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 !
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.
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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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
Cleo
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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...
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?
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...
lander
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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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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...
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...
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...
Matthew77
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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