flooring

I treated the conc. base with sikka rapid dpm, then put membrane or damp course under the stud soles. I'll cover the whole base with a taped seam membrane anyway. I was thinking of masonry screwing a couple of treated 38x63 CLS down flat directly on the membrane at the base of the stud wall to...

Hello, I’m planing and laying click flooring on our ground floor. I intend to screed to get a good level using NA. Most of the ground floor are marley tiles. I’m planning on either screeding over the tiles or remove, depending on how easy they come up. ( I’m aware of the asbestos issues and...

Hi, I'm installing some OSB board for flooring in my upstairs bedroom. I'm not sure which side should face the joists and which side it is that you walk on. I can't see any stamps or markings to indicate the correct orientation. I need to know this before I commence with the project, hence...

I had a guy booked to do Karndean LVT flooring in my bathroom and kitchen (50 5 star reviews on google), he came to do the quote I asked 'is the floor ok, is it flat enough'. He said yeah its fine, 6mm ply will cover up all the unevenness. I even said 'is 6mm ply enough, seems very thin' and he...

Hi all, I have laid some laminate flooring in the kitchen (the floating, interlocking kind) on insulation and a dpm - all bought from B&Q. In the last couple of weeks, some of the joins have been bubbling and it looks like it's getting worse. My first thought was water getting under the floor...

I am having a plated underfloor heating system installed between the joists of my suspended timber floor throughout the house, so, I was wondering what the best subfloor type is to lay over the joists when the UFH has been installed. So the floor joists are at roughly 450mm centres which is...

Hi, Just removed my old T&G plank and at the beginning I though that below I had a very strong Concrete flooring but this is not the case. I made few trial hole and the drill bits goes in like a soft cream and what come out is a black soil. the all flooring does not sound very strong and my...

Hi, I'm on the bit of renovation and found out after removing the carpet that my slab is in concrete with wood planks on top. I have removed some plank and some black paint seems to be on the slab. My question is because the living room has an extension and the level is 15mm different some...

Hello, We have just had a quote from a local independent flooring firm and it feels very expensive to me, but I would be interested to hear if I am being unreasonable or not. Hallway of 2.5m x 2.0m with Project Floors distressed smoked oak going onto existing tiles. Was told there needs to be...

I had to remove portions of the existing subfloor chipboard panels (18mm depth), which now I need to replace (I already bought a new P5 panel). The problem is that one edge of the hole is irregular, and I'm worried that parts of the new chipboard won't have sufficient resting contact with the...

Hi, I`m after around 80smq of engineering wood floor and some piece of carpet. I`m based in Essex. Do anyone have some advise on a good website or physical shop for good and reasonable price?

Hi guys Need some advice please. We had a new Kitchen built about 4 years ago. We had Laminate flooring laid throughout but in the last few months when it was warmer, we noticed a bit of a hard lump in a section of the flooring. Over the months this has seemingly pushed up the laminate...

We had a new kitchen installed before last summer and have now realised that our “builder” may have used the dot and dab technique when laying our porcelain floor tiles. The tiles are 600 x 600 and we’ve noticed that upon tapping some of the corners, there is a hollow sound; In other words, no...

Hi all I'm moving into a new house, we got it for a bargain because it's in pretty poor condition. Floor plan Photos I'm not sure about the order in which we should do work to it. The 'essentials' that need doing are: -Rip up the carpet and restore wooden floors (DIY) -Repair/replace any...

Hello, The downstairs living room of the house I just bought had an uneven surface, after pulling up the carpet & two layers of underlay & a strange Lino sheet we found flagstones which I would quite like to restore and keep, however, there’s quite a bit of damp in the living room which is on...

I'm in the process of getting the nursery ready with my partner... I'm 35 weeks pregnant and on a budget so trying to install laminate flooring ourselves (my partner is doing the actual physical parts and I'm doing the calculations). I was measuring up and I can only get 2 boards along a row...

I recently purchased a 1907 mid-terrace house which unfortunately has cement render to the rear exterior. The kitchen needs re-plastering as there is a lot of crumbling and damage to the kitchen walls on one side. (The other side has Artex) The kitchen floor is a mixture of concrete and raised...

We renovated our kitchen/dining room and had new solid bamboo floors installed floating over a cork underlay. The builder asked me if we wanted the floors to extend under the cabinets, and stupidly I said yes. My thinking was that if it didn't the cabinets around the walls would be at a...

Hello everyone, I hope this is quite an easy question. I have recently bought a house with a wooden walled lean-to wrapping around half of one wall and extending like an L around a further wall - with the long wall abutting the garden. The whole thing is badly made and needs pulling down and...

Hi all. We recently moved into this house and noticed a strange raised patch in the bathroom floor. The tiles seem well sealed and stable and there is no obvious leak. We rarely use the bath. I am wondering if this is harmess, like a poorly evened floor, or something more sinister. The previous...