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Hello and thank you for looking at this post. Will be fitting Gyproc moisture resistant plasterboard : http://www.british-gypsum.com/products/plasterboard___accessories/gyproc_moisture_resistant.aspx Was going to tile the entire bathroom but now considering tiling only around bath and...

Thank you for your reply. Cold water tank sits above hot water cylinder. Hot and cold water pressures about the same. Must be both from cold water tank as when mains tap was switched off, cold water tank needed to run down before old bath could be removed.

Thank you for your reply. I was thinking of insulation between the battens ie between the wall and the cladding to be fixed to the battens. Thank you for the link to the underfloor insulation. At 15mm it would certainly fit! Am wondering for what reason there is no wall insulation at...

Thank you for your reply. The pipes are under the floor boards. The heating is conventional boiler to hot water storage tank. Probably would not have bath taps going at same time as shower but would be preferable to install shower appropriately if there is a standard way from tee-ing...

Thank you for looking at this post. A temporary bathroom is being fitted, it is for about a year until an extension is done. Two walls in the bathroom are external walls so they are going to be battened then with either glasroc h or aqua panels, and moisture resistant plasterboard...

Hello and thank you for looking at this post, its probably a repeat matter. Part of my bathroom refit is the installation of a shower above the new bath. There are pipes there for the bath (which is going in the same place as the old bath, two taps). The shower will be fitted to the wall...

Dear tictic, Thank you for your helpful reply. The tiles are ceramic probably 148 mm x 148 mm with 5.5 mm thickness. And some border tiles 250 mm x 35 mm and thickness 8 mm. These are mainstream diy places stock. They do not do regular white tiles the same length as the border tiles...

Dear tnotty, Dear kingandy, Dear calorific, Thank you for your helpful replies. Now considering aqua panel or glasroc H tilebacker to walls around bath which will also have a shower, this will be tiled, and then moisture resistant board elsewhere which will be painted (seems necessary to...

Thank you for looking at this post. Thanks for replying to this as its probably a repeat. Bathroom being refitted. Now stripped out back to brick on two walls and lathe plaster on two walls. What's ideal way for wall prep now for tiling and fitting? For example : 1) Plaster and skim...

Thank you for looking at this post. Bathroom being refitted. Now stripped out back to brick on two walls and lathe plaster on two walls. What's ideal way for wall prep now for tiling and fitting? For example : 1) Plaster and skim everywhere, then fit and tile 2) tank then...

Dear PBoD, Thank you for your reply. Will have a go with steamer on parts that are stuck fast. Fortunately on one wall the cement has been applied to a nother layer of concrete behine whihc for some reason has either come away from the wall or never bonded so the lot is coming off in...

Hello and thank you for looking at this post. There are lots of posts already about removing tiles. But this post is about removing wall tile mortar. The bathroom wall tiles being removed are fixed in place by either cement or by "solidified volcanic magma from the jurassic era". A...

The solution is one coat damp seal paint.

Hello and thank you for looking at this post. A basement is being redecorated. In one corner there is damp. The corner is part outside wall to courtyard and part party wall to neighbouring basement. The effected plaster has been removed and renewed. The damp is continuing to penetrate and...

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Hello and thank you for looking at this post. In a bedroom which is to be decorated, the old wallpaper has been stripped off leaving generally sound but quite uneven walls some of which have remnants of paintwork. Lining paper appears to be the appropriate way forward here, however the...

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Hello and thank you for looking at this post. Which is / are the best paint(s) for a currently unpainted galvanised metal frame? It would be a silver / grey finish. Is Hammerite still the paint to go for? Thank you.

Thats helpful thank you. The blockage is about 5m of earth and roots with no information about the connection when it reaches the highway mains drain. The intention is to install a new pipe or even flexihose within the cleared existing drain. If you would like to be considered for the...

Good evening and thank you for looking at this post. Any replies gratefully received. A below ground drainage pipe is blocked with earth and tree roots. Is there any tool or method to clear the drainage pipe without excavating? The pipe leads below ground from the front elevation of a...