As with any painting or varnishing job, preparation is the key. However, the correct preparation is...
Category - 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.
4 Ways to Remove Oil Stains from Concrete
There are several ways to remove oil stains from concrete. Oil stains on concrete floors...
How to Lay Ceramic Floor Tiles Like a Pro
Ceramic floor tiles can really add appeal to a room. But as well as aesthetic value, ceramic tiles...
Floor Levelling – Levelling a Concrete Floor
Floor levelling, or levelling a concrete floor, using a flooring compound is a quicker and easier...
Laying Vinyl or Linoleum Flooring
Laying sheet Vinyl or linoleum is often the easiest way to refresh the look of a kitchen or...
Insulating a Concrete Floor
The concrete floors of modern houses should all have been insulated during construction, normally...
Repairing and Replacing Floorboards
Most older homes will have floors constructed using individual floorboards nailed to the floor...
Laying Carpet Underlay
Carpet Underlay serves several useful purposes. It acts as a cushion for the carpet, helping to...
Laying a Concrete Floor
A rotten or damaged suspended timber floor, on the groundfloor of a house, can usually be replaced...
Choosing Floor Coverings
Choosing floor covering used to mean picking a colour of shag-pile carpet. Luckily, nowadays there...
Restoring Woodblock Flooring
Woodblock or Parquet flooring can be very attractive in any home, but especially in period homes...
Lining a Floor With Hardboard
If you are planning to lay vinyl sheet, tiles or even laminate, and your subfloor is old...
Floorboards
There are several options to choose from when laying new or replacing existing floorboards, but...
Sanding a Wood Floor
Having sanded wooden floors can make a big difference to the look and appeal of your house.
How to Lay a Carpet
Laying carpet is something that many people would consider attempting themselves and whilst it is...
Guide to Underfloor Heating
Underfloor heating seems to be the new 'wood flooring' of the building and home improvement world...
Laying Soft Floor Tiles
This guide looks at laying self-adhesive soft tiles, and the steps are the same for vinyl, cork or...
Laying Laminate Flooring
This guide relates to both the interlocking type of laminate flooring and the tongue-and-groove...