flooring

Does anyone have any good ideas for 1st floor flooring that is relatively easy to lift and get access to the voids between the joists? I originally considered just getting new, screwed-down floorboards (existing boards are sound enough but quite rough and knackered visually) that I would then...

Are kitchen units supposed to go in 1st and then the click vinyl gets cut in around it, or does the click go down wall to wall and the units go on top?

Glued down lino is definitely not an option, hateful stuff to change. B&Q do click vinyl, but it only clicks properly along it's length, quite a few poor reviews too. Does anyone know of a good brand, maybe that uses HDF, fits together well, and won't chip if a kid drops a Tonka on it? Of a...

I have an upstairs galley kitchen, sadly the stud wall between it and the lounge is mid-wayish between floor joists - you should just be able to make out staggered lost-heads to the left of the door frame. Some 18mm click flooring to continue floor level from top of t&g, with maybe a recessed in...

We've had to replace all the floors in our house, as part of a renovation. They have been constructed using 100mm insulation and there is UFH laid within new concrete slabs. However, there is no top screed, just the concrete slab itself on which to lay the final flooring. My concern is that the...

Hi all, picture above is of my floor in one of my rooms. As you can see it has some indentations and looks worn. I'd like to know the best approach to covering such indentations and then I'd like to try and bring the floor back to life a little on a budget. Would i use a staining product on the...

Our never ending joy of a previous DIY "enthusiast" kitchen has brought us another present. Looking to replace the flooring (laminate vinyl) but it has been fitted underneath the units (great idea right?). Really we are looking for the easiest way out and our hope is that cutting around the...

Hi there, I'm renovating my Tudor house and working on the floor in one room which needs completely replacing. I have purchased new oak boards which are 3/4" thick and 8" wide square edge which will be fitted directly onto the existing joists. I don't really want to screw them down as i'm...

We have a few floorboards here and there that have been taken up, either due to wood worm, plumbing or electrics. We will be getting both laminate and carpet through out the house. Currently every single room is stripped back to floorboards, with all old woodwork removed too as we are...

Hi all So ive done loads of research after discovering I could have asbestos tiles under our carpet throughout downstairs. We are awaiting test results. At this point I'm not naive about it nor fearful of it. Ive decided if its confirmed as asbestos that Ill encapsulate it and be done with it...

Evening, I fitted the kitchen I now need to fit laminate floor, probably quickstep. The lines of units have end panels and two of them are weight-bearing as appliances will be next to them. How do I fit the laminate up to the panels ideally without using beading? Thanks.

Hi All, I am currently re-boarding my loft after lifting old chipboard to put down insulation. I am using 22mm P5 T&G Caberfloor boards. 2400mm x 600mm. The floor was previously strengthened and levelled by running 3x2 joists at right angles across the top of the existing 4x2 joists. The...

Hi guys, My Tiler has laid some newly chipped edge travertine tiling in my kitchen very beautiful with an ivory grout. before grout, we sealed the tile with a solvent impregnated sealer using "DRY TREAT " Stain-proof. Solvent-based sealer, before grout and again after the grout. This...

i recently found and fixed a leaking toilet cistern inlet. It was dripping onto a chipboard floor inside a boxed in section behind the toilet. It was probably dripping for a year. The floor began to dry out but one side stayed wet. I put a fan heater up to the hole where the toilet pipe goes...

I moved into a new place recently, 80's property, where the garage has been extended, firstly back out into the garden, and then subsequently sideways around the back of the house. The second extension has the garage pedestrian door and the original house back door opening into it. A new door...

Hi Guys, :(:( Currently wanting to relay a new laminate flooring on the upstairs bedrooms, have stripped the old laminate flooring to the floorboards which I have fixed, some were creaking which I have now screwed back into the joint timber, however I would like surface to be flat and level...

Hi Guys, Currently wanting to relay a new laminate flooring on the upstairs bedrooms, have stripped the old laminate flooring to the floorboards which I have fixed, some were creaking which I have now screwed back into the joint timber, however I would like surface to be flat and level which I...

Hi all, 2 months ago had my Indian sandstone laid in my garden, though this morning found a bird poop which seems to have dried I then clean it off with a brush and hose through a green mark remanence has been left on my sandstone, very sad about this. It's relatively a new Indian sandstone...

Hi I'm trying to put down hardwood flooring over floorboards. I've put down 5.5cm thick ply to cover the uneven floorboards. I know the ply should prob be thicker but I got it cheap. I've screwed down the ply but I get uneven bits (bumps) where the ply is screwed to parts of the floorboards...

We had an extension built a few years ago - this resulted in the concrete floor of the extension abutting the existing wooden suspended floor in two rooms. The kitchen floor works perfectly - but the back room was/is a problem. I recall the activity at the time when they built the back room...