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Thanks for the replies folks, very helpful. I hadn't heard of foot mounts, thanks jackrae. Also the loft company have suggested using gripit. They are a fixing that allow heavy objects to be fixed to plasterboard

Hello, I wondered if its advisable to fix the brackets for a radiator through plasterboard? Its a new loft conversion and the stud work doesn't line up with the pipes so the brackets cannot be fixed into the studs. The plumber thinks it will be fine to use extra long screws that go through the...

Hello all, we've been having an ongoing saga with our loft bathroom. The new stud walls were built out of square by the loft company. The corner walls are more than 90 degrees so when the shower tray is pushed into corner there is a 15mm gap between the tray and the wall on each side by the time...

thanks for replies everyone. The electrician hasn't replied when I asked about the certificate he promised, and we are awaiting a reply from Central London Lofts regarding electrics. They are coming back to sort the roof out so hopefully they will do something about the electrics. I didn't ask...

thanks for reply SimonH2, very helpful. We paid in stages via bank transfer :(

This extractor fan didn't have any ducting, it just goes straight to the ceiling joists, is that within regulation? The electrician says that meets regulation because it is close to soffit and moist air will escape. (its about 33 cm from soffit) I read that moist air should not go direct in to...

thanks for you replies folks. The internal brick walls are extremely hard but it didn't take him long to chase in and like others have said it should've been put in a cable safe zone. There is also easily enough room to chase it in 1 cm deeper. I have put a review of their work on Central London...

thanks for replies folks. This loft conversion by Central London Lofts is pretty shoddy from top to bottom. The plumbing is appalling too. It should've been finished months ago but they've had nearly all the money now so unsurprisingly are off site and no longer communicating with us. We've been...

Hi all, our loft conversion failed the building inspection because of the dormer roof. the building inspector didn't know if the electrics were compliant so he asked the project manager who shrugged his shoulders. The wiring running down from the loft is chased in to the wall on the 1st floor...

these are the best images i could get from the side datarebal. the arris rails make it look like there is a gradient going in the right direction. Its only when you view from above you see the arris rails are deeper towards the ridge and the deck is sloping down towards the ridge.

update: well the good news is the leaning floors and ceiling and out of square walls are just "poor quality workmanship and do not affect the structural integrity" according to building inspector. Unfortunately the dormer roof deck does not meet building regulations and has to be stripped off...

Update on Central London Lofts: oh dear, whilst decorating I realised how out of square the whole dormer is. Walls are out of square, there is a 62mm variation in the height of flat ceiling. some of this is the floor sloping but also the ceiling is higher at garden than at ridge. So I climbed...

The backerboards are as out of square as the ply was. The tiles will carry on to the right to cover the sink area which is green plasterboard and already plastered. So to avoid a lip where the shower area ends the tiler kept the hardiebacker flush with adjacent plasterboard. thinking about it...

thanks for help Madrab. I used the mapei gum and tape to seal junction and create an upstand between tray and tanked backer board. at the widest point the tiles will only overlap tray by 1 or 2mm even with thick tiling adhesive. i suppose it would be advisable to use Sealux in this situation?

thanks for replies. sorry when I said PVA I meant the primer that comes with the shower tanking kit. we had some left over after doing the walls. We removed the ply from the wall before installing hardiebacker I'll use the spare tanking gum to do the wall floor junctions as suggested. The...

well I bought a Mapei showerproofing kit to tank the plywood walls, but when I stood on the tray to begin tanking the walls, the tray moved, ha ha. so I just lifted the tray and we decided to replace ply with hardiebacker. It was only the silicon round the edges holding the tray in place. Some...

thanks for replies folks. I wondered about that Madrab. I thought there must be a reason why he didn't push the tray tight into the corner, but maybe he just didn't notice it wasn't square. Why no ply DH6? Is it because wood contracts and expands more than concrete based boards?

bargain panels Doggit. I bought some grout sealer from Topps Tiles. they reckon that will keep mold at bay

Hi all, we are about to get our shower area tiled and wondered about waterproofing. The loft company fitted normal ply to the shower area, not marine ply. We requested hardiebacker. I wondered if it is advisable to waterproof the ply with something like the BAL WP1 waterproofing kit? Also there...

I'd never heard of CTI sealant Doggit, I wonder if that can be used between tiles and shower tray? I did think about plastic panels but the ones I found online were really expensive, I think around £600-700 hundred for the shower area, though I suppose you save time or money on the tiling. I did...