Recent content by figurinitout

Thanks guys. Am guessing the plastic trowel was in relation to not nicking the UFH cable as the addy is laid down? Will be using the spinner spacers to reduce lippage as I figured that may be a concern with that tile size. Was shocked to see such a product even exists - so much more on the...

Hello all. Am tiling a bathroom with these 900x150 tiles. Will be using them on the floor and to a wall height of 1.2m. Haven't tiled with such a shaped tile before (long and thin) and am struggling to figure out the correct amount of adhesive (and appropriate trowel) to use for them on both the...

Oh yeah, it'll be old wood alright; Victorian property built around 1890 so a good age to it. To be honest, if it weren't for the Building Controller comment, which was probably just a generic statement anyway, then I'd probably not give it much thought. May well be worrying unnecessarily...

Haha, I shall be sure to tap up the local rugby team. Building Control didn't put anything in writing - they didn't actually require approval for the renovation but did call me to tell me approval wasn't needed but advise of things I need to do to be compliant with regs and one of those things...

Don't have pics to hand, will try and upload when I get chance but reason is that I'm adding a fair bit of weight with new floor tiles but, probably more importantly, it's because that's what Building Control told me I should do and I feel I should probably do what they've told me I should do, lol.

Hi all. I'm looking for some advice regards sistering joists in a bathroom. Basically, I'm looking to reinforce the joists that the bath will sit on. Existing joists are 63x175 (yep, 175 and not 170 so won't get perfect snug match with any new timber but a few mill here or there won't matter...