Category: Flooring
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Fixing squeaky floorboards: A detailed guide to silencing your home without lifting the floor
That irritating squeak when you walk across the floor isn’t a sign of an old house; it’s a sign of movement. Squeaks occur when timber rubs against metal (the nail head) or against another piece of wood (the joist). The great news is that you can often silence creaking floors without the disruptive, messy process…
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Floor design trends
We often forget how important flooring is in our interior design, a feature that can easily make or break a space. That’s why it’s crucial to ensure the foundations of your floor design perfectly complements your home’s interiors. In fact, a floor renovation can completely change your impression of an old room. If your home’s…
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Grouting tiles – everything you need to know
Whether you’re grouting new bathroom floor tiles, or refreshing the grout on your kitchen splashback, with the right know-how you can achieve a neat and professional finish. Grouting may not sound like the most exciting of DIY tasks, but it is possible to completely makeover a tiled area simply by regrouting in a contrasting colour…
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Ask an expert: questions for flooring specialists, roofers, electricians and builders
Our Ask an expert section is the place to go to put your home improvement questions to our registered tradespeople experts. There are 27 categories to post your question, from heating engineers to bricklayers. This week we’ve had questions posted for flooring specialists, roofers, electricians and builders, covering everything from a light switch not turning off…
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6 ways to pull off patchwork tiles
Patchwork tiles are having a moment as this year’s kitsch home styling steps up a notch. Europeans have mixed tile patterns for many years and now the development of inkjet technology on porcelain tiles has allowed us to experiment with more detailed patterns and designs. The quirky has arrived and the best part is that…
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8 factors to consider before upgrading your floors
Upgrading your floor can feel like a minefield – but fear not, if you’re in the market for a new one, consider these factors first. Budget Figure out your budget and if it’s restricted don’t let that hinder you. I’ve gotten some seriously cool old floorboards from salvage yards, rugs from auction houses and tiles…
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Flooring decisions ‘should include consideration of stripes’
People looking for home improvements they can make this year should think about having striped carpets installed. This is the claim made by one expert, who suggested such flooring can “look fantastic on staircases” and works well as such areas tend to “get the hardest wearing”, though the pile of chosen carpets should not be…
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How to lay water based underfloor heating
Mick Laverick of LeeMick Ltd. shows us how to install water based underfloor heating. Some of us could master it, and some of us couldn’t. Let’s just leave it up to the professionals, shall we? Read more about the pros and cons of underfloor heating here.
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Revamp with rugs
Cold floors on autumn mornings are as desirable as stale bread. Cover up the parquet, tiles and vinyl with some plush rugs and things will immediately heat up. Rugs can easily complement existing colour schemes and can also inject new life in a tired room. They’re additionally great mufflers and will make an open space absorbs…