Recent content by Tcb123

Thanks , and I guess something like this gives the load a good spread as the fixing pulls against it

Hi Apologies not sure of this fits plumbing but I am fitting a shower. Short version - replacing a bar shower fitting in place of an old one. The person who installed the last one made a right mess. The tiles are mounted onto, I think some kind of plasterboard. However, my issue is that...

hahahaha :) ok

Thanks for your reply - it is both. We have some yellow/brown stains and then with the paint going all powdery and then in some spots of black mould. But that sounds like I need to find the DPC (which would be inline more or less with the concrete level?) and indeed dig down. I had read that...

Hi everyone I hope this is the right part of the forum! I have a 1930s build - I have an area that is now a utility room but originally was an outside toilet, an unlike the rest of the house it has a concrete floor (under the current flooring) rather than normal suspended floor like everywhere...

Excellent thank you!

Hi all Thanks, so basically as a minimum I need to put some kurb stones in like this... https://www.buildbase.co.uk/pavement-kerbs-10484-0000 But if I want I could build out some rubble strips. It looks like the first option should be easy enough for a novice like me to do right? Cheers again

Hi First post, hoping you can help. We moved into a house recently where the driveway has been bodged, the old concrete was removed but they have just tipped gravel on the earth/rubble, so it is one stone deep by the door and about a foot near the kerb! Anyway. So, we will redo the driveway...