I would imagine that the shower is leaking into whatever is below? I'd suspect that the edging tiles on the shower base rim were a remedial...
simon2009, If you use a flexi connector in the ground there are various risks - personally, i dont like to use flexi's anywhere. I would use...
As it stands, I dont think your proposition will work, you will come up to the right of the notch: You really need the complete WC pan and cistern...
Whoever installed the w/t takes responsibility for: due diligence inspection of the w/t before fitting. If its not right then its not fitted.
Check on the planning and Regs forum for up to date accuracy ref set-backs. But be certain: no guesswork. If you go for a lead slate then pulling...
FWIW: i've never heard of or seen done what you propose. I wouldn't do it that way. I'll tell you what "ain't cheap" - having to re-do the whole...
scruffybiker, the OP appears to have disappeared from his own post. But, FWIW, if you are having difficulties with soot penetration from a...
How do you know that the leak was: "due to a gap in the seal"? How can you be certain that the leaking has indeed stopped? Pics of above and...
Why have you excavated? Was there a leak or are you repositioning the WC? Does the soil pipe go on from the fitting thru the right hand side of...
As advised above - you should really clean out the old silicone and dry off - however, you could dry off the in-place silicone and go over it. It...
Why not post pics of the interior damp area, and at ground level outside the damp spot area? Do you have a high air brick in the living room? Is...
AAV's must be fitted where they can be accessible for maintenance ie. lifting up and out. Headroom is required above the AAV. They should also be...
As above, pics are needed - your description and my visualisation might be miles apart. Bath strips are useless - in my limited experience they...
If you pull the bath tub then give serious consideration to a bathroom re-fit. The soggy joist sounds like extreme wet rot - this can often be...
OP, you have nothing to lose by trying the polystyrene route. But if the wardrobe is built-in how do you intend to cover all the rear wall, and...
Following ladylola, who is usually right: The staining is probably rust, perhaps due to wet mopping the floor or due to the joists being damp....
As above will work. But you never grout over silicone- it wont hold. If you remove the bath tub you might find that the bottom course of tile is...
On the back door pics there are short squirts of remedial(?) caulking below the frame - lower left and lower right. There's a bead of caulking all...
"the little grey strip" seems to be a remedial measure of caulking applied because of some past difficulty. Its not working. You could rake it out...
Just a what happened next heads up: the PC went away for repair, and a diagnostic. something connected with the power cutting out was replaced,...
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