Recent content by Adrian s

I have some 30 x 60 porcelain tiles to lay for a bath surround. I’ve fixed a solid ply fronted frame around the bath but I’m unsure which adhesive to use. Should I use the same flexible dry mix that I used on the floor? Also, the tiles are a mat finnish and I'd like to put a finnished...

Yes it is, thanks again.

Thanks for the reply. Would these work on my mixer tap?

Well last years bathroom project is coming along quite well now, hell we might even have a working loo and basin by the weekend. The bath mixer tap gasket appears to be leaking though, it only happens when lots of water is splashed around the taps. I've tried re-seating the tap but i think...

Yes the joints are solid, I can't pull them off. Thanks for the reassurance

Ummm! Well I've already done it and refilled the system but it's not tiled over yet. I used a short piece of chrome plated copper from the rad to a pushfit copper elbow in the wall. The chrome was carefully removed at the push fit end with sand paper and wire wool so the fitting gripped onto...

Thanks. I guess I'll go for the non demountable then.

Well the new chrome gleaming towel rail is fixed to the wall but the inline radiator valves and exposed chrome plated pipe are just not going to look the part. I'd like to use angled radiator valves and bury the pipework into the solid wall for about 300mm. If I go back to copper pipe, can...

Thanks for the replies, I'll get to work on it...

I'm in the middle of refitting our bathroom. The old basin waste went from the basin straight to the vertical soil stack. I\\\'d like to hide the waste pipe and I'm wondering if can I connect it directly to the horizontal waste pipe that runs from the WC to the vertical soil pipe. If this...