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I have put in a new bathroom and am just finishing it off and have a few questions: 1) I have mitred the 200mm wide 19mm thick plinth to form a 90 degree corner. I would like to use a plinth connector to protect the corner and make it even prettier. The finish is walnut and the bathroom has...

Hi I have a "normal" vented system. I have redone my bathroom with wall mounted mixers. Once everything was connected it became apparent that the pressure was not great so I connected the bath mixer up to the power shower and it seems ok. The basin mixer although being 22mm for all but the...

Hi all I am redoing my downstairs bathroom to include water based underfloor heating. All the cabinets, radiators, fixtures, fittings and tiles to be replaced. What are the thoughts of an extractor fan in the bathroom? It is a smallish bathroom with an airbrick to the outside and an...

Hi all I have read the "Wall and floor tiling basics" post but still have a few queries. I am redoing my downstairs bathroom to include water based underfloor heating. The walls are solid blockwork and the floor is suspended timber with a 50mm screed which incorporates the 16mm plastic...

1) I have a ground floor cupboard which currently has the electrical consumer unit, gas mains supply and some water and heating pipe risers between the ground and 1st floors. Can I position my underfloor heating manifold in this cupboard? 2) What is involved in connecting up a electrical...

I am replacing the galvanised pipe supplying my hot water with new copper pipe. The galvanised pipes naturally look bigger that their copper equivalents but looking at the bore (I cut the pipes) I would say that the pipe is currently equivalent to a 22mm to the bottom of the riser and from there...

I am installing a wall mounted bath mixer. The copper pipes need to be chased into the walls to get around the bath lip....for the rest the pipes will run below the bath. Do I need to isolate the copper pipes from the wall where they are chased? Can I put tile adhesive over the mixer? Does the...

Hi all I am redoing my downstairs bathroom and two downstairs bedrooms with the main change being putting waterbased underfloor heating in 50mm screed on 50mm celotex and 18mm WBP ply. The construction is 100x50 timber joists at 350 centres spanning 1500 onto sleeper walls with a slate...

Hi all I think it would be best to start off by saying that my 8 months pregnant wife has had no access to hot water for three days now. Over the weekend I took out 2 radiators and blanked off the flow and return. (I am going to be putting in underfloor heating). Everything went well until we...