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I think I marked the external wall which is to the left of the sink and is where the pipe goes out. To the right of the shower is the internal wall which joins to the landing, the door marked on the diagram leads to the bedroom. the wall the waste pipe follows against is a stud wall the main...

yes the filled in line on the diagram is the current waste pipe and it is boxed in on the wall so its hidden nicely.

Thanks Madrab that is what I thought. I have attached a rough sketch of the en-suite for anyone's interest. Apologies for the picture quality. Thanks Rob

Thanks everyone for your great ideas and help. I have plenty to go on now. Just one last question though 'Dilalio' you suggested cutting through the joists so I could sink the tray to the floor. I am just concerned about the structural safety as the distance from the waste pipe to the wall is...

Hi We have an en-suite upstairs and want to install a new shower. There was one there previously but was old and cracked. We want to install a new slim line shower tray. The previous occupants have the waste pipe above the floor boards because the joists run perpendicular to the waste pipe. I...

Hi Ken Thanks for getting back to me, apologies for the delayed reply. We have had a few builders in to check it all out. It looks like the previous occupants of the house had a leaking flat roof and it had it patched up. We could see this when we went on the roof as there were newer bits of...

Hi We recently purchased a detached property and it has a flat roofed utility that backs onto the garage. Its not a massive area but my father in law painted the ceiling in that room and poked a hole through it about the size of a tennis ball very easily. It would seem that area is rotten...

Hi all I recently purchased custom cut sized pieces of Perspex clear sheet to replace glass windows that were acting as secondary glazing in our single brick old utility. They slide inside tracks on the window sill. My problem is I didn't think about the fact the perspex would be less...

Hi all I wondered if anyone can help us. We intend to do up our kitchen. We have a awkward small kitchen, the building was built in the 70's. We have a pantry and a under stairs cupboard accessible from the kitchen. We would like to have a fitted oven by buying a oven stand from say Ikea and...