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Hi Guys I'm going to retrofit my hip tiles with one of the roll out dry hip systems available, rather than rebedding with mortar. The hip tiles will be replaced with new ones. My main question is: is the Manthorpe roll out system OK in terms of quality - it's a bit cheaper than the others...

Thanks guys - good advice Is the aquapanel available at Wickes OK?

Hi Guys I'm refitting my en-suite and have ripped out the existing plasterboard in the shower cubicle. The tiles I am using are 400x400 porcelain and I wonder about using exterior grade plywood instead of plasterboard. the reasons are in case I need to change the tiles in the future (they'll...

Thanks for that So should I be OK to go ahead and fit new beading with just the rubber seal between the bead and the glass?

I am in the process of rubbing down and repainting my wooden double glazed windows, which are about 9 years old. I have found one of the strips of beading to be rotten and I have removed this so I can replace it. When I removed it, I found some polythene type stuff stuck to the glass, but...

I think I'll have to buy square section timber, or use what I have in terms of the Jelutong and shape it to the correct profile. I have access to all the tooling/machinery required to profile whatever I wood I use. Jelutong is a hardwood but I don't know much about it's durability as an...

Hi Guys I have some wooden framed double glazed windows (about 9 years old in a build of the same age). The sealed units are held in place with the sticky foam backed tape both sides and then held in place with wooden beading. Despite being regularly painted, there is some water ingress...

Thanks Richard - you've been a great help. I'll blank of the valve for a week or so and see how it goes. I've changed a few basins, WC's, showers & trays etc in my time with no problems so far, so I'm sure I'll be OK - it was really just this valve thing I wanted to be sure about before...

OK guys The stack does indeed go out through the roof and has just the standard grill on top - no air admittance valve. It looks like the shower waste enters the stack lower than the basin and WC, and therefore the waste and water from these 2 appliances will pass the entry point for the...

I'll check the top of the stack when I get home - this smaller valve in the wardrobe is definitely LOWER than the height of the basin though. The top of the valve inside the wardrobe is about 18 inches from floor level

Thanks again - it was definitely installed at the time the shower tray was fitted for the first time The house is only 8 years old and everything about the installation is exactly as it was when the builder left. The stack is internal and is boxed in with plasterboard. It goes immediately...

I've attached some photos of both the shower waste under the shower tray itself, where you can just about see the branch from a t-piece going through the stud partition - the first photo shows what is inside the wardrobe, though the picture is 90 degrees in the wrong direction. In terms of...