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Well ? 18 month down the line - have you broken into the Big Time yet ? And what did you do about the insulation ?

It's an old extension - older than the re-built (1915) house. There are just two walls involved, for there's another extension. The plastic windows are to be replaced shortly with wooden ones, so we need to complete the work on the walls before the windows arrive. The right hand section...

Stonework next to brick quoin; very tough render takes the skin of the brick with it. Close up.

Right again, showing footprint of patch under the window on new brickwork replacing a doorway.

Continuing up from previous picture to the window sill. Vertical cracks in the render.

Continuing right from a previous picture.

Abuts previous picture, going right. Vertical cracks in the render taken out, revealing stones behind.

Continuing up from previous picture

Bottom of LH side; step up to the left on the concrete path.

Abuts previous picture, going right.

The dark patch I think is where a chunk came off and was repaired.

Stonework next to brick quoin; very tough render takes the skin of the brick with it.

I had a similar challenge with "adaptors" for an extractor fan duct in my case, two rectangular ducts (to avoid the diagonal bracing between floor joists) going into a length of 110mm soil pipe laid between the floor joists. I cut a large plastic milk bottle to suit, and warmed it with a...

Plasterboard ??? I guess you may have to amble into your local friendly plumbing shop and seek their advice :-( You may have to end up with something like a 15mm to 22mm reducer, then a bit of 22mm pipe, then a 22mm compression to 3/4" female wall-plate elbow, with a 3/4" male to 1/2"...

I shall terminate each supply pipe with a compression wall-plate elbow (http://www.screwfix.com/p/wall-plate-elbow-15mm-x/92934) which has a foot to screw to the wall, which will have to be dug out big enough and deep enough (with the bottom of the hole smooth enough ! The horizontal part of...

Thank you for your response. I'm thinking of putting the vertical rail 475mm from the wall, and the centre of the mixer valve 800mm away. The bottom fixing of the rail and the mixer valve I thought to put 1200mm up from the shower tray floor - that's the highest the rail can go, with the shower...

I'm installing a 1200 x 900 offset quadrant shower tray & cubicle. The walls are both brick, rendered & set. The mixer valve and shower head are to go on the 1200 wall:- They are connected by a flexible hose, and the head is on a vertical slide. Q.1:- How far should the vertical...