Hello everyone
This is my first post here although I've been browsing for the last few days.
I apologise if this specific question has been asked before but if so, I haven't found it.
We bought a house back in February and I'm mid way through first of many refurbishment projects.
This...
Hi all
I am a newbie and am about to quote to lay some limestone floors (hallway and bathroom). Customer has tiles already, although I haven't seen them yet.
Anything I need to think about? I have read about how easily limestone is marked on the forum and wondered if I should seal it all...
HI, hope someone can help me, i've got a job in a first floor flat and the custumer wants acoustic flooring throughout I was wondering if someone could advice me on the best flooring to get as it has to be tiled over in bath room and underfloor heating in kitchen,
Thanks
Bts
worked for this company on a few occasions .quite large jobs promise u the earth but never deliver once owed me 1500 only got 1000 they have loads of work ,but beware
Hello there, long time reader, first time poster. Good forum!
My father has just begun trying to renovate his hallway floor using a seemingly random assortment of nasty chemicals. He first scrubbed it with Cillit Bang and steel wool, then Flash, and most recently he's been using a mixture of...
Hi, would exterior 12mm ply be ok for tiling onto floor, its a small shower room, only 1m x 1m, will only get wet when someone steps out of shower.
There is currently floorboards down, i was going to take them up and put the ply straight onto the joists.
Thanks
Hi guys...went to look at a job today, house refurb/extension..100m2 of 600x400 limestone tiles on solid floor over seven joining rooms (ground floor) and three ensuites with chipboard flooring (first floor)..Normally, I would lay 12mm plywood onto the ensuite floors (approx 3.5m2 each) then...
Unfortunately for us ours was one of the 1400 homes flooded in Cumbria recently.
We have had a number of visits from loss adjusters, surveyers, restoration technicians and builders, and the destruction starts on Monday.
One casualty is the oak floor that I spent a lot of money on, and time...
Hi all. I have been running my own company generally specializing in tiled bathrooms and wetrooms. Until now I have always used the preformed wetroom floors but now I wish to specialized in forming my own gradient floors and using vinyl covering. Does any one on these forums know of companies...
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Have an on going job with local developer who has just asked for a victorian style floor OK i say show me. He shows me what he would like 150 x 150mm 2 colour base tile with 70 x 70mm diamond style board in 4 colour shades running through out. Great i say that will look really nice. How much he...
hi all just been out to price up a hallway which is a total of 8m2.
the hallway is to be tiled in gulf stone 300 x 300 tiles in white and black layed in a chess board pattern.
the customers have lived in the house since january and are in the process of renovating.
The main problem that i have...
Im off to look at a flooring job on sunday so could do with some advice. They want slate laying over 25m2 running from the hall (floor boards) into a laundry room (concrete) into a new kitchen extention (woodchip boards). I was thinking of laying 12mm ply in the hall and kitchen and then putting...
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Hi guys, i need some advice from the pros!
I'm re-doing my bathroom but not too sure which way to go with the flooring.
The floorboards are in pretty bad shape and have warped a fair bit. Want to take them out and lay some plywood down instead. My question is; will 18mm WBP plywood screwed...
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Hi
We moved into a new house approx 16 months ago.Our downstairs is water fed under floor heating and we have had limestone tiles laid.
Almost immediately cracks appeared in the door ways-the builder blamed our tiler who didnt put expansion joints in.On inspection,none of the door ways have...
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Hi,
I've lifted some old lino flooring and it has left a foam backing on certain areas of the floor. I have scrapped off as much as possible but there is still some sort of layer that just won't budge. The floor is concreete screed and I am having porcelain tiles fitted with PCI rapidflex...
Love the forum, haven't needed to sign up until now, so much great info on here but cant seem to find info on this anywhere.
Have 7 disabled shower rooms to tile in the shower area only that are having Altro flooring. Currently all shower trays are fitted flush with t&g chipboard in all...
hi,
trying to understand where the noggins need to go where replacing floorboards with ply.
Are they only needed when the entire edge of a sheet does not sit on a joist, or are they also needed when the edge of a sheet crosses a number of joists like this, indicated by the arrow?
If...
I have 400 x 400 tiles to lay in my hall which approx 20 sq meters. I'm using a porcelin tile and the the T&G flooring is in good condition with joists at 400 centres. What thickness ply can I use as a minimum to avoid large steps and what adehisve is best used. I plan to use a tiler, but want...
Hello everyone, hope you can help !
A brief description...
Just had a new extention built, 7.5 by 2.8m, 6x2" joists (2.8m length) at 400mm centres with line of noggins running through centre. original kitchen 4 by 3m with 18mm thick floorboards, approx 1m2 of concrete where old boiler was.
I...