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I think I'll tackle it myself first, I can't be doing with Building Regs and Social Services on my back ;)

As regards clearing the rubble, there's all sorts down there. Can bricks and the like stay? All in all it's cold down there but not musty.

Thans Deluks, I'll give it a go. I do have sleeper walls elsewhere, but the gaps are brick size, in a chequered pattern. I hadn't thought of insulation but now you mention it.... I presume it'd have to be PIR board? What's the minimum thickness I could get away with for it to make a...

Thanks everyone, I'm so glad I asked, your replies have great advice (y)

Hello I've currently got some floorboards up in a ground floor utility room room which wasn't previously heated but soon will be. In the external cavity wall there's an air brick to the outside. I can't see from the inside but I can stretch towards it and feel a draught so I assume it's...

Thanks for the replies, it's all food for thought because there are a few factors in play . The shower is on the long wall, but the bath is lengthways across the short wall, and is what you see when you walk in. The shower will be on your left. The side of the bath is against a half-height...

Thank you. Duh, I feel a bit stupid now. :giggle:

Hi Need some advice please. The wall height in the shower area, taking account of the floor tile, is 253cm. It's a level shower and the plan is to drop the tiling to approx 5 tiles high in the non wet area. The tile height is 20cm so taking account of the grout (2-3mm?) it'd be approx...

Thanks. I will when I buy them but I was hoping for a steer in advance so I can think about the overall layout and what the priorities are e.g. shower envelopes, equal edge tiles, centre line as you walk in. Just not sure. If it differs from room to room that’s fine but it was seeing the...

Thanks. It's a wetroom former so as long as I'm consistent and follow the envelope cuts it should slope. What I'm trying to work out is a tile layout that ensures the grout lines are correct. I'm just struggling to visualise them!

Um, I'm getting a bit confused. Looking online, it seems that tilers start with the corners of four tiles meeting over the centre of the drain, as opposed to my idea of one tile dead centre over the drain. Does it matter?

Hello Trying to plan the layout of envelope tiles on a wetroom floor. It’s an Impey Aquadec Easy fit with 4 envelope cuts. I’m using 20cm tiles. Am I right to start laying the from the drain outwards? I’ve got the drain equidistant from two cuts, which is as good as it gets with an...

So the boards (Kronoboard) have been delivered and I've left them in the room ready to start next week. I read that there needs to be a 10mm expansion gap all round but posters have said 5mm will do. Krono, however, say 12mm. I know I should probably follow the manufacturer instructions but...

So for anyone interested, I've decided to go for 22mm chipboard. Price wise OSB was slightly more expensive but I settled on chipboard because I read it has a finer grain which makes the T&G joints tighter. It's P5 because that's all that my local merchant stocks. 450mm joists is the...

Actually, having checked the price locally, square edged OSB is only £1per sq m more expensive than T&G chipboard. But he says people go for chipboard not OSB. Why would that be? As there's already noggings across the joists would it make most sense to get square edge OSB and cut to the...

Hello My converted loft is L shaped and the main area has T&G chipboard flooring. The remainder, done at at later time was done with 20mm T&G pine floorboards. Part of both floors has had to come up for renovation work. The chipboard area has been cut and screwed back down on noggings...

Ha, I was just searching if you can remove demister pads without damaging the silvering. More challenging would be how to get to the wires with wet fingers, they’d be way out of reach!

Thanks, I’ll look into it. So how did the laminate surface interact with tiles and/or a decoupling/tanking membrane?

Thanks for the helpful replies. Thanks mrrusty. FWIW AI tells me that it’s not suitable for wet rooms but I guess it’d okay if I put tile backerboard over the top. But if I’m going to do 2 layers I wonder how P5 board (which is the Kronobuild), compares to WBP ply? Thanks yorksbuilder...

Thanks - I don't think Hardiebacker is structural so it would have to go over something else. What do people use these days? Previously I used marine ply but that seems to have its critics. I pulled out chipboard and don't think I'll be putting similar back in unless the moisture resistant...