the awful laminate left in some bedrooms by the prior owner with oak and was wondering about whether to float it or glue it down (rooms are 5mx4m...

This year plan to get my halls/stairs all sorted out so they have a consistent flooring etc. I need to replace the floor in one and will do that first but am not sure what to do next the floors need tiling, the walls doing and I need the a banister installing, this will have to be custom made...

Following the excellent advice of WoodULike et al I sanded down my oak floor and applied two coats of hardwax oil. Following the adage that thinner is better I have some (more than I should) left. The floor is 36 square metres and I expected to use a tin and a bit to complete it. Having just...

We had an oak floor laid (solid tongue and groove, glued to floor) in our kids play room. It was pre sanded although not finished with any protective product. For timing reasons we had to let the decorators in before we could wax oil the floor so it was left as bare wood. I now need to clean it...

Having done an internet search and discounted the S&M suppliers I can't seem to find what I am looking for and wondered if it had a specific name. I have built the kids a wooden play house/slide/swing etc. and want to cover the bolt heads with rubber covers to stop them hurting themselves if...

I have to build a raised bed about 80 cm to 100cm, it will only have to retain earth a metre back as there is a lager retaining wall to next door already built behind it. I do not want to build another wall and wondered if I could do it as per the below method, cost wise I think the below...

currently doing kids playroom at the moment and have bought a solid oak floor (20mm, T&G, bevelled edges, unfinished). The builders will lay it but I want to do the finishing myself so it can be done once they have left and all the dust has settled. Having reviewed here and Woodyoulike's site...

Having my loft done and the floor is knackered. The joists in part of it have been eaten by wood worm (older part of house, all since left). Whilst we could do a patch job with the beams and strengthen them by running ones along side the ceiling height of the room underneath is not great. The...

Got my new shed neatly piled up in the garage whilst I am waiting for the paperwork to go through at the local commune (needed neighbours approval). Once I get this I will be laying the concrete base but wondered if I could proceed with preparation of the bare timber now. I want to change...