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    removing bathroom basin held fast with silicon

    My bathroom basin is held on with several inches of silicon (not screws) both at the floor end and against the wall. its the wall bit that i'm trying to figure out. i need to replace the floor. so i need to remove and replace the basin. how to get it off the wall? is there some 1 inch...
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    Help -touching pipe and tile

    Finished 85% tiling floor yesterday. In my manic rush to get it all done before the adhesive went off i forgot to check the position of the radiator pipe. I chopped out a big square If you think of a square and see the pipe in it, its touching (just i think) in the corner. So if it...
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    cable replacement and tiles

    I intend replacing my old tv cable with good quality stuff. I have been on the roof and had an inspection. 2 cables come off the aerial down the chimney stack and then off to the right and left down the roof about three tiles down and into the loft from both sides. so :- 1 moving the cable...
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    conduit box removal

    8) Hello I am considering removing the old low loss coaxial aerial cable fed from the outside aerial through the loft down to the socket in my front room. At the moment the coaxial is tight and I think that is the conduit box jamming it slightly. I want to take the conduit box out or...
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    additional bathroom extractor query

    Electrician installed an extractor fan last year in our small bathroom which was needed cause of condensation mainly from the shower. condensation remains a problem and better extraction is needed. I'm thinking that an additional fan above the shower would probably do the job (or a better...
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    Compression fitting tight enough?

    i have just put back a toilet upstairs Before starting i had a pipe run for the toilet and an isolator valve attached to it from the other end of the valve i put a small piece of pipe. from the other end of that pipe i put a braided hose that leads to the inlet of the toilet. the...
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    thin or thick bed tile adhesive

    //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58186&highlight= for reference purposes only i have finished tiling the floor (real tiles on a laminate structure (edge tiles from b and q)-no slivers -3 days work i'm well chuffed but tired anyway onto the walls now. gcol has given me...
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    Thick or thin bed adhesive

    //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58186&highlight= for reference purposes only i have finished tiling the floor (real tiles on a laminate structure (edge tiles from b and q)-no slivers -3 days work i'm well chuffed but tired anyway onto the walls now. gcol has given me good...
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    bathroom tiling-border

    I was thinking of putting a border on the window ledge line + tiling down to the bath. The border will go round the room. right of the ledge where the yellow paint is there will be one tile above the border. to cover where the tiles used to be. there is a tile and border in the pic. the tile...
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    new bathroom suite-valves and connection questions

    I am removing a toilet, basin and bath for a nice white suite. i'm installing an excel thermo mixer shower to put in the stud wall. it is a combo boiler I need servicing valves for all. I have read on this forum that they need to be full bore so as not to restrict the flow. I am tapping off...
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