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Hello, I have read as number of the posts on here concerning rendering over concrete lintels and followed some of Roughcaster's advice about 'stippling' a cement/pva slurry. This worked really well to hold my stop beads up (around a fire place opening) but I'd like to know what to do...

Thanks for your advice. I'm going to use Danish oil.

Hi, I've built some bathroom cabinets out of birch plywood and wood like to seal/oil the interior faces and also the exposed edges. I'm hoping that the 'stripey' edges will look strong and distinctive whilst the interior faces just need protecting. Can I use some kind of oil, or is there a...

Spoke to tech support at Schluter, they said that the appropriate adhesive should be selected for the tile not the membrane, as the membrane is fleece lined most adhesives will cure to it. So I think I'm gonna give the keraflex a go as it is correct for the tiles, I'm still worried that it...

Hi, I'm building a steam shower and have installed kerdi DS on the surfaces in the cubicle. The shop which sold me the kerdi recommended keraflex to adhere the porcelain tiles , large format, to the kerdi. I have since read that I should be using unmodified thin set. Does anyone have...

Just been trying out the fixing plate for fit. Because I have a fixed riser coming from the valve the distance between the valve and the finished tiled wall needs to be greater than that achieved with the elbow connector. I'll look into the connectors from amazon which denzo mentions.

Nice analagy, makes sense. I've also read about ptfe tape around the olive, though I must admit I've always put it around the thread, no wonder I'm a bit concerned about dripping compression joints :roll: hopefully I'll get over it with my next joints! Thanks all

Thank you, I'll go for it and leave it exposed for a few days to check for leaks....it's that tight but not too tight that confuses me! :-) Happy 2013!

Hi, I have bought myself a shower fixing plate to attach my exposed thermostatic valve to. My concern is that the 90° connector supplied is a compression fitting onto the 15mm copper and not a solder. The connector is designed so that it can be screwed to the fixing plate thus won't suffer any...

kings langley.

Thanks for your advice, I think i'll go for the backer boards...though i'm tempted to have a go at rerendering! This is the first stage of a big project so i'm sure i'll be back with more questions soon :D

The render is about two months old. When I rub it with my hand it's quite dusty and numerous 'grains' are rubbed off. I haven't persevered to see if it is just the surface which rubs easily. It feels hard and sounds solid, though when drilled it creates a crater around the hole...a 7mm hole will...

I have rendered two small walls in my bathroom which I intend to adhere Kerdi membrane to followed by tiles, the room will be a steam shower cubicle with the kerdi providing the membrane. The render thus won't be providing any waterproofing function as it is under the kerdi. The render is...