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Hi All I've nearly finished tiling my bathroom with large format 60 x 30 porcelain tiles. Its taken me a while but i'm finally getting there thanks to the help i've received on this website. I've another fairly simple one for you BUT i'm struggling as I'm not sure what the best practice...

cheers fellas I think that because of the edge of the tile, (its almost a totally different grey colour) then beading is the best option. The stuff i've got leaves a chrome flat edge when applied with a very slight gap. Is this gap meant to be grouted?

Hi all I'm currently in the midst of tiling my bathroom with some large format porcelain tiles (600x300) and thanks to the great advice on this website and GCols guide its looking pretty good. The bathroom is like a stumpy 'L' shape, (pic here to help with description...

thought that might be the case :cry: :cry: Well they're in now so i'm going to have to cross my fingers. I take it theirs no point in trying to wrap anything around the outsides as an extra precaution, maybe even soldering? I guess once the water passes the olive thats it. How do you...

just been to the local shed and got a tool that seems to have done the job. Managed to get another part turn on the joint and the leak has stopped. Should compression generally be OK behind tiling? Thinking you need to be 100% sure its not going to leak. OR do you pro's stay well clear of...

Hi All, i'm currently in the middle of doing up my bathroom. I've finished the 1st Fix for the piping, (at least I think thats the right description). Then dot and dabbed plasterboard onto the walls were the pipework is. Now i've been careful to try and avoid any joints in the...

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Hello, I'm currently overboarding my ceiling with Gyproc moisture resistant. The first panels now up and my plan is to tape and fill and then prime. Should all the boards be butted together? Or should i leave gaps for tape and if so how much? cheers Scholesy :)

Hi all, i'm about to overboard my bathroom ceiling using Gyproc Moisture Resistant plasterboard. Before I do this I need to fix my head plates and was just after some advice... (1) Should I screw the headplates over the old ceiling plasterboard OR remove plaster where the plates will go...

I'll be changing all the valves when I do the work and repositioning some of the piping due to different rad sizes and additional radiators. Spacethegas would the system need as thorough a flushing if all new rads were installed? I'll do as buck51 has suggested i think. I'll probably...

Hi All I am about to start work on my central heating. I currently have a Gloworm Swiftflow 80, (12 years old), combi and a sealed system. I am changing the rads and then paying a Corgi Plumber to install a new Combi (Vaillent ecoTEC 831). My original plan was to turn CH off on boiler...

good point click. The new CU is installed now and we put the cooker circuit on the RCD side so thats OK. Thanks again to all posters on here. Everythings tested and working well. :D It was very interesting watching the professional doing basic things very very quickly which would...

cheers flyingsparks. I think it makes most sense to go with option 2.

Hi All, Rewire is going well and no problems so far, I was just after a bit of advice regarding a CH boiler circuit. I'm considering the best way to install my boiler which requires 3A... Are both the following methods\circuits OK 1) 6A - 1.5mm (non RCD) - 10m run to 3A FCU...

Thanks for all the info Richard. If my house falls down then it will be 100% my girlfriends fault for not making me enough tea :lol: haha, no seriously, it'll be 100% down to me which is why I'm doing as much research as I can BUT fully understand the difficulties in giving too much advice...

Richard, thanks again. I'll use soundproof board for the whole thing, it'll save my ears the next time my girlfriend is singing in the shower :D Your bang on they do run at 90 degrees from the windows\external wall. Just had a look. Basically the trusses run up from both sides...

Richard, just remembered, I posted a picture of my proposed bathroom about a month back you can see it here to help you visualise the walls... //www.diynot.com/network/scholesy/albums/

blinkin regs :lol: i'm making my bathroom bigger by extending into the spare bedroom, (were the old water tanks were kept). The two walls are... (1) hall facing, plant pot material construction, (forgotten name). I'm replacing this with new partition because (i)not sure how easy to...

cheers Richard, that is really helpful \ valuable information, thanks. One final point, my plan is to overboard my bathroom ceiling. I'll be taking down two adjoining walls first, and replacing with timber stud partitions. Would you do this in the following order... (1) remove the two...

thanks Richard, going back over you points, (can't do quotes???) (1) OK Do you stack the 2 high then (2400 ceiling)? I'm sourcing from Tr*vis P3rkins, where would you suggest? Do you use 1200 x 900 for all your plasterboard work? (2) Would you recommend any particular makes...