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I did the same on one of mine recently. Boarded the sides/back and just had a vent made up for the top. Made sure to get the chimney swept out first as well! :)

What would be a good alternative for priming the walls? I've ordered some Weber P360 from a company via eBay but they appear to be quite useless. Could I use a PVA/water mix as an alternative?

Cheers again, when the plumber installed the pipe he did protect it in sleaving of some kind so hoping that should be fine. I'll make a note to check there's enough clearance for the pipe to expand though!

Cheers, that sounds like a good idea too. Took a whole load more of the old plaster off last night and you can see how dusty the brickwork is. One more question, the pipe for the shower that runs up the wall you can see in the picture is already recessed into the wall so is flat. I was...

Perfect cheers for the answers. Got a few bits on order now that should arrive Monday. Should hopefully have it cleared out and ready to go over the weekend!

thanks for the reply :) This'll be a bathroom with a shower over the bath which is the area to be tiled. I was thinking about taking back to brick, on the end wall and then using Marmox multiboard (12.5mm) direct onto the block-work using a continuous bed of tile adhesive. Along the...

Hi All, Getting ready to start renovating my bathroom as it's the last room in the house to be done before we move in. The main problem is that when I've removed the old tiles (that were all wonky/uneven), it's pulled a fair bit of the original plaster off. I can see the plaster/cement...

Hi all, I've been renovating my new house recently (1930's semi) and last on the list is the bathroom. Need some advice on what to do with the walls in the bath/shower section. When I previously removed some of the old tiles to have the pipework for the digital mixer shower fitted, the...

Cheers, I'd read that actually so I'll probably send them back I think.

Hi, I'm planning to fit quite a few extra double sockets around the house and bought a double box cutter and tri-cut cutter. I just checked though and it says they're not suitable for 5kg SDS drills which I have. Just wondering if anyone knows why they're not suitable and also if there's...