just to let charnwood know they are barcelona bath shower mixer model from bathstore and cost me a fortune and yes they are sending brass bushes to take from 1/2 bsp to 3/4 bsp. cheers
thanks for all your help. Been in touch with the bathstore where i bought them from and it seems that old stock of the taps i bought have 1/2 bsp fitting and new stock have 3/4 bsp fittings. It seems i had old stock taps with a new manual. Should have got a conversion fitting for taps taking...
The taps are bath taps and book says they measure 3/4 diameter,drilled 3/4 holes in bath 2 take taps .bought 22mm 3/4 flexi hose but tap connector was far 2 big. Am I missing something here.? 1/2bsp flexi fits onto taps but as I said I can't get 1/2bsp to 22mm. Any help would b appreciated as I...
hi all. have just fitted a new bath and existing hot pipe is 22mm. cold is 15mm. my new taps both have 1/2bsp threads. had no problem getting a 15mmto 1/2 bsp flexi hose with valve for the cold feed but cant get 22mm to 1/2 bsp flexi for hot side.is one available because dont fancy soldering...
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Have just decorated my kitchen but now my cupboards are looking tired and dated. Cupboards look like oak but sure there not. Not sure what they are. That is my question. House was built in 1992. There not mdf. Second question is what can i paint them with and do i need to prime them...
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Just fitted my flash new ceramic sink and plumbed it in but the problem is the plughole to sink joint keeps leaking. The plughole is steel and underneath there is a rubber washer and a plastic nut to secure. Had 2 attempts to seal sink to basin joint with silicone but on both occasions...
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Just finished an en suite using mapei ultracolour plus tile grout which i must say was great to use. My question is do i need to seal the grout. It is a polymer based grout. I buffed up my tiles after grouting but porcelain tiles seem dull. Is there a polish for porcelain tiles and do i...
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i am about to change a rad for a towel rad but have a prob. my existing rad has 630mm pipe centres and nearest towel rad i can get has got 550mm pipe centres. my rad pipework is 10mm and the pipe comes out of the wall about inch above skirting board. am going to tile the wall before...
thanks for that but my wall and joists run the same way and one joist is approx 4 inches in room i am working in and next joist is approx 11 inch into another room. cut board agaimst wall but new floor is un supported for last 4 or 5 inch and cant get to next joist
i need to take a chipboard floor panel up which runs under a wall. If i cut it at the wall and replace will leave about 6inches of floor un-suspended, the next joist being in another room. is there a way round this :)
i need to take a chipboard floor panel up which runs under a wall. If i cut it at the wall and replace will leave about 6inches of floor un-suspended, the next joist being in another room. is there a way round this :)
i have stripped my en suite and am about to re-tile. My question is can you tile onto old wall adhesive. ON stripping tiles some of the paper coating on plasterboard came away. If i can tile on adhesive do i need to seal plasterboard and with what. cheers :P