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by wickerman1138
Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:56 pm
Forum: Flooring and Floor Coverings Forum
Topic: Laying a wooden floor
Replies: 4
Views: 2871

Re: Laying a wooden floor

why not lay laminate flooring instead, its quite cheap, comes in various colours and is only 7mm thick.No real disruption and can be laid very quickly. Thanks but I have been suggesting that to my significant half for years but she has never wanted to do that. If it was up to me I would have done t...
by wickerman1138
Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:22 pm
Forum: Flooring and Floor Coverings Forum
Topic: Laying a wooden floor
Replies: 4
Views: 2871

Re: Laying a wooden floor

No you never lay self level compound on a wooden floor. Lay 6mm ply on the existing floor and screw it down.Then glue and nail the new floorboards on top.You can hire a angled floor nailer ideal for the job from your local diy centre Great thanks. So the actual idea of laying new floorboards on old...
by wickerman1138
Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:24 pm
Forum: Flooring and Floor Coverings Forum
Topic: Laying a wooden floor
Replies: 4
Views: 2871

Laying a wooden floor

We have a wooden floor in our hall which we sanded 10 years ago and want to replace with something nicer. We have already had a bad experience this year with a builder putting down a self levelling cement layer and then putting tiling on top which was done badly and had to be taken up. Others who ca...
by wickerman1138
Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:39 pm
Forum: Cowboy Builders
Topic: Advice please on tolerances for tiling
Replies: 4
Views: 5407

Have you got any pic of the floor. I am trying to paint a pic here of what you have said but i dont know wither its the tiling thats off or the extension. The tiler can only go on what is infront of him. Are the tiles stepping up or are they level? The floor should have been ply'd and then screeded...
by wickerman1138
Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:40 pm
Forum: Cowboy Builders
Topic: Advice please on tolerances for tiling
Replies: 4
Views: 5407

Advice please on tolerances for tiling

We are at the tail end of an extension build and it has become obvious to us in the last week that the poor standard of tiling isn't confined to just the bathroom but to the open plan kitchen. A friend just came around with a gadget that threw a thin red line around for us to measure against and whe...
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