flooring

Hi, I've paid to have LVT glue down put down, with the floor fitter putting down latex on top of plywood (on top of chipboard then a suspended timber floor). Most of it is fine, but there is a significant dip in one area (typically in what will be a much-used walkway). I had pointed this out...

Is there a way I can replace individual LVTs? I have 5 tiles that have small bits of damage like the one in the photo. I've still got a lot of tiles left over from when the floor was laid. The tiles aren't tongue and groove, they're just stuck down. Thanks for any help

I’m currently re-doing the living room of a house we’ve recently moved in to. The room has laminate flooring and in the middle of the room a roughly 3.2m x 2.1m section of carpet (I assume to give the impression of a rug). The laminate runs through in the the hallway and in to another room...

Hi, I've got a concrete base in my garden that's approximately 5m wide by 15m length. At one end there's a timber shed about 5m x 7.3m. I'm trying to think of what to do with the rest of the concrete base and thought about a 5m x 5m gazebo/outdoor kitchen to the other end, leaving 2.7m space...

Building a new house and next is insulation & wet UFH, followed by liquid screed (then wait 28 days before tiling) We'll be tiling all of the ground floor with the above set-up (wood effect porcelain tiles 120cm x 20cm) across 101m2 of floor area downstairs, however I'm not sure if it's...

Hi All, I had a bathroom refurb done on our first floor bathroom last year. It has vinyl planks fitted on MDF, over timber trusses with the garage below. I noticed the attached image with residue appearing between a gap. To the left is the WC, to the right the shower and the top boxing is the...

Hi all, we have laid laminate in multiple houses before and this is the first time we've run into such an issue. The planks have been stored indoors at room temperature for months before we actually started the project so there are no worries with acclimatisation. When attempting to connect two...

I’m currently decorating our porch on our 1950/60s house. We have asbestos in our garage ceiling and found a piece under our floor mounted ancient boiler when it was removed. I’ve pulled up the carpet to find these tiles. I had a poke around to see if they were stuck down and they are brittle...

Hi everyone, I'm going to be laying laminate flooring in my new house. Will be removing the current carpet. The underfloor is fibreboard suspended on wooden beams (these wooden beams are suspended on metal beams). I picked laminate flooring and want to choose "Volden Aquastop 3mm" underlay since...

Hey, Looking for some welcome advice from people that have had similar issues. Conservatory is damaged, moving away from wall, cracks in brickwork and flooring. Its around 25-30yrs old and most likely on shallow footings. Damage was showing over 10yrs ago and has gradually increased over...

Hi there! I'm new to the forum, and i wanted to get some advice. Several years ago, I helped my parents make an epoxy coated pebble patio for her back yard and the end result was absolutely gorgeous, and held up surprisingly well even through loads of rain (and one earthquake). I'm going to be...

Just fitted some LVT in the kitchen and had to cut under some upstairs/side panels to slide the boards under. Am about to fit the plinths (which I've painted the edges of to give some protection against spills and mopping) but am left with a bare edge on the upstand. Don't want to silicon it...

Hi, We're converting our airing cupboard space into an enclosed shower. We currently have headroom inside it (floor board to ceiling) of 1900mm. We want to bring this up to 2000 or even 2100 if possible. We cannot move the ceiling upwards since joist in the loft run right above it. So we...

Hello I cleaned up my garage floor and wanted to lay down 100mm PIR insulation, TG chipboard... It is a concrete base floor at the moment with dips. See picture attached. I have read to put KILN dried sand on the areas.... Any suggestions?

We are in the middle of a small kitchen extension and have installed wet UFH over insulation and screed which was laid on 13th December. We have engineered wood flooring to be installed on top (glue down). Our builder is now saying because the flooring is glue down it will need more drying time...

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...

Hi, I laid Mapei self levelling compound in my kitchen and hall Wednesday morning but it still seems like areas are still damp/ not fully dry. They are hard to touch and feel the same as the other areas but are of a darker colour. They also don’t seem to be improving with a fan/heat. Reckon...

Hi, I am looking for a transitioning strip for uneven flooring in between the bedroom (7mm, lvt) and the ensuite (30mm, porcelain tiles). I cannot find a variable height t-bar that covers the 23mm gap. What else can be used?

Hi, I want to reduce the bounce in my suspended timber floor in the Dining room. The floor has overlay screeded UFH with an engineered wood finish and will bounce slightly if you are in the middle of the room. I have access from below via a basement, where the joists are approx 230mm x 45mm...

Some info: I've got 10mm laminate, going onto 5mm foam gold foil backed underlay with a chipboard subfloor. Questions: 1. Do you need to run the underlay up the wall a few inches instead of just flush to the wall edges, then cut it away at the end? Why is this? Seems a faff with the spacers...