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Flooring

DIY Flooring guides, projects and tips. Learn the best way to lay a carpet, add vinyl to a room or work with laminate flooring materials.

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Building Guides Concrete and Render Flooring 

Floor Levelling – Levelling a Concrete Floor

October 1, 2018October 2, 2018 DIY Guides floor, levelling

Floor levelling, or levelling a concrete floor, using a flooring compound is a quicker and easier way to create a usable floor surface than laying a whole new floor.

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Laying vinyl flooring
Flooring 

Laying Vinyl or Linoleum Flooring

September 10, 2018September 11, 2018 DIY Guides flooring, vinyl

Laying sheet Vinyl or linoleum is often the easiest way to refresh the look of a kitchen or bathroom. This guide takes you through two different methods for laying vinyl flooring.

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insulating concrete floor
Concrete and Render Flooring Insulation 

Insulating a Concrete Floor

August 1, 2018June 17, 2019 DIY Guides concrete, flooring, insulation

The concrete floors of modern houses should all have been insulated during construction, normally using a thick layer of dense polystyrene laid in sheets between the hardcore base and the finished surface.

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repairing and replacing floorboards
Carpentry Guides Flooring 

Repairing and Replacing Floorboards

January 9, 2018September 19, 2018 DIY Guides floorboards, joists

Most older homes will have floors constructed using individual floorboards nailed to the floor joists, either on both floors or just the first floor.

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laying carpet underlay
Flooring 

Laying Carpet Underlay

April 9, 2015June 17, 2019 DIY Guides carpet, flooring, underlay

Carpet Underlay serves several useful purposes. It acts as a cushion for the carpet, helping to reduce wear and stopping the pile being flattened. Properly laid, it will also act as a very good insulator of both heat and sound

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laying a concrete floor
Concrete and Render Flooring 

Laying a Concrete Floor

April 9, 2015May 1, 2021 DIY Guides concrete, floor

A rotten or damaged suspended timber floor, on the groundfloor of a house, can usually be replaced with a solid concrete floor if you wish. Here you can learn how.

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Flooring 

Choosing Floor Coverings

April 9, 2015 DIY Guides carpet, flooring

Choosing floor covering used to mean picking a colour of shag-pile carpet. Luckily, nowadays there is a huge range of options available to us lucky DIY-ers to choose from. But exactly what is available and what are the pro’s and con’s of each type?

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Decorating Flooring 

Protecting Solid Wood Floors

April 9, 2015 DIY Guides 0 Comments flooring, wood

As with any painting or varnishing job, preparation is the key. However, the correct preparation is even more essential when the paint or varnish is being applied to floors. Floors obviously take more of a beating than walls, etc, so getting it right first time will mean less repair work in the future.

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Carpentry Guides Flooring 

Restoring Woodblock Flooring

April 9, 2015 DIY Guides flooring, parquet, woodblock

Woodblock or Parquet flooring can be very attractive in any home, but especially in period homes. Over time, a woodblock floor can become faded and damaged, even losing some of the many hundreds of individual wooden blocks which make up the pattern.

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Flooring 

Lining a Floor With Hardboard

April 9, 2015August 31, 2018 DIY Guides floorboards, lining

If you are planning to lay vinyl sheet, tiles or even laminate, and your subfloor is old floorboards, it is more than likely that the floor will need to be levelled. The easiest way to do this is to cover the boards with a thin layer (3mm – 12mm) of hardboard.

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Carpentry Guides Flooring 

Floorboards

April 9, 2015 DIY Guides floorboards, flooring

There are several options to choose from when laying new or replacing existing floorboards, but your final decision will depend very much on how you plan to finish the room.

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Carpentry Guides Flooring 

Sanding a Wood Floor

April 9, 2015 DIY Guides floorboards, sander, sanding

Having sanded wooden floors can make a big difference to the look and appeal of your house.

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how to lay a carpet
Flooring 

How to Lay a Carpet

April 8, 2015June 17, 2019 DIY Guides carpet, flooring

Laying carpet is something that many people would consider attempting themselves and whilst it is perfectly possible for the average person to make a good job, there are several things you should know if you want to make a good job a great one.

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Flooring Tiling Guides 

Laying Ceramic Floor Tiles

April 8, 2015 DIY Guides flooring, tiles

Ceramic floor tiles can really add appeal to a room. But as well as aesthetic value, ceramic tiles also have the added bonus of being hardwearing, easy to clean and cool in the summer. Laying them is not too much of a job, but preparation is key

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Central Heating Flooring 

Guide to Underfloor Heating

February 18, 2015 DIY Guides heating, underfloor

Underfloor heating seems to be the new ‘wood flooring’ of the building and home improvement world. Barely a day goes by when you can’t turn on the tv and see someone fitting it, having it fitted or talking about having it fitted on diy and home improvement programmes.

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laying soft floor tiles
DIY Spotlight Flooring Tiling Guides 

Laying Soft Floor Tiles

September 3, 2014July 18, 2018 DIY Guides cork, flooring, tiles, vinyl

This guide looks at laying self-adhesive soft tiles, and the steps are the same for vinyl, cork or any other flexible tile.

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Flooring 

Laying Laminate Flooring

August 11, 2014June 17, 2019 DIY Guides flooring, laminate

This guide relates to both the interlocking type of laminate flooring and the tongue-and-groove variety. We will show you how to lay both properly, but much of the preparation and the finishing applies to both types.

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