Recent content by Shrimper_

Thanks - am considering putting a booster pump between the shower and the immersion (as the pressure was never amazing)

Thanks! No - specifically no primer needed. I patch-tested a small area successfully, and then on that basis ploughed straight in with the roller on the whole area. I gave the newly plastered area a light sand and then washed it. It appears to just be a couple of small patches - so my proposed...

Thank you - I appreciate it! The £180 felt like a pee take - more than happy to pay for a quality and technical job - but it's a brand new shower install - so really is a quick swipe around a perfectly clean and preped area with no old bead to remove or anything. Thanks for the tips!

Thanks - appreciate it. Although the quality of what they have done is ok - the firm I've been using have been pretty poor. "No shows" leaving us with no bathroom for weeks and spending most of their day backwards and forwards to the plumbing supplies shop because they didn't know what was...

Thanks Johnny. I've got a cartridge gun and some decent tubes of sealant - to me, that looks doable!

I have had a shower tray installed, the surround tiled and a sliding glass door fitted. As a finish, I am aware that I need to seal unit. Will a good bead of bathroom silicon sealant from a gun be sufficient? I am aware that applying mastic is often suggested. (A quick query on checkatrade...

I have recently had a plaster repair job completed, and having left it to dry out for a few weeks, applied some Farrow and Ball paint to the surface. Two coats in with a roller and the paint appears to have cracked as it has dried, flaking away from the wall surface. This is only in a couple of...