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I've recently moved into a new house. It's amazing in lots of ways (1860s ex Coach House with tonnes of character), but has had little work done to it since the 1980s. We maxed out to buy it really and so have been planning on doing it up gradually and doing as much DIY as possible. We recently...

I have a dark solid wood floor in my hallway. Recently I've had to do a bit of filling and sanding of the walls and ceiling in the hallway, and unfortunately, despite my best efforts, some of the very fine plaster dust has got into the grain in the wood floor, leaving a white "bloom" in certain...

There are gaps in the concrete floor just inside the front door of my house - and a pale blue sheet of plastic (which is, I suppose, a damp-proof course) is by no means intact. Here is an overview: The size of the gaps is shown by the two pound coin that can (just) be seen in the next three...

Hi all, hopefully someone can set me straight! I've got a load of solid oak parquet flooring, that had wax applied about eight years when it was put down. Although I stay on top of sweeping, and occasionally vacuuming, it's time to give it a proper clean as it's looking a bit grubby. It...

Hi all, Coated my wood floor with Osmo Wood Wax Extra Thin Hardwax Oil this morning. Waited an hour as it was dry and the wood had sucked up the oil and applied a second coat, as per instructions. Now however, it's an uneven finish which doesn't look great. When I do a 'scratch' test on the...

Hi, I would like to lay a new floor covering in the first floor bedroom in our victorian terrace. The problem is that the 5x2 floor joists (actual size 120mm x 60mm) are at 800mm centres with no noggins and span roughly 2.4m. Ideally I would make the structure better in order to accommodate...

Hi, I have a varying depth, uneven but overall thin gap between a stone floor and enginnered laminate wood flooring, both sections laid on screed with underfloor heating. The gap is too narrow to fit a T-bar and I don't want to drill into the floor as the undefloor heating pipes are close to the...

Hi, I've got a lot of sound travelling from upstairs to downstairs in my house even though we've got carpet insulation so we've had a sound report done. They have recommended we install acoustic underlay Regupol...

Hi all. My 1st floor bedroom floor is wonky. Drops unto 40mm from edge to centre - looks like bowed joists. I'm loathe to sister each joists with new timber and someone suggested just shimming the joists - add a strip of wood to the top of each joist with varying thickness to create a level...

Hi Not sure if this is the place to ask. I am trying work out the difference in price between a suspended floor and block and beam. It's for an area just over 30m square. The reason being: we are having an extension built and the builders persuaded us to go with a suspended floor rather than...

Hi guys I am in need of an urgent help :( We've got a new built house and due to all the costs to get it we've ended up a bit toooo tight with cash hence I'm doing any extra work needs doing by myself. I am usually open to all basic diy jobs but never tiled before. I've installed the plywood on...

Hello, I'm new here and a total amateur so please forgive anything daft I say below! We had a very well rated carpet installer fit our landing and stairs with carpet last week, we purchased the carpet for a local carpet shop for him to fit and he provided everything else (underlay, vinyl etc)...

Hi everyone, I need to raise a garage floor that is sloping. The floor currently is concrete and I want to build up with insulation boards and then concrete screed. Lowest end needs to be raised 180mm and shallow end by 125mm. What is the best thickness boards and screed to achieve this? Do I...

I am planning to compact mot type 1 to 100mm thickness for a conservatory Base, however 70% of area is already covered in paving slabs. My question is, should I remove the paving slabs and other Brockenhurst bricks before laying mot type 1? Or should I just compact it over the slabs and other...

Hi all, I have lived in my a 1950's semi for 20 years and finally decided to investigate the cause of the small patches on walls and raised carpet. No mould, just shading of a few places on walls that haven't really changed in the years but as I decorated at the beginning of the year with a...

Hi all, New to the forum but just about to commence a full refurb on a house. Need a bit of advice on whether it is possible to lay slate tiles in our soon to be created, knocked through, kitchen diner. The sub floors differ so I wonder if anyone has encountered a similar issue. The kitchen...

Hi All Some advice would be appreciated. We are doing a full refurbish on our house at the moment, fitting underfloor heating throughout amongst a lot of other work. All the stud walls and rotten chipboard floors have been removed on the first floor in preparation for the new layout. The new...

Hi All, I need to level the flooring for the new hearth, which I remove from the previous extended hearth that goes lower than the floor level. Any advise what cement should i used to level it before i place the hearth. And by looking at the picture the next thing i should do is to level the...

What glue should I use for joining Tongue & Groove Engineered Wood Flooring? EWF for approx. 15mm thick and will be installed as a floating floor (installed on typical water-resistant underlay). Sub-floor is concrete and relatively flat. Thank you

Hi All, I have a concrete floor which is pretty uneven, full of steep local dips and rises of more than 12mm, and far from level. I will be levelling it with latex or something, as it needs to be approaching SR1 for the floor covering. Some of the floor is newly laid (replacing excavated bit)...