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Hi I am installing a new bathroom. Pretty much the whole room was tiled below half height but I am replacing with wetwall (around shower bath) and emulsion – no tiles. Stripping off the tiles was difficult; in some places tile+adhesive came off nicely but in others the adhesive was so strongly...

Maybe we need to think out of the box with LED technology. Everyone who has seen my kitchen agrees that the lighting setup is impressive .. it may not have worked with bright halogens/chunky energy efficient fluorescents but it DOES work very nicely with LEDs, giving a soft uniform and...

I've had a new kitchen and insisted on LEDs (which I sourced myself). I have 11 recessed in a geometric pattern on two circuits (plus under unit lighting) giving 7 different lighting combinations/moods - when all are on the kitchen is bright and purposeful (various combinations of one or two on...

I knew the pipe was probably in there somewhere, possibly cables as well (my detector doesn't seem to work at all well on dabbed plasterboard walls).. it became quite obvious as I did my exploratory piece by piece removal and checking with a torch and fingers (and bits of wood, to measure...

The conclusion ... IT WORKED !! Pictures attached - first two show the severity of the problem. It hasn't actually taken 2 weeks .. I had some other stuff to sort out around the kitchen before reaching this final stage! had to be careful of the gas pipe. By cutting exploratory holes getting...

agreed! Thanks for everything guys .. I'll post some piccies to show how it works out

that's another good piece of advice - many thanks Kazuya

Freddie .. that's a great suggestion - I had no idea that ss tiles existed! the designer never checked the walls and the installer essentially left me with this problem so I've been scratching my head with no suggestions from them so thanks v.much for your help. This may well be the route I will...

Hi guys I have a problem with the splashback behind my gas hob. The wall bows out so that the glass panel is raised (pushed away from the wall) by about 1cm all round the edges. This looks unsightly and reduces an already very small gap between back of hob and panel, making cleaning difficult...

thanks for the steer on this problem folks. I will follow this very useful advice .. if I remember I'll let you know how things worked out when we reach the other side of the coming winter.

JohnD there are two over the top of the window .. you can see the rightmost one on the bottom left and bottom right pictures of my last post. brick height vertical mortar pointings replaced with silicone

I should have added that I had cavity wall insulation put in here also about 15 years ago ... and you are going to ask whether the problem started after that .. answer: I don't know. That side of the house was so cold so we did dg & cavity wall (blown fibre stuff) at about the same time - I...

house built 28 years ago. This is an extension .. about 20 years old .. definitely cavity. here are some more piccies. There are two slots above the window which are filled in with translucent silicone .. I seem to remember somebody saying that these slots should be left open - could that be...

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thanks Gazman16 .. I'll get some photos - not easy as it's a wild wild area on that side of the house!! - back soon. Fitted by Anglian .. seemed to do a good job I recall (it was year 2000ish so long out of guarantee I presume - but I'll check that). I seem to remember that there was no problem...

thanks guys .. lots of good practical advice here. It's an upstairs window in an exposed position facing the prevailing wind so I tend to shut it most of the time in the winter (which is when the build up starts). The wall to the left of the reveal has efflorescence through the wallpaper (see...

I have a condensation problem .. a builder advised me to fit trickle vents - he said it was a doddle of a diy job. I read online how to fit them and all seemed easy so ordered and got to work with my drill. Ah, but inside the (easy to drill) UPVC is a stainless steel frame - and now I'm stuffed...

Goat/Joe Thanks for this. I forgot to say that it is an end wall so no gutters above or even near. Had the d/g firm back initially (because I thought it might be the sill seal .. but they said the seal was good; I tend to trust them -- they did a pretty good job and there's been no...

Lived here for 13 years - house is 23 y old. Extension done about 19 years ago .. by cowboys I suspect because I keep finding blunders! (e.g. roof had to be reinforced with steel when surveyor noticed that timbers were undersized! .. tried to trace them on another matter but the firm has...