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Yard was more of a figure of speech. :D It was in a building, not out in the open. It is kiln dried so hopefully should be stable. Given the amount of splinters I got getting it in and out of the car though I wish I hae bought CLS.

I currently have a Manrose 4" extractor fan in an ensuite. It has a humidistat on it which is great. However it seems to take ages to clear the moisture from the air. The water pressure is high and there is an unvented mains pressure hot water system so the shower produces a lot of vapour...

Thanks Richard. I'll not bother with Ditra then. I am tempted by Ply now actually as I can use one single sheet with no joins. If I use the hardiebacker it will have at least one join in it. I've got BAL Rapidset Flexible adhesive, Superflex grout for the floor and Microflex grout on...

Thanks rocks1. I checked the brushes they seemed to be fine. The door lock light was behaving strange so I took a look at that. It was hot to touch so I replaced it (second one this year). Unfortunatley that still didn't fix it. The neutral return on the PCB had blown too. There was a...

Thanks for the replies. The boards are straight, some in the yard where shaped like a bannana and I rejected those. A couple are not quite dead straight. I have a planer attachement for the Trinon work centre, should I run them through that to competely straighten them Whenever I watch...

This conversation originally started in the plumbing section as I was asking about the changing height of a toilet. It probably should be in the Tiling forum though for future reference. I have a 6' x 4' bathroom floor. The joists are 2" x 7", 16" on centres. The unsupported span of the...

I need to replace a stud wall in a shower cubicle. The current one is made out of 2 x 2 held toegther with dry wall nails and is a pile of crap. I am fixing tile backer boards to it so it needs to be strong. I want to make sure the new wall (and the existing two) are as flat and level as...

Thanks Richard. I'll buy both then.

What is the best grout to use on floors and walls in a shower enclosure and bathroom floor? The floor will be overboarded floorboards. Should I use the Microflex wide joint or is the superflex wide joint ok? It's a small area and would ideally like to use the same grout for both rather than...

Richard - Me again. Thanks for the tip I have managed to get a couple of boards up without damaging them too much. The joists are 2" x 7". 16" on centres. The unsupported span between load bearing walls is about 7 feet. I can see how the pipes run. Thankfully they are paralell to the...

Another week, another fault with the Hotpoint WD440. No program will start. The door is locked and won't unlock and the door lock light flashes. If I set a program the Wash / Rinse light comes on solid (depending on which program I select) but that's it, it doesn't drain or start drawing in...

Richard - Thanks for your continued help. I can't get the frigin boards up. They are toungue and grove and the buggers won't budge individually. There was one board where the toungue wasn't in the grove one one side but as soon as I tried lifting this board it started to break the addjacent...

I've had good experience of using a utility bar (about a fiver from B and Q) and club hamer. The bar is like a small crow bar with sharp edges. It has a curved end to it which can extert a good deal of pressure on tiles that are stuck fast.

Looking at it again, the pipes are 110cm apart and it seems most of the Mira showers we have been looking at have them same requirements so it looks like I can use the same pipes that are already there.

I got some gate valves as they are full bore in side. I have enough room under the shower tray to leave an access panel in the wall to get to the valves. I have a raised tray with a clip on plinth cover so it will be really easy to get to the valves and they wont be seen with the panel in...

Richard, I have marked the poisition of the joists in the photo below. The joists are 1.5" wide. I assumed 2 x 4 but as you see from the pic the boards are so close together that I can't see whats beneath them nor get a tape measure down them. I didn't want to start lifting them as they...

Worried someone would say this. I have a MAPP torch but I have never soldered a joint before. Is it very hard? I might get a bit of pipe and some joints and have a practice for a few days.