Home DIY

actually I think I was confusing it with the tip near us in morden which was 3 or 4 visits a quarter I think.

maybe if I put a tarp down it will be ok. my gf only recently purchased it (used) after a council van wrote off her old car but it's pristine inside and I will be murdered if the interior is damaged (even though this is a joint enterprise).

because we're removing them for their fire risk (though i gather modern tiles are less flammable) I'd rather not have them hiding up there, plus I kinda wanna know if they're hiding anything that we should be sorting out now.

our main priority (other than get it done in time to move in before our rental tenancy is up) is to get things done the right way now so we don't have the hassle of dealing with stuff again once the house is full of furniture and infinitely more of a pain in the arse to attend to a few years down the line.

I'm laying a new ply subfloor for lino in our bathroom, the floorboards underneath are pretty lumpy and the 2mm ply I'm taking up is flexing over the voids. Is there any clever stuff I can use between the ply and the floorboards to fill the voids, some of which are up to 5mm? Or would I just be better off with thicker ply instead that can span the gaps with less flex?

will there be anything else you’ll need to be ripping out and getting rid of in the near future?

8 yard skip should be about £250 and relatively hassle-free

used a lot of these for getting floorboards (relatively) level:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/broadfix-plastic-flat-shims-assorted-60-pcs/798KJ?kpid=798KJ&ds_rl=1249413&gclid=CjwKCAjwg-GjBhBnEiwAMUvNW2SgR99ithfkGsB2_PWCTcZXNiPoDXsSJFoVhM6V52pY1yyXjS8nwBoC5MoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

more work - but could take up the boards and then use 18mm (maybe 25mm even) marine ply atop the joists.

Thanks, did you lift the floorboards and put them under? Wondering if I could use them above the floorboards and below the ply and save even more effort.

And offer the free space to your new neighbours, instant hero.

yep, between the joists and the boards - but this was for downstairs where we left the boards as the finished floor.

don’t see why you couldn’t just use them between boards and ply, would recommend having them placed at the points you’re screwing the ply down as well (i.e. screw straight through them) as any ‚voids’.

£250 plus the £100 the council want for a skip permit if putting it on the road..

. not really DIY question, moved to owning own home thread

getting it all in a yaris

I got a ton bag of prunings in the back of a fiesta. Find a room with carpet you hate, line the car, use an old bedsheet or two and you'll be reet.

Amazing how much concrete you can get into a tiny suburban garden.
I've probably taken about 40 rubble sacks to the tip over the last 7 years.

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Yep, I managed 10 trees in the back of a Yaris which was pretty full.

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I removed an inbuilt cupboard and underneath was this mess. I need to make the floor good (level and remove shit laid different tiles) to lay another floor (in 2-3 years so short term fix needs be ok). I'm thinking just a sand cement mix to fill void, it's about 1cm deep. I have some of the same parquet tiles but limited supply so laying them a bit pointless.

Anyone got a better idea?

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Baby banquette?

Not a revelation, but everything that doesn't match won't match. So imo it either makes sense to concrete and paint a similar colour so it doesn't stand out too much, or go full contrasting.

Or if you want something more interesting or contrasting trim the cut tiles back to the edges of the whole tiles and lay some sort of funky mosaic or cut a bit of pine to fit and stain it whatever colour fits in with the rest of the decor.

What do you actually want the extra space for now? Because to me it sort of lends itself to an indoor plant area.

It's a bedroom, likely bed head agaisnt that wall anyway so it'll be quite unseen. Then in a year or two our son will move into that room when he comes out of his nursery, and I'll put a suitable floor for a kid.

Just concrete and paint it to match.

If you put concrete in, you'll then have more of a problem down the line. Wouldnt you want something easy to take up that can be hidden with the bed/side table?

Depends on expectations / how perfect you need it but Sheet Lino is pretty unforgiving of less than perfect subfloor. I wouldn’t use anything less than 18mm over very well levelled (ideally freshly sanded boards). Any joins between ply sheets need careful attention to stop them showing - so lots of fixings and filling and sanding. Check the marmoleumn data sheets for installation. They might even say use a latex self level screed over the ply. …..So I’d be concerned about shims and 2mm ply personally !!

Thanks, everything in the house is on the piss so I'm aiming for 'not creaky' as my main expectation!

I've got a bag of self-levelling compound going spare, EN1.

Thanks. Postage to Spain might make it not worthwhile ;)

I was going to say just paid £406 Inc vat for one last week

Plywood offcut and hide it with the bed. It's temporary and hidden so don't waste time and money on it?

Did think on that, but will need to make good and level to fit new floor in time so not wasted. A bag of cement and sand isn't much, seems easiest.

You could always put a silicone bead around the current cutout and maybe a layer of something so that if you need to pry it up down the line it'll be a bit easier.