Carpet over underlay on plywood?
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Arese said:
The room is 4.7m x 3.3m, which I have rounded up to 20 square metres. It's going to cost me £140 delivered for enough 9mm plywood to cover. 
Sorry, am I completely missing the point here? 18m of 5" torus (about £2 per m) £36.
4 tubes gripfill £5
2 tubes caulk £4
Job done properly £45
Taller that your existing skirting so no making good required.
B17NNS said:
Job done properly £45
Are you referring to extending the existing skirting-boards downwards? I did consider that, there are two doorways in this particular room that would be a pain and would end up with a 'step'. To be honest, I'm not great with DIY and once I see and understand a solution in my head I tend to go with that.cjs said:
Don't forget to take the opportunity to get any cables in under the floor boards before you lay them.
I've got flat 4-way speaker cable that I'll try and squeeze into the gap between the end of the battens underneath the skirting. I can't go directly across the room under the boards because of the battens, unless I start cutting sections of it out.Excellent. The floor is down. 
Picture to follow.
Next challenge: I've got four spotlights in the ceiling, and three of them have fallen out and are dangling by their wires. I try and push them back in, and they just drop out again.
We need to gloss the skirts and window-sill before the night is out too.
Picture to follow.
Next challenge: I've got four spotlights in the ceiling, and three of them have fallen out and are dangling by their wires. I try and push them back in, and they just drop out again.
We need to gloss the skirts and window-sill before the night is out too.Edited by Arese on Thursday 29th July 19:02
Arese said:
Excellent. The floor is down.
Picture to follow.
I've got four spotlights in the ceiling, and three of them have fallen out and are dangling by their wires. I try and push them back in, and they just drop out again.
Good show. Picture to follow.
I've got four spotlights in the ceiling, and three of them have fallen out and are dangling by their wires. I try and push them back in, and they just drop out again.
Re the lights; if possible try to turn them slightly so as to grip a fresh part of the plaster. Laurel Green said:
Arese said:
Excellent. The floor is down.
Picture to follow.
I've got four spotlights in the ceiling, and three of them have fallen out and are dangling by their wires. I try and push them back in, and they just drop out again.
Good show. Picture to follow.
I've got four spotlights in the ceiling, and three of them have fallen out and are dangling by their wires. I try and push them back in, and they just drop out again.
Re the lights; if possible try to turn them slightly so as to grip a fresh part of the plaster. Thanks though.
I'm just looking for some strong glue. My idea was to get rid of them altogether but Mrs Arese won't allow it.
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DrDeAtH said:
stick it up with gripfil of decorators caulk. just use enough to hold it in place dont go mad with it.
Argh, great idea! I've got some somewhere too. I've done it with a strong superglue, but I think they'll drop down when I try to clean the residue off tomorrow. If they do, i'll get my caulk out.First coat of gloss and emulsion done.
Not bad for ten days' evenings work. Just need the TV, PS3, speakers to go in a nice stand on that empty wall and we're all done.
Cost:
Carpet - £280
Paint - £30
Chipboard Flooring - £30
Wall lights - £15
Sofa - free (Brother-in-law got a new sofa, so I said we'd have this. Just cleaned and treated it with my Autoglym leather stuff)
Curtains and cushions - £100 in John Lewis Sale
£450 all in
Just need to find the £700 for a 50" plasma and stand, which isn't easy with a looming honeymoon!
Cost:
Carpet - £280
Paint - £30
Chipboard Flooring - £30
Wall lights - £15
Sofa - free (Brother-in-law got a new sofa, so I said we'd have this. Just cleaned and treated it with my Autoglym leather stuff)
Curtains and cushions - £100 in John Lewis Sale
£450 all in
Just need to find the £700 for a 50" plasma and stand, which isn't easy with a looming honeymoon!
Edited by Arese on Tuesday 3rd August 22:29
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