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    Remove carpet glue from a concrete slab.

    Hello. What's the best to remove carpet glue from a concret slab ? I was thinking to buy a concret grinder , is this the best way ? If yes, which one are you guys using ? Thanks !
  2. Sean-tries-to-tile

    Threshold, tiles much higher than carpet

    Anyone know what could be done here when the cloakroom toilet) floor tiles are higher than the carpet in the hallway? Ive seen threshholds strips but they dont seem to allow for such a height difference. Cheers
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    Transition from tiles with UFH to carpet

    I'm tiling the bathroom floor with UFH heating and was wondering what to use to transition from the tiles in the bathroom to the carpet in the hallway. The tiled floor will be made up of addy - 3mm insulation board - 6mm UFH with SLC - 5mm addy 5mm tiles - 10mm Total would be approx 29mm for...
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    Preparing a thermoplastic tiled floor

    First of all, I'm sure this question has been asked a thousand times so apologies in advance! A little info: I've just moved into a 1950's bungalow and have got 3 rooms plus a hallway which appear to have the red/brown thermoplastic floor tiles laid with a bitumen adhesive. Just from a bit of...
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    Carpet runner on Marble staircase

    Hello, we need to attach carpet tackless onto a marble staircase and the re-finisher recommended aluminum drives. He said not to use the hammer setting on the drill. Does anyone have experience with this type of installation ? Aluminum drives are specialty fasteners, 1/8'' x 7/8'' long, drill...
  6. lovevictorianstuff

    Victorian tiles underneath a carpet have absorbed pattern from rubber underlay. How can I remove, any ideas?

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    carpet floor needs to be tiled

    Hi all, need advice of how to remove old glued carpet floor, (or the best way) where we will need to tile, see attached pic of floor now, and how it supposed to look like once job completed, we got more then 3 or 4 floors to do thanks
  8. JordanLincs

    Carpet glue from concrete

    Best way to remove carpet glue from concrete?
  9. Chris Gibbs

    heating under carpet as well as tile

    I have a job to do in this lovely house... under tile heating in all bathrooms and en-suites. Thing is though in the two main bedrooms he doesn't want to see a radiator on the walls so asked if I could continue the under floor heating under his carpet. the flooring at the moment is wayrock...
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    Should I carpet over new tiles to keep the height the same, or just do something else?

    Hello folks, Basically I am looking for some professional advice. In October last year I bought my first house - a massive do-er upper, and one that we knew when I bought it would need some significant work doing to it due to the presence of red ash in the property. Some thirty odd tonnes of...
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    Carpet tile glue

    Hi, could do with some advice on tiling over a large area that had carpet tiles that have been removed but the glue still remains and after using a scabbling machine, we still cant remove the glue. I'm a bit sceptical of self levelling the area in case it doesn't adhere properly to the glue...
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    Carpet Protector

    Doing an ensuite next week in a 3 storey town house, cream carpets top to bottom so thought I'd invest in a roll of carpet protector, bought a roll off ebay £15 for 100m, seemed a god deal till it turned up today and don't seem stick to carpet..useless, any recommendations?
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    Help Restoring Terra-cotta Tiles Which Have Been Under Carpet For Years

    Having trawled through the internet i have stumbled across this forum and was wondering if anyone could help the dilemma we are currently facing. We have recently purchased an old victorian terrace which is in dire needs of repair and restoration. When we took up the carpet and lino in the...
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    carpet tiles

    going to lay carpet tiles in wee mans bedroom. thought process being that when he spills or rips a piece i can easily replace. has anyone fitted them before. if so what adhesive did you use. i was thinking the carpet spray ahesive from screwfix would be the one .
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    carpet to tile thresholds for high tiles?

    hi i've just tiles my bathroom (diyer) and want a threshold between the tiles and carpet on the landing. i wanted to use one of the zigzag z bar thresholds but see they only are good upto 9mm thick and i have no-more-ply adhesive and tiles giving me a floor thickness of about 15mm. what do you...
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    Aaargh!! Blood on carpet!!!

    My accident free 2014 has come to an end. Gone and painted part of a customers carpet in my own blood! Not my fault mind, just an over zealous Stanley knife ;) The customer saw me do it (and feels it was their fault bless them as they were talking to me when I did it. I have said I will pay the...
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    hi my name is lawrencer my job is carpet cleaning

    carpet cleaner trying to get in on cleaning tiles and flooring all help greatly appreciated thanks.
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    Door threshold bars for tiling with underfloor heating to carpet

    Hi All. Every time I install underfloor heating under tiles I have a problem with finding metal door bars to match the rest of the house because of the height difference which is usually about 30mm from top of tile to underside of carpet. Once I've fitted the (10mm) insulation boards plus...
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    tile to carpet trims

    anyone know where to get hold of the self adhesive tile to carpet trims, ctd have stopped supplying them, and i prefer them to the ez type cheers
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    Tile to carpet trim

    Morning all Wonder if any of you know if or where I could get door trim to accommodate a 25mm difference between the tile and carpet? Massive I know but room already boarded out and after ply+addy+tile its damn near 25mm diff! Thanks all help always appreciated Julz

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