Recent content by KillianFrancis

Please could someone advise me as to if it’s okay to remove the base of a fireplace. Please find pictures attached. It looks like at some point a concrete base has been put in but I wouldn’t want to risk removing it if it’s structural. Looking to build a hearth into it but I’d need to lower...

So you’d be saying then that the following would be suitable? Wickes - TG4 Roof & Flooring OBS 3 Sheet - - 18mm 2400mm by 595mm If so, that was my first port of call

Hi all. I’ve resolved my bouncy floor by packing it out so moving on to replacing the old damaged floorboards in preparation for laying laminate. The joists are spaced anywhere between 250mm to 370mm apart, clearly consistency wasn’t a thing when the builder put this floor together back in the...

Could you use plywood to pack it out in the gaps?

Trying to lay laminate floor but sub floor is flexing considerably when walking on it. Removed floor boards to find at its biggest point a gap of 1.5cm between the joist and the brick work. Should the wood sit directly on the brick? I’m thinking of using off cuts from old floor boards to pack...