Jase

Thanks both for your help so I'm not going mad after All?? Yes the hard core first sand ,DPM ,insulation DPM,SLAB, the concrete guys reckon they can get such a good finish I won't need a Screed! What you reckon? Allso does the insulation PIR have to be a certain spec?. Or just normal celotex or kingspan or simular?. Many thanks Jason.

Hi all replacing our kitchen floor in the next week or two due to damp issues, 1880s house. Only got 450 mm to play with . i have dug a test hole to see how deep the foundations are .building inspector said i need 150mm of hard core 25 mm sand 100mm insulation then 100 to 150mm of concrete. Went to order the 100mm pir insulation on line spoke to the guy to make sure it was the correct stuff to put under the concrete slab and he said the insulation has to go on top of the slab then screeded due to weight issues on the insulation! .Is this correct or have I got some of my wires crossed in conversation due the bloody stress of the house?. Or can it go under the slab, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Regards stressed Jason.

Thank you George for your reply, regards jason

Hi all what's the best Mot and sand to use for a new floor in a kitchen ? Regards jason.

Hi all planning to run copper pipe through stud wall to feed a new shower in the bathroom. Question is how can I reduce the chances of condensation building up in the stud wall from the cold copper pipe ? Using copper as not a big fan of the plastic stuff. Going to use sound proof insulation in the stud wall as it will back on to the now small box room.is there a chance this can get damp from contact with the cold pipe it's the wool type I am going to use . many thanks Jason.

Depends on the test hole dug really. Going to hire a electric wacker plate due to the fumes,was considering to steel mesh the concrete just to be on the safe side don't want any cracking or movement once the finished tiles are on the floor? I need to look into the regs regarding old buildings insurance guess or give the inspector a bell,as he seems a reasonable bloke,but thanks for you reply, regards jason.

Hi all I have posted about this b4 but now I'm that bit closer to start about putting in the new floor in the kitchen of our victorian house, had a builder in to finish taking down the old chimmney fire place in the kitchen due to shocking brickwork behind, looks like when next door did the same at some point in history the builder must have broken through to the back of our chimmney breast and when making good just chucked what ever was to hand. The problem lies were part of the wall is single brick ,I've got to do the digging out myself and lay the floor due to basically running out of money. Any advice would be greatly received about precautions to take how deep the foundations might be? The builder suggested to do a exploratory hole to see how deep the part wall foundations are. When the building inspector came last year to sign off a steel we had done i asked his advice about the floor as he used to be a builder, he suggested if memory serves 150 mm to 200mm hard core the 50 mm sand 100mm insulation then 100 or 150mm concrete but this seems to me that I will be well under the foundations of this old House? Any advice would be great regards jason.

Would you scrim the boards joints b4 putting on the blue grit or after?. Cheers jase.

Hi people got to board kitchen and bathroom with pink and green plaster boards. Is it correct these have to be primed first with pva mix or blue grit or simular products? Before skimming? Many thanks, regards jason.

Hi all Just need a little advice need to box in a steel upstairs. Going to timber the sides of the steel for the fire board but due to hight problem can I just glue on the fire board on the bottom face of the steel. Will this pass building inspection ?. Regards jason

Cheers folks

Hi folks doing the bathroom out upstairs only loo and sink in there at the mo so having a bath fitted with a mixer type shower now the room been made bigger . questions is can the bath be 15mm or does it have to be 22mm for flow rate etc. We have a new combi boiler fitted now. So hot tanks gone. Regards Jason.

Hi why do you want fire suppression fitted?. You need to look at how much you insurance will go up by having this fitted due to risk of flooding or accidental actuation of the system. Plus the cost of having it fitted. House fires do happen of course but these are usually down to arson ,bad house keeping overloaded plug sockets or careless disposal of smoking materials. Bit of subject I know sorry.

Thanks nick.

Thanks guys when you say pvc tape is that the same as electrical tape? Regards jason.