Home DIY

If you look closely, you'll notice it has its own shelf...

It's not a barbecue; it's a smoker.

These went on about 10 mins ago. Only 7 hours to go...

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Tiles came up OK so far, could possibly benefit from a bit more scrubbing, only 2 bits of black border need replacing. Any tips on removing paint stains from unsealed tiles?

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I've managed to hack my forest garden to bits.

Is there a quick answer easy way to turn the soil over? I want to plant grass.

Also cheaply....

Quick, easy and cheap, you can only achieve it using two of these.

cheap, easy...

@ChainBreaker
Helped a mate do this (before/after). They're round the corner from you I think (Bromley?), could check what they borrowed/rented and costs...

Dug up and carried a skip full of hardcore out to the drive
Then dug up a skip full of the existing lawn
Then had 16 tonnes of topsoil delivered to fill the holes and flatten
Then laid 160sqm of new lawn.

Cheaper than getting someone else to do it
Was not quick or easy. And I only helped with a couple of days, mate took a Good few weekends and the odd 'work from home' day.

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No tips but will be watching with interest - we uncovered very similar tiles in our kitchen and they're painted to heck. Would be good to clean 'em up.

That's amazing! How's it done?

It's not as bad as my before picture though.

V nice. Where are the kitchen units and bathroom tiles from - brand, model etc?

Serious question. Anyone in or near Bromley north with a Pick axe?

I got me loads of hoes but no picks

I got me loads of hoes

orly?

I'll post another pic once the project's finished, they came up a bit better after much scrubbing with a wire brush. Can anyone tell me if this is the sort of thing I should use to seal when it's done?

Also laying new tiles in kitchen on top of floorboards in a couple of weeks. What should I use as a base - 6mm hardboard?

These are the products sold by the makers - something there ought to suit
http://www.londonmosaic.com/accessories-and-products-for-victorian-tiling.htm#sealants

What is it you're trying to do?

This obviously.....

I have an almost new Roughneck Pickaxe you can have for a few beers.
I'm in N14 though.

Kitchen = spills
spills + hardboard = rot.

Can you afford the thinnest marine ply,
or,
osb3, at 9mm,
http://www.jewson.co.uk/timber/sheet-materials/osb/osb3/

you can find?

I was only going to say, often a mattock is more useful than a pick, depending on the use case of course.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Mattocks/Mattock-Grubbing-Biggest-Discount-Ltd/B008C7HYNO

ahh crap, good point. It's for a renovation for to sell, so budget is pretty tight. I'm tempted to go back down the vinyl route.

Edit, would OSB not have the same problem?

Vinyl will cope with any minor changes in height between floorboards better than any wood- or cementitious tile backer board.
New vinyl will look good,
and,
if buyer does not like it, well they can change it.
Seems better than buyer cursing you for creaky tiles.

True, it's just to refresh really. Easy to get carried away with ideas of tiles but it sounds like it'll be beyond my skill and a sensible budget at the moment. So hardboard / MDF ok for vinyl backing presumably?

That OSB3 is meant to be 'more waterproof' than osb.