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Hi there I am currently fitting a new bath and want to screw some battens into the walls which are made of lime plaster and then old bricks. Would frame fixings be strong enough for this? Is there a difference between frame fixings and say a concrete screw with a seperate plug? Many thanks

Thanks. So you don't think it will be noticable once tile adhesive has been applied etc?

Hi there I've bought two 12 mm hardie backer boards for a bathroom wall. I've noticed their thickness is slightly different. The first board is roughly 10 mm while the second one is 11 mm or so. Is that normal and will it be a problem once I start tiling? I don't really fance taking the...

Great, will give it a go

Thanks, will see what I can do

I somehow assumed that wouldn't work or would take too long. I'll give it a go.

Believe it or not when we moved in and being a complete beginner I knocked an ugly cast iron fireplace (it really was ugly) into pieces with a pin hammer. Not saying how long it took

Thanks for this. Great info.

Great idea smashing from the sides and pipe insulation. I can probably hit it from the outside so the pieces fall into the bath rather than the floor. I've found a bath that seem to fit the same measurements as the current bath so may be o.k. My plan is to support the heating pipes with a few...

Thanks. Damaging the pipework wouldn't be great as it would mean getting in a plumber. Ideal scenario: as little damage as possible

Hi there I was thinking of putting a club hammer to this cast iron bath and remove it. It's in poor condition btw. The challenge though is: it's in a wood bath frame and the heating pipes are resting on the legs plus sink water pipes close by. How would you deal with this without causing...

Thanks for info, much appreciated. The section to be tiled is just behind the single ended bath taps so water will be splashing. Think it may be worth buying a few cement boards just to be on safe side. Would be a major bummer if my first ever diy tiling job doesn't go well.

Hi There We live in a Victorian house and one of the bathroom walls where the front of bath is installed is up against a DIY cupboard (boiler). The old tiles on this wall (maybe 40 years old) have been tiled onto a pice of plywood with a bit of pva on top. Plywood in perfect condition. Never...

Great, thanks

Awesome, thanks. Great info(y)

It's teed to hot and cold pipe from boiler which is the horizontal pipes that's slightly bend. It then goes downward into the floor, not sure where though. Will pigtailing them not cause some kind of problem? What about the connectors? looks to me like i'd need a female to female 22 mm flexi...

Hi There Iam replacing an old cast iron bath as it looks pretty bad. I anticipate tap holes on the new acrylic bath tub won't line up with existing pipework. My first solution was to use flexible connectors but as you can see on the pictures of the hot tap, the distance from tap to tee is...

Thanks for reply. It was my intention to have similar pots as neighbours but when I got a quote from a roofer suggesting simply putting slate and flaunching I assume he intended to block it up completely so got a bit confused about best practice. As it is I think similar approach to neighbours...

The house is a typical London Victorian house. As you can see it's a shared chimney with two pots on the neighbours side. I assume the side with no pots is our side. The fireplace in bathroom is boarded up so no pics

Hi There We have an unused shared chimney which connects to first floor bathroom. The neighbours chimney side has two chimney pots but on our side there's none. Our side is partly covered with concrete and partly open. There's no damp and never been a problem but I thought perhaps it should...