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Hi just want some clarification on the correct way to fir a strap on boss to a soil stack do you silcone the flange and fit the strap or solvent cement it to the stack and tighten the strap ?

If you get the units that are already made up as carcasses then all you need to do is put the legs and doors on Make sure the floor is pretty level and the room is pretty square before you start makes life a lot easier when it comes to fitting the units and worktops Put all units in...

just screw it into the chipboard and make sure the cistern is fixed well to the wall

The house is a terraced house in a row of 5 houses and the other houses are all vented and it will all be on the same pipe run so would that make any difference

there isnt another stack just one old cast iron stack that runs straight through the middle of the wall of the bathroom it looks ****e and leaks like a good en. wanted to chop it further down fit a plastic soil stack onto the cast iron with a rubber coupler. Then cap it with an admittance...

Hi is it possible to have a bathroom connected to a soil stack on the first floor of a property with an air admitance valve instead of it venting through the roof ?

Hi looking at removing an internal wall to make the kitchen bigger the wall supports the bathroom wall upstairs. The wall down stairs has a door way and measures 3m long the wall above it measures 2m both breeze block, standard height ceiling. few things want to know What size RSJ would...

it has got a cork screw type plastic insert and it did also come with a rubber diaphragm in a bag but i presumed this was a spare

Ive got a brand new toilet and the float valve fills the cistern and stops as normal but it will randomly start filling for a couple of seconds at various times throughout the day there is no leaks anywhere and the water level is no where near the overflow. Could have been a coincidence but it...

I totally agree I normally use stone resin shower trays and the legs screw straight into the tray

I totally agree Ive always used stone resin trays before with the leg pack and they screw straigh into the tray

Hi im fitting a bathroom suite and ive bought an easi plumb leg and panel kit it comes with marine ply that the legs screw into and they have sent sand and cement with it to bed the tray down. I bedded the tray down and it was flat and level and ive siliconed it to the walls. The tray is a...

well i went back and put a level across the wall and no word of a lie the wall was 1.5 inchs out from one end of the rad to the other thats how big the hump was. There wasnt enough play on the pipes to pack the brackets out i put a couple more fixings in the brackets to reinforce the existing...

there isnt any trvs on the system the wall has a bow in it and the radiator is a long rad with 3 brackets and the middle bracket is obviously very tight because the other 2 are brackets either side are both pulling only solution I can think of is to remove the middle bracket

i have a scenario for you if a plumber goes to a customers house and the radiator is making a knocking noise when it heats up and cools down. the plumber removes the radiator tightens up the screws to the brackets at the back refits the radiator and the problem is solved . a week later the...

they are really good at my local merchants and they know its just a rip off for what it is

yea pva can be funny stuff, I confirmed it with ccf today and its pva with silica sand ie kiln dried sand they also stated that if your going to make your own pva/sand mix always use kiln dried sand and not building sand/ sharp sand etc, i can underdstand there point if you are doing it in areas...

im skimming it all because its only partially being tiled and the customer is not sure where she wants the tiles yet and its a small bathroom easier just to skim it plus it just looks neater than patchs everywhere I was talking to a chap at the tech department at ccf and he said thistle bond...

im going to plaster it then tile it after if thats the case then i could just mix pva and aggregate together and brush that on because thats all thistle bond it is with paint in so you can see where youve painted it

whats the best primer and sealer for moisture resistant boards before plastering?