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Thanks Joe, but as the lower edge of the ceiling is only 5' 10" above the floor level, it is not the best use of the area as an added part of the kitchen where it is intended to move the sink. (The extension used to house a small bathroom, since moved upstairs.) The extension is only 1.3m to the...

My son has a poorly constructed (pitched) roof on a small extension on the rear of his terraced house. We wish to replace this with a warm flat roof. Warm roof construction requires that both inner and outer perimeter walls meet the insulation layer above the joists to avoid cold bridging...

My son has a small single storey extension which extends to 1.3m the 2.5m width at the rear of the terraced property. It has a poorly constructed sloping pitched roof which we would like to replace with a warm flat roof. The roof would be the same height as existing where it adjoins the main...

Thanks very much for your useful reply FM, confirms my own inclination and will follow advice on underlay. :D

Instructions state that I should not fit a WC pan on top of the waterproof laminate I am about to lay in a 2.5 x 1.7m bathroom. I do not foresee expansion problems. Is there any other reason not to do so? Also, is it acceptable to lay the laminate direct onto a level hardboard layer, which is on...

Further to my earlier request, we now find that the whole area will require a new solid floor. I am happy about the new floor construction, but would like advice as to how best to seal the dpm to the existing walls which will have a new chemical damp course. I assume that synthaprufe is about...

I missed that. However, have now managed to get a cheap(ish) overflow filler with pop-up waste for £63, which will fit the bill nicely as the bath is not predrilled for the tap/spout. Thanks all for your help.

After intensive searching, I've found one at £53, which is too tall anyway. Hardly zillions, or even dozens.

Knowing how intelligent, helpful and polite you all are on here, I came here first. Cheers

I am fitting a new bath with shower. The bath has a single hole in the top edge to take a mixer tap. I have a very nice dual purpose shower valve unused in an earlier bathroom, designed to supply either the shower or the bath. I would like to use this to supply a single spout for the bath...

Exactly!!!

Thanks for all the replies, however, while these explain thedifferences between solvent & push fit, I am none the wiser as to why solvent & compression could not be made the same size, even if different material. Cheers

Thanks very much, most informative.

Can anyone provide a definitive answer: Why push fit and solvent fit pipes of nominally the same size, e.g. 1.5", are not actually the same size. It would be so much easier if you could use them for either. Also, can anyone who knows about plumbing standards, explain why these sizes...

Can anyone provide a definitive answer: Why push fit and solvent fit pipes of nominally the same size, e.g. 1.5", are not actually the same size. It would be so much easier if you could use them for either. Also, can anyone who knows about plumbing standards, explain why these sizes...

Thanks, I'll look at those. Cheers

I am about to replace a badly laid floor in a small, 3m X 1.5m, extension. What is a good method of sealing the new dpm to the existing solid floor, which is in a terraced house built in about 1890, and therefore probably has no proper dpm of any sort. My query relates to how to stop damp...

Precisely my concern Mick, and is a good argument in favour of a traditional system. Thanks Chris

I certainly am, which is why I posted! I understand, reasonably well, as I have plumbed two houses: 1. Vented systems 2. Unvented systems, as in my own house, CH & HW running at 1bar off a Viessmann Vitodens 200-W. But I have not dealt with pressurised (mains hot water pressure) systems...

So you would suggest using a radiator to heat the cupboard, or does the pressurised system incliude a hot stainless tank?