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Hello again. Since my last post I have seen the floor for my self... Its definately a rough surface full of cement and small stone. Its been chucked in any old way and is not flat by any means. It also has 2 suspicious looking crevises running across the floor. They seem like they may have...

ok guys. I think a couple more photos are now in order. Ill try and get them today or tommorow. Ive only seen that patch of the photo i took, and my in-experienced eye tells me it just rough concrete with a definate aggregate in there. The indentations in the surface of it are where I was...

thanks guys - some helpfull stuff there. ive enclosed 3 photos. 1- of the old screed coming 2- a bit more - 3- a picture of the concrete subfloor that im on about.. @mark ive pm you - thanks... when you say prime before the slurry, do you mean with sbr aswell? you also say...

thanks yes ive been reading up... and it seems theres no chance of it being 20mm. Ive had another look and the old screed is only about 35mm. So theres no chance of it being higher than this. Any thoughts#

Hey up, I was at a house today, the floor screed has totally delaminated from the concrete slab. Its a kitchen floor in an 1900`s house. Its about 45mm thick and is coming up no question about it. There is a concrete slab underneath that has not cracked and therefore leads me to believe...

thanks, will the wba definately hold the dabs plus boards... and also is not a case of how strong the silk paint is. I know ive said i cant remove it but what about when its had boards dabs and skim hanging off it for a few years? thanks

Hello guys Im drylining a kitchen on wednesday, but the walls painted old more than one layer of thick silk magnolia paint, - Ive gone at it with old screwdrivers and tried to score it - no chance..... I think theres green paint under some of it... So I need help as im stuck and dont...

::) ::) ::)i did ask the same question in my first post and it wasnt answered then either ?... anyway i would send you but i heard your rough :D :D :D

how thick should the laths be? ta

Hey up as the title says. basically im going to use 25mm celotex sheets which are foil backed. Then plasterboard and skim. So i was thinking of fixing 25mm deep laths onto the external wall and then putting/cutting the celotex between them and then screwing the plasterboards to the laths...

nice 1 - ive got some 8 by 100mm screws somewhere. the ones similar to that link where you pop the rawplug in and just tap the screw in after...

Hey up going to be sticking some of these on a stair wall at this customers house, just wondered how many screws per board you guys would put in and where abouts? also would you put the screws in whilst the dabs are still wet or later on when they have set.? What length screws are we...

anybody tried this stuff. bout £7 a bag. does it stand up to the job? ta

yeah thanks its a good point and ive been and checked. the staircase is in as its an old house and the stringers will allow for the 40mm. ta

Hey up Ive gota do a stairwall at someones house with some 30mm thick thermal boards and wondered if normal board adhesive is ok, ill also be putting as couple of long screws in aswell. thanks