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Hi, I have a slow drip from where the water pipe goes in at the bottom of my radiator. I guess I need to buy a new connection but I don't know what is is called so I cant search for it online. Can someone please take a look at the pic and tell me what to search for? It is the chrome elbow thing...

I have an unvented central heating system ie. hot water tank with expansion tank in the airing cupboard, no cold water tank in the loft. I have noticed recently that water is often coming out of the overflow pipe which comes from somewhere in the airing cupboard to the nearest outside wall. It...

Just bought a new ceiling extractor fan (Manrose) and had it fitted to the ceiling in my new bathroom. It didnt have any blow back flaps so i attached some ducting pipe in the loft. When the fan is turned on, I tested it with a bit of toilet tissue to see if it is extracting sufficiently and the...

I have just put in a new wetroom. It is 3m x 0.8m. At one end is a shower with a fixed head and a hand held head. In the middle of the wetroom is a washbasin and a wc at the other end. There is no splash screen between the washbasin and the shower, the floor is continuous tiles throughout. There...

I was reading the BAL literature with the type of adhesive I have been recommended and it would seem I need a BAL round notched trowel and a Bal thin bed solid bed trowel. I have searched but can't seem to find anywhere that stocks these. Does anyone know where i can order them from, or...

I have just bought some crystalstone quartz sparkle tiles to put on the walls in a new wetroom I am putting in. Can someone please recommend the best adhesive to use for this type of tile? Thanks

We’ve got this glass atrium in our house roof. Its nice cos it lets the sun into the hall. Although it is supposed to be self cleaning, its getting really grubby so ive been trying to get someone to come and clean it. It would probably mean getting a ladder up to the roof and another on the...

My main stopcock for the water supply into my house is dripping. It is under the kitchen sink, but I think to replace it would mean ripping out the fitted cupboards as it is not easy to get to, so I really want to avoid that. Is there some suitable safe stuff I can apply round the tap barrel...

I have finished tiling my new shower with porcelain tiles and have just grouted using Bal superflex grout. i know I don't need to seal the tiles as they are porcelaoin but do I need to seal the grout? If so, what product would you recommend?

When do you need flexible adhesives? Does it depend on the type of tile or the surface you're tiling on? I stuck porcelain tiles to a chipboard floor using BAL single part flexible and I thought I'd get something similar but faster setting for the plasterboard walls (also porcelain tiles) so I...

I am just curious as to why the general advice is to spread the adhesive onto the wall and then place the tile, rather than spreading the adhesive onto the tile? Does it really matter? I am working with heavy porcelain very large tiles and i'm reluctant to spread too much of a large area on the...

A couple of days ago, I started tiling my bathroom. I have porcelain tiles and I used BAL rapidset flexible. The first tiles I laid were on a plank of smooth planed softwood which I had used to make a shelf. When I checked it yesterday to see if it was stuck firm, it seemed a bit loose and when...

Retiling bathroom and have bought some metal tile trim for the shelf below the window and a corner near the shower. Having never really done much tiling before and certainly never used tile trim, I wondered if anyone has any tips to get it all fitting exactly? Fit the tiles or trim first? Do I...

I have replaced my old bath with a 1700mm shower tray. 3 of the walls will be tiled and I need a shower door at the front to fit the 1700mm gap. Ideally I would like a sliding door and a good quality one - stainless steel or similar. Anyone know of any stockists or manufacturers of this size?

Hi I am looking for suggestions on best wall tile layout for my new shower. It is a 3 walled enclosure 1700 x 750. The tiles I have are 600 x 300 which I will be laying horizontally, so 600 on each edge. That leaves me a problem on the short walls of one tile and a bit ie. 600 and 150. Or...

I have a diamond wheel wet tile cutter and it says you can use it to cut holes/recesses, but it doesn't say how. I need to cut a rectangular hole for wall mounted taps in the centre of a 10mm porcelain tile. Anybody got any tips on how I can do this?

I bought some matt porcelain floor/wall tiles (30x60x1) from homebase for my bathroom. Once laid, do I need to seal these? I have done searches on this topic but come up with conflicting views on this.

I bought some porcelain tiles for my bathroom, only to realise afterwards that they exceed the weight limit for skimmed plasterboard. I have now painstakingly scraped off all the old skim and am left with original plasterboard. Can I now just tile straight onto the plasterboard or do I need to...

I am installing a new bath and shower in my bathroom and will eventually also be creating a new ensuite wetroom with wc, shower and wash basin. I intend doing all the pipework myself with speedfit. Can someone please fill me in exactly what valves I have to install by law on the supplies to all...

Hello. I have decided to use marmox tile backer boards on my bathroom floor. I am told to use a non solvent based flexible adhesive by the supplier of these. I intend to fix porcelain tiles and I am told by the supplier of these to use a powdered flexible cement based adhesive which cures by...