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SurroundUpright by wingit posted 15 Sep 2017 at 12:42 PM Full by wingit posted 15 Sep 2017 at 3:58 PM CloseUp by wingit posted 15 Sep 2017 at 3:58 PM Side by wingit posted 15 Sep 2017 at 3:58 PM The problem I'm having is the back of the facing panels will be set forward from the wall (58mm...

Yeah, you're right. I'll do just that. Thanks. The reason I was unsure was because I didn't know what to expect opening up the shower valve, in case I couldn't put it back together or needed special seals or something. Having opened it up, it was very straight forward, Loctite 55 and the job's...

ShowerValve by wingit posted 3 Jun 2016 at 1:11 PM I've got a concealed shower valve plumbed in, I connected up the shower arm and decided to use a blanking nut to stop it off and turn the water on to pressure check it, not sure that's a good thing to do, but it seemed so at the time. Anyway...

I had three plasterers look at it and they all just said mesh over it would be good enough. The crack is hairline, will just have to keep an eye on it now. I'll post back in the thread if it opens up again, so others can learn from it. Fingers crossed it's sound enough.

Thanks guys (y) I'll either go with gas tape or Loctite 55 Edit : I used Loctite 55 to do the job and it was so simple, I won't use PTFE again.

Thanks guys (y) job's a good'un, much better then the old light, it's a small room with a sloped ceiling so a wide angled bright beam LED is perfect.

In my cloakroom the old halogen downlight fizzled out when a pipe leaked, I thought I'd just buy a nice new LED downlight and swap it out, but a few questions have arisen. The electrician that installed the old halogen light did not connect earth to the light. I looked at the junction box and...

Builders installed the shower originally and sadly a copper pipe in a concealed tiled wall sprang a pinpoint corrosion leak. Having ripped the walls down and replaced the pipe I got to fixing the shower arm in place to make sure it is watertight. The shower arm connects into a 1/2" to 15mm...

An update for anyone else who comes across a similar problem, the plasterer just fixed a wire mesh to the brickwork and rendered it. A few weeks later fine cracks formed in the same position, but they haven't opened up, so fingers crossed it is only surface cracking in the plaster.

I do usually DIY when I can, and I suppose I could just patch it up with mortar and mesh, but as you suggested in your first post, I think the proper repair would be to chop out the cracked bricks and tie new ones across. My concern is that with it being a load bearing wall that if I start...

It does look like it. I wonder now, after reading the feedback, if way back there was a bit of settlement and a section of wall was replaced, but not very well. It wouldn't have been a chimney as that is on the opposite side of the room, if it was a bricked up door then all the neighbours houses...

Thanks Woody, I'll get some quotes in. Any ideas on what I should expect as a ballpark figure to do the job?

There has been a crack in the render in the living room for the last 4 years, since I moved in. I've finally got around to renovating that room and just taken down the render and plaster and found a crack approximately 1.2m long as shown in the pictures. It's a 1930's terraced house. It seems...