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Yes been returned and replaced.

Nope doesn’t wipe off and it’s even discolouration all around the section, will be returning tomorrow.

New Pifco oil filled radiator 800w has badly discoloured on one section, any ideas why. Only 4 weeks old.

Hello fellow DIYer's. I'm thinking of refurbishing my stairs by painting them completely and adding either a runner or stair mats. I also have a half landing that currently has floor boards. The idea is to paint all of the stairs and the bullnoses of the half landing and replace the floorboards...

Hi Thanks for that, The tiles are 500x250x7mm ceramic. https://www.tilechoice.co.uk/51-5x25-7-sydney-gris.html. Also the shower enclosure will be against the outer edge of the larger tiles and the cuts into the corner will go behind the tiles off the false wall so will assist in supporting the...

Yes that's an option although when discussing the installation with my plumber he said not always necessary. Would that improve the wall strength as well.

I'm refurbing my bathroom and fitting a quadrant shower tray. One wall will be MR plasterboard to hide the pipes and the other is newly skimmed plaster. I was going to prime the plaster side with SBR with something like this https://www.toppstiles.co.uk/tprod8763/bal-bond-sbr-primer-1ltr.html...

I did a quick test over the weekend using the manual button on my Heatlink. Although the Nest Thermostat is all connected and the CH and HW is working as expected. The manual override did not fire the boiler. The fan and pump starts or maybe just the fan but the boiler did not fire. Seems to be...

Would have thought quite a time as it will be compressed against the wall anyway. Can’t be any worse than silicon breaking down over time.

Hi yes, thats the plan. The AquaStrap sticks to the tray. The tray is installed and the raised bit of the Aquastrap is then sealed to the wall with a line of Silicon behind. The tiles come down over the raised bit of the seal to a few mm clear of the tray and then you seal again under the tiles...

OK, I will test by pressing the Heatlink button to see what happens, must admit I hadnt tried that once I had sorted the OpenTherm settings on the Nest thermostat.

Yes thanks, just think it gives a good secondary seal which in theory nothing will get passed if attached to the tray correctly and does effective what a shower tray with upturns would do. Can't see that I would run into issues unless the corner of my bathroom is not entirely square which I will...

Price varies but I can get 2.5m including a tube of Sealux-N silicon sealant for £19.99

Will be installing a new quadrant shower tray and bath soon. Thought I would add an edge seal to the tray and bath before installing and tiling. After a bit of research I found this product https://aquastrap.com. Seems perfect for the job but not found any first hand comments about it other...

Hi All, thanks for the replies. Not tiling the floor, so gone with 18mm and 6mm ply topper before the final vinyl flooring. Will be putting noggins under each joint and also where the heaviest loads and stability will be required such as under the shower tray and the bath and toilet. Floor...