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does it make a difference what type of tile he is using. My porcelain tiles with premix tub of mud was still soft after a month. Some bits had started to dry around the edge of the tile, but i was still soft in the middle. i Scraped it all off and used Bal rapid set and its dry within a few...

12mm seems to be holding up fine. Although i did make a considerable effort to nail the existing floor boards down solid and even screwed quite a few of those in as well. I did another small wall of tiling last night, so its getting there bit at a time, seems to take me an hour to cover a m...

Well, secured floorboards with 12mm ply screwed at 200mm ish centres, coupled wil BAL single part flex seems to have done the trick. Only problem is the wall tiling that was started is now no longer at the correct height (due to thincker boards) so we have taken all that off as well!! The...

lol, good job i asked!!! cheers

Thank you Moz. I have the correct boards now (£7 each from b&Q, robbing ***t's) and i also realised that all the floor boards that had been removed had not been secured!!!! and were free to just move about, no wonder teh tiles would not adhere! Been nailing and screwing the floor boards down...

Cheers for the advice guys, i'm going to rip it all up and start again with some thicker board, and the BAL stuff if i can get it. Where can i get these BAL adhesives though? i have not seen them about.. on hands on knee's now starting the clear up!! i dont think any of these tiles have...

I wont go into massive details about how i`ve been screwed over but i`ve basically got one tiled wall, a tiled floor and a bath installed in what was our upstarrs bathroom. The plumbing for the sink sticking is out the floor, a couple of holes in the outer wall for the WC (fookin cold!! as we...

looks like it the stats: Element still has continuity, and also reads a small voltage across it when the unit is in drying mode. fan works fine, voltage across it and can hear/feel it working and getting warm. looks like it the stats to try first then. Many...

Thanks for that, so plan of action is tto check the thermostats for being open circuit (i have a multimeter, do i just do a continuity check across the thermostat? am i expecting continuity or a broken circuit across it?) and the heater element is inside the alloy casing? so i can crack...

Basically everything works fine bar the drying process. It proceeds onto the drying programme but no heat seems to be generated (Shell feels cool and no steam pouring out of the power hole/filler as normal) I have searched on here i *think* it could be the thermostats or a heating element...

just for reference do you remember where you got that door from? sounds a plan, then once i have ruined the bi fold door, i`ll open the door the other way> still same problem exists of dodgy door sizes

What kind of ball park figure would i be looking at for an existing rear window to be replaced with an external UPVC french door of the same width? just so i know whether i`m going to be ripped off of not. ~ 800 - 1k? Thanks Alex ________________________________ lynda, moderator...

I cant for love, nor money, find a door to fit our downstairs WC. It needs to be 68x 198 and has to be bi fold due to the small basin located on the wall opposite the door frame. Has anyone got any contacts for custom made doors? I have tried a couple of companies with no response.

cheers for the links, i think i`ll try that cheaper kit many thanks all as you have probably saved me some hassle

well cheers for the info, i have certainly learnt a lot already. I think i need to find somewhere that will just supply like a contactors kit with everything inc, as i really wont have a clue what i am buying.. "can i have one of the Who-who flashing boxes and another dummy one, a panel with...

ok thats the one q down with... now to just find soem suitable gear. cheers

OK OK before breezeman etc says it, yes i have searched and i have already changed my mind from the lazy ass wireless approach, to wired. :cry: We have typical 1940's semi 3 bed. Front and rear gardens, drive going down side of house to garage in the rear garden. Reason for alarm: last...

wow! cheers for the pics. with removing that small wall, was there a beam already installed across the room? and you therefore just installed a larger one i ask as thats our current situation, we have a beam spanning across the room and its supported on that small wall which sticks out and...

Hello :oops: mr ollski...well i did try searching!! are you a central heating engineer? interested in installing a new boiler and system? do you have a contact e mail etc? cheers alex MOD e mail removed it can be shown in your profile

wow, thanks for that! that picture is very scary... its so like what will be our living room its untrue! the orientation is very similar ! even the beam spanning the room is in a similar position. Although its curently supported at the left hand edge by a small wall.. i really want that...