build-up

Hi all. I came across this forum searching for info so my first post. I'm renovating 1890's Victorian house with suspended floors. Joists are traditional 16" centres. I want to install wet UFH to bathroom on 1st floor and finished floor to ceiling height is tight so trying not to lose any...

I am doing a shower tile installation on mold-resistant drywall and I am waterproofing with redguard. The drywall comes down and sits on the shower edge/lip, and the tile will go over the lip and down to the base of the shower. All looks great except one of the studs was a little bowed and one...

Hello! I'm looking on some advice on insulation! Currently I have a failed damp course in an old victorian kitchen which is about 100mm lower than the adjoining room. Digging out the floor and laying an insulated slab is not an option for several reasons which I wont go into and since I'm...

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice on final floor buildup. We're installing a shower tray onto ply (with grab addy), it's 1700x800mm so should perform as a wetroom, closed on all sides apart from a bit at the end of one side to get in and out. So my question is about the rest of the...

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice on final floor buildup. We're installing a shower tray onto ply (with grab addy), it's 1700x800mm so should perform as a wetroom, closed on all sides apart from a bit at the end of one side to get in and out. So my question is about the rest of the floor...

Hi all :handwaving: I realise this is a tiling forum, but I'm guessing some of you lay wood too ;) Does this look right? Joists > 18mm/25mm ply > 6mm UFH insulation boards > electric UFH > SLC > engineered herringbone planks. Also, is there any requirement to stick the herringbone down, or...