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The table at https://www.diynot.com/pages/el/el004.php is all very well, but it needs another column labelled "overall width". I have some flat cable in my loft that's 8.5 mm wide over the normal insulation, and some that is 10mm wide. What are these for ? Is the smaller a ring main, and the...

Our house is Listed, so we can't change five of the windows. They mist up in winter - have to be wiped every day - and obviously also allow the heat to escape. The opening lights are not very draught-proof, either. Upstairs are three three-light casements, the centre light is hinged. Each...

When T-ing into old tarnished copper pipe, I have always scoured the pipe back to a bright finish for a soldered joint. But how important is this for:- a) compression fittings? and b) push-fit ? How well do they seal onto a tarnished pipe ? I have been "scouring back to bright", but am I...

I need a U-bend in 15mm copper to feed the shower hose outlet from the mixer tap (both concealed, i.e. buried behind plasterboard & tiles). The two ends need to be parallel, and 113 mm apart. Can I achieve this with my bending spring (and get it out again!), or will I have to resort to...

The two walls forming the corner into which I am installing a shower are lath-and-plaster on stud. What should I (would you) put between the painted plaster and the tile adhesive ? a) Nothing ? b) apply that special water-proof membrane, with cement-based adhesive? c) hack off both laths...

We've had a combi-boiler fitted, so don't need the hot-water tank. That's gone, as has the airing cupboard it was in (in the bathroom). I'm now going to install a shower in place of the airing cupboard, and inside the shower I want to install some GU10 ceiling lights - I have proper Zone-safe...

I am installing a shower into the gap between the end of the bath and the end wall, see //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/shower-enclosure-at-the-end-of-the-bath.420457/#3264958. So the shower in plan looks like this:- +--------------------------------+...

Sorry about this, but I somehow managed to post this in the wrong Forum ! Your advice would be much appreciated, to add to the one reply. //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/shower-enclosure-at-the-end-of-the-bath.420457/#3271496

Sorry about this, but I somehow managed to post this in the wrong Forum ! Your advice would be much appreciated, to add to the one reply. //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/shower-enclosure-at-the-end-of-the-bath.420457/#3271496

Now that we have a combi-boiler, I have removed (most of) the airing cupboard & hot water tank, and it's a perfect space for a shower. We shall be replacing the old bath with a new one at the same time. The walls shown behind and to the right of the shower are stud + lath-&-plaster...

I knew from the outset that I'd have a challenge; well, that time has now arrived. I ripped out the old shower there were leaks in the ceiling below). I have installed a 1200 x 900 quadrant shower tray, and done the plumbing, and the walls are tiled. Everything works just fine. But she...

I ripped out the old shower, as there were leaks, etc. SOme of the floorboards were a bit rotten, so I replaced them. Alas! The new boards have curved across; and they are fractionally thinner (metric rather than imperial, I guess) and there are gaps between them 3-4mm wide. On top goes a...

I have a challenge, for which I would be glad of your advice :- I took out the old shower because there was leakage which led to rotting floor joists. That's all sorted now. I have waterproof matting that I want to install next. I have plastic trim to go along the top of the tray, to...

I'm replacing an old shower cubicle. 1. The old waste pipe and the new trap outlet are separated by 540mm longitudinally (in line), but also offset by 30mm horizontally and 80mm vertically. I think these offsets are too small to allow for a left-and-right elbow. Suggestions, please ...

So I had to get a new loo, and I've installed it, and everything's just fine - except... the floorboards aren't flat, so the loo wobbles a bit. I've put wegdes underneath, but they tend to work loose. (This is all temporary, as I shall have to lift the floorboards later when I change the...

I bought the shower tray a couple of years ago, and am now (at last!) getting round to fitting it. It's a 1200 x 900 x 45 quadrant, and "plastic - the underside is flat, & textured black. But I've lost "the Rules", and there are no labels on it at all. It's to go in a corner, on...

I need to drill a neat 75mm dia hole horizontally through about 600mm of old brickwork; it's only accessible from one side. I've got an SDS drill and a 75mm dia core drill - but that will only go in about 150mm. Is there such a thing as an extension bar with SDS type "clutch" on one end...

I still need a little help ! Please see //www.diynot.com/forums/general-diy/wooden-post-on-top-of-brickwork.371925/ Pretty please ?

Here //www.diynot.com/network/user_album_update.php?album_id=17150 are pix of my porch. The side walls comprise brickwork up to waist height, topped by a square timber frame with mortice / tennon / dowelled joints. Alas! The bottom horizontals have rotted, so I have cut them out...

In the garden of this old house we have bought is a shed, two sides of which are formed by the old stone boundary wall. I want to extend this along one wall until it meets the next wall, i.e. the extension will comprise just a front wall and a roof. One slight complication is that the side...