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Sorry for being thick, but aren't tiles waterproof already... what is the need for an expensive waterproofing layer underneath? I appreciate that grouting will fail/leak over time, but a waterproof layer will just cause the leaks to track down onto the floor/ceiling below?

An acrylic sealant like what?

Am about to start painting our new bathroom, which has been freshly plastered all over (now dry). I'm starting with a mist coat, and am just wondering whether I should put the mist coat all over, even in a corner where we will be installing a shower, with tiles in that area. I've been trying...

Burnerman: closing bead? foxhole: these are solid timber doors that seem to have expanded massively since first being hung. The paint has just made it worse.

Just to be clear, it's binding like follows:

I've just painted some wooden internal doors. Prior to painting, they were pretty tight, but now they're painted they're binding on the frame/doorstop near the hinge. How would you suggest dealing with this? I can't really plane the surface where it closes against the stop, because (a)...

Yeah that's partly what is bugging me. Most insurance requirements or exclusions kinda make sense, like not going away for days in midwinter without leaving the heating on low, or at least turning the stopcock off. But window locks have got me. Until I started looking at what was available...

Yup if they picked the lock of the back door to get in, they'll most likely go out that way too. Even if they don't, and wish to exit via a window, a window lock will surely make no difference to a burglar armed with a simple allen key... might take 10 seconds extra. If they break in via a...

So I've been looking at window locks for wooden window frames, and am starting to ask the question: what is the point? The ones I've seen appear to have a standard hex drive, so what sort of deterrent is that? Any thief worth their salt will just keep an Allen key in their pocket. Smash...

The integrated fridge is an undercounter fridge (I think they refer to them as "built under"??), and my understanding is that it doesn't have a cabinet... it just sits on the floor in a space between adjacent cabinets? May be wrong on that, but can't see any actual cabinet on the item listing...

We're considering layouts for a new kitchen, and would like to know whether it's possible (and sensible even if possible) to put an integrated fridge right next to an integrated dishwasher. Not only does one cool and the other one get quite hot, but also I would imagine there might be...

Re tilt: I guess it would compromise fire rating as it stands, but there are tilt fittings that are fire rated... I assume with a fire hood or enclosure over the top... so no reason why you couldn't have a tiltable version?

OK I see the data -- lots of it (real test data). Can see a cutout measurement (quite small in fact), but no overall diameter -- do you know? And do you happen to know if they do a tiltable version? I need to put some in a sloping roof.

yep I can't help feeling that sticking an LED lamp (with integrated heatsink) in an existing MR16 / GU10 fitting is a compromise. Thanks for the recommendation sparkybird. Is it just me, but I can't see any power or brightness (lumens) ratings for those LEDlites. They look good though...

OK OK that's decided then :) Out of interest, if not installing immediately, what is the best way to avoid having unsightly cable hanging out for ages? Could push the excess cable into the ceiling void above, but don't want the cable to disappear entirely, without easy access for retrieval...

Thanks for the comments, Daxi. Noted re signal loss. To avoid too many connections, I'm thinking that the four cables from the dish could initially be a continuous run all the way from the dish to the two annex rooms (via the central annex point, for future possibility of breaking them there...

Situation: (a) satellite dish already up on side wall of house, feeding one room in house with Sky+ (b) new detached annex being built with a metre or two of that side wall of house. Annex is a small two-up two-down. (c) would like to keep option open of having different Sky+ channels in...

What's the consensus for LED downlight spots (e.g. for kitchen ceiling)? One of the type of dedicated LED fittings, or standard GU10 fittings with LED lamps rather than halogens? Thanks.

Am thinking about ways of getting some coax TV cables from a new building across to an existing building. One way would be to run the cables down the exterior of the new building, which is anyway being rendered (K-Rend), so the cables would be hidden. But is it asking for trouble putting...