latex

Hi, I've been a plumber (not heating engineer) for 9 years now and finally bought my first home. As my first project, I decided to install a warm water UFH system. I've decided on Mapei Latexplan Trade for the screed which will be aprox 20mm thick. The data sheet states max 11mm per coat...

I posted a bit about this recently but it got worse. Just looking for opinions I got a quote for laying Karndean in my kitchen and bathroom. I went around with a 1m straight edge and found 10/12mm dips in the kitchen, the guy said some latex levelling compound would sort it out. I also asked...

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 all, Is it okay to do more than one pass with a HVLP gun? After a steep learning curve I think I'm almost there but wondering if I'm drying out the paint by doing more than one pass. I'm using a 3 stage Apollo 1500 with 2mm tip. I'm diluting Dulux Trade quick drying gloss with around 65%...

Good afternoon everybody, I have recently purchased a house with old asbestos floor tiles. I am having these removed after being convinced by others to screed over - luckily only one bedroom and hallway was completed. The screeding/latex has laminated (like puff pastry) and is breaking up. I...

Hi, I have a fairly even concrete floor (about 120 sq meter) but has some damage to it at places where the top chippings have come off in a couple of places (about 20mm deep), but in total this damaged area is just about 2 sq meter in the whole floor. anyhow I am planing on ordering slc but...

Hi all, Current project is building a customised shower for our boat. The design hinges around cheapness, but one that fits into an unusual space. Currently, plan is to create the shower tray from successive layers of marine-ply, glued together and then coated with a marine-grade resin from...