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Around the edges, the tiler has grouted and not put any silicone around the edges of the shower tray. In order to fix this, do i around the edges of the shower tray , remove the grout at the bottom and put in the silicone, or put the silicone on top of the grout? thanks!

right update Got a tiler in 2nd opinion Should not be straight tiled onto plywood , should be on mesh subfloor (what Paul C said) 25mm gaps at the top. Should have measured it right or tiler being lazy new Tiler said it should take max 2 days work to the work (not near 2 weeks ) So over paid...

Sorry for the wall of text ! looking for some advice We have recently had our upstairs bathroom completely revamped. 2 guys (related) plumber and tiler . We have used the plumber before (with no issues) Tiles where going on the walls and on the floor. The floor was a wooden floor (lifted up...

Hi , We have a porch with one brick wall (other neighbors porch is on the other side) one large window, one window (with door in the middle) , and then the main door into the house. There is no heating in this room. We are plastering the walls (and ceiling) . currently ceiling is a wooden...

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sorry no. floating timber floor getting 100mm insulation underneath (as currently no insulation under the floorboards) Then on top of the floating timber floor want to put electric under floor heating. On top of the electric floor heating will be laminate flooring.

thanks for the quick reply. the 75mm is that for electric under floor heating or just normal (wet) piped under floor heating?

Hopefully this in the right place. Got the garage converted into a room last year. Room has NO insulation under the floorboards. So v cold in winter in the morning. Floor is plywood with a gap under it of approx 160mm Plan is to put insulation under floor board (approx 100mm)...

hi I have a 25 year old (oil) boiler (working well) Its currently in the garage. Looking to move it outside. Looking to know can you get an external metal housing unit for it? I did look into a new boiler, but i only go through approx 1300 litres a year (3 bedroom semi) the cost...

Summary: Garage converted into a childrens playroom. Radiators in, Walls beaded / double glazing etc.. AT times we have to put the heating on just to heat up that room. Rest of the house is toasty warm. current flooring: concrete floor (from orginal garage) with woodend suspended timber...

Quick query, Im looking to know can you setup 2 sets of sky digital tv eyes , that dont interfere with each other? (sorry bad wording but best i can do!) background we have sky mutliroom, in the kitchen i can watch sky+ from one room (using TV RF) it has a sky tv eye under the TV, it...

great thanks for the advice!

We are going through building control converting part of a garage into a room. The other part (external door access) contains the boiler and garage bits and pieces (approx 2.5m by 2.7m area) walls between this area and the rest of the garage is seperated by stud frame (2 by 4s)...

The heat from the fire (electric or coal) will dry the slate out. so it may need to be done often!

use wd40 thats what i use! brings them up well. though you have to do it after every time you light the fire.