floor construction

Hi all. We are currently in the process of trying to remove 800x800 porcelain tiles from our open plan kitchen. The tile are coming up no problem but it's leaving a lot of adhesive behind. Our plan we to uplift the tiles, which are laid on 20mm EPS150 Wet UFH system, 20mm T&G and 12mm ply...

I have scoured around looking to see if anyone has this same floor construction, but to no avail as yet. I ripped up the carpet of my late 1920s semi detached, to be presented with this horror. I am not even sure where to start. I might get a trade in but I want to know what I am working with...

What do I do with this? Lifted lino in kitchen to reveal this. Got top tile tested for asbestos thats just come back negative. But now I'm reading that those red tile under the cupboard might be quarry tile? How do I go about covering this all up without causing issues down the line? There is...

Hi all, Looking for some advice on the best way to fill and seal gaps around mains and boiler/heating pipework to help prevent insects or rodents from getting into the house. The builders poured the screed but left a gap around the pipes and the plasterer didn't plaster where the mains pipe...

I'm replacing my suspended floor with a concrete one, and have just poured the slab. The plan now is 150mm PIR, UFH pipes, and 50mm liquid screed. The stairs are currently supported on a temporary 6x3 timber which allowed me to pour the slab straight through (picture below). The stairs need...

Hi everyone I am going to prepare and lay the concrete floor to my extension myself. I will need to run a pipe under the floor to provide ventilation to the existing suspended floor. I have already laid down hardcore and sand. I wanted to do the concrete slab first and then the...

I’m hoping someone can help or offer advice. We have recently had an extension built on the back of our house (1940s). French doors were removed to open it up to the extension (they used to lead to outside). When the old doors were removed to reveal the cavity, concrete had been used to fill...

Hi All, Went to the basement to check the state of things recently (rarely go there..) and along crumbling render on basement walls to be re-done I noticed this floor joist which in most places does not rest on the wall anymore. For one moment I could not believe it is mean to be supporting /...

Hi everyone. I have a concrete slab floor in house, some wooden batons with inch of rigid insulation foam and then a DPM/vapour membrane ontop of it all and then tounge and groove floorboards resting ontop (floating) I need to replace a few meters of the DPM as it’s ripped from floor board...

I'm looking to add a small utility room off my internal garage. Kitchen door opens directly in to future utility room but it's a 30cm drop to garage floor. It will only be a 2.25m by 1.25m utility (as saving rest of garage for a future office with it's own door from hallway). As it's only...

Hey all Long story short. I've pulled up my kitchen floor and found most of it in reasonable shape except for this cross beam which is badly rotten. It was encased in damp dirt which explains things. The property was built in 1900 so perhaps this is inevitable. There is a copper gas pipe...

Hello all, Thanks for taking the time to view my forum post! I'm posting on behalf of my aunty who lives in an end-of-terrace approx 1940s built property. They and their neighbour both have this damp and it has spread over many months. Please could you advise is this rising damp and what the...

We are beginning a garage conversion and need to achieve a U-Value of 0.22 with the floor. The suggestion to achieve this is 100mm Celotex insulation. The existing floor to ceiling is 248cm but at the front of the garage its slightly lower at 237cm. I believe building the 100mm Celotex floor...