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Hahaha no worries, no offense taken. Shes average weight so I think it's more the footfall and also maybe I didn't varnish well enough? Although I did put 3 coats down. Below are photos of the machinery they use. Basically a hoist to transfer her from chair/bed into a mobile commode, which has...

Thanks, I've searched commercial grade laminate after previous comment and it seems I can get some for £19 per sqm so that's better than expected

I've posted several times about the natural floorboards which we had renewed and varnished and also the problems with draughts. The natural floorboards are not looking great now after the heavy traffic of my mum's carers coming in every day and the equipment they use to transfer her. Knowing...

Yeah ill need to look into that thanks for the reminder!

Thanks. I've not given laminate much thought but probably it could be the solution. I've got bad memories of sloppy, loose laminate from years ago and having a nightmare fitting it. But is as very young and could maybe just get someone in to do it. I can see there will be many benefits, and yes...

Well we got the curtains, a new radiator 600x1400 instead of 60 x900. It's made a bit of a difference but not massively. It's freezing outside too and it's defintely not that bad in the living room, but still feel there could be improvement. When the man fitted the radiator he took up a small...

Super, thanks for that. Is there a reason why this is better than other gap fillers? Better insulation?

I did seal the edges of the floor around the skirting boards with draught excluder, and I can't feel any air coming through now but there are still the gaps on the actual floorboards, and when I put my hands over them I can feel very slight cold air coming through, so I'm wondering if filling...

Yeah I've seen that rubber strip before, but I can't see how it will fit, because all the gaps are different sizes, even on one gap between one floorboard, it varies in size from almost no gap to a bigger gap further along. Same with each floorboard. So much variance

Thanks, we are going to go for a bigger radiator. Not too keen on the laminate just now as it seems a big job and esp as we have live in carer and my mum in the living room all day, it would be quite tricky to get around all that. I really feel with a bigger radiator, fill the gaps in the...

Damn, i wasn't getting notifications so didn't think I was getting replies to this post. I've no idea if it's air bricks below, is there a way to find out? I mean, when I put my hands over the gaps, I do feel a slight cold breeze. I've applied draught excluder along the skirting boards around...

Hi there, we have wooden floorboards in living room and hall, which I spent a lot of time restoring recently with the good help from this forum. However, now that winter has returned I'm reminded again at how cold the living room gets even with heating on at 30 constantly. Other rooms in the...

Excellent advice, thankyou. I was a bit as stuck on the undercoat bit too so this is a massive help. I had read about grey being a good undercoat for the green I'm using. What about clear varnish after the final coat of green is on, or is that not necessary?

Ok thanks

I'm just about to get onto this. Going for dulux Heathfield green weathershield satin. I'll sand old paint off first, but do you think I'll need an undercoat or should it be ok with a few coats of the paint?

Yeah good point, I've looked at a few houses already but not much. I guess I'm also thinking about the colour of the windows and exterior window sills too, hoping it will match. Although they also really need a paint as its worn right off (more so round the front) I guess the deep green could be...

Haha, usually that would be the best choice. My elderly mum's house, and she rarely sees the front door anymore unfortunately, so it's not going to be too much of an issue as long as it looks tidy and clean and matches everything

Steps idea sounds good, will look into it 👍🏼

Thanks, I'll try that. I think there's still some paint on it though that has worn over the years

Thanks, I like that green actually, I think it work well with all the green in the garden as there's a lot