Recent content by Toastandjam

Solid Stone Wall Cottage here. I'd like to place our cooker against the chimney breast and have the extractor fan above it on the chimney breast wall. I've been told that you can't run a flue from the hood vertically up the chimney because the moisture would run back down, not to mention build...

I thought about an acrow prop, but then how do I get to it? The joist infront is doing most of the heavy lifting....

I have a rotten joist (7cmx 7cm) right next to the window that I've been told is only holding up small stone, the lintel is holding up the rest of the wall. I need to remove it which is the easy part, but how do I put in a new one? Is it a case of creating enough space on the left to slot it in...

Hi - I'm putting down MOT on a space cleared for a parking space. However, because there's a clay pipe running diagonally across (depth unknow, but possibly less than a metre) I'd rather not use a compactor for fear of cracking it with the vibration. I've been told that over time, the MOT will...

@foxhole - thanks - should I use the long or short ones and what sized drill bit should I use?

Hi, I need to install a bath showerscreen on a tiled wall. There is no stud behind where the showerscreen needs to go (apart from half-way down where it hits a horizontal). So, I've looked at hollow wall anchors, but for a heavy-duty anchor, I need to drill quite a big hole which will be too...

...to tile a shower area? I've tanked the area, been let down by the tiler and struggling to find another one. I have all the kit ready - tiles, (pre-mixed) adhesive and 2mm spacers. Shall I just go get a cutter and a trowel and get going? I've watched all the videos - seems straight forward...

it's a stud wall - you can just make out the joist at the bottom....

Hi - I know, I know - the plumber has sinstalled it too close to the wall, and why the builder felt the need to plaster the shower walls - we'll nver know. Meanwhile, I'm about to start tiling 'it' 1. Please can someone tell me how I should tank around the mixer - should the holes/gaps be...

There's a primer that comes with my Mapei tanking kit - do I just use the one coat and then the tanking liquid?

and I'm guessing there were no issues? So it is doable?

...on top of gypsum, on top of plasterboard?

@foxhole - not really what I want unfortunately - is it possible to tile onto tanked gypsum?

Hi - for some reason, my builders used plasterboard for the walls around the shower and bath, and then skimmed it with gymspum. I've since been told that plasterboard is a big no-no in a wet area and that gypsum can't take anything above 25kg per m2. I can't install backeboard on top as it will...