Recent content by ArnieUK

Nige, you are a genius!!! Thank you :)

Hi All, I'm a newbie and would be very appreciative of any advice anyone can give me on my mini project. The plaster on my walls was in very bad shape, so I decided to take them back to the brick work. However, the wall next to my door (please see image) was crumbling away at the end...

all the switches worked fine before I started tampering with them :? The upstairs switch is exactly the same 2-gang, and all the wires are red too The lights have the proper colour coded wires (brown/blue etc)

Hi, I have recently moved into my house, and wanted to replace all light switches with new ones. I did all perfectly fine apart from the downstairs 2-gang light switch (2 switches to 2 lights, that works with the upstairs switch). Because all 6 cables are red, apart from the 2 earth...

Hi, I've have recently had a new bathroom fitted, and now I have really low pressure in my sink and bath. I used to have quite high water pressure (at least high enough that I could use the hose on the bathroom taps - which is not possible now as the pressure is so low that the button to...

Wouldn't the tools work out cheaper than the tilers labour costs ? :shock:

Hi Moz, Thank you for your advice, am going to pay TopsTiles a visit today... but will get a quote from a tiler to see how much i am going to save by doing the work myself 8) :roll: :o Thanks again for your guidance :D

Hi Moz! :D Thank you for that, looked everywhere for something useful! So would I apply that backer board to the entire bathroom (floors and walls, or just round the bath area ? P.S. Where can you get BAL WATERPROOF SHOWER KIT from? Can't find it anywhere :(

Hi, Im just about to fit a new bathroom all by myself (scary stuff as Im very new to all this). :shock: :oops: I have stripped off the old tiles from the walls, and have a mixture of a rough surface where the old tiles were, and bumpy artex above a certain level (as the walls weren't...