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Sorry, missed the bit about the hammer fixings, yes, they allowed the boards to end up tight, but to be honest the adhesive seemed to do that on its own. It might be worth using 6 x 80s depending on quality of your brickwork, it's only another few seconds with the drill and screwdriver. Oh...

Morning, Yes, this has been my main shower for a couple of years now and has been fine. Obviously I haven't taken the tiles off the wall to have a look underneath, but nothing has failed and there have been no leaks that I have detected. Only other detail was I used a decent tile adhesive...

Have just bought quite a bit of Red Grandis, a cheap hardwood in the Eucalyptus family, to make some cupboard doors. In its natural state it's much pinker than I realised - and than I want. It's got a good grain though, so I'm guessing it should look good if I stain it with something. I...

Yes, they are. But unless the Lord will deliver me a soil stack somewhere nearer, I'll have to stick with Satan I'm afraid.

Hi, Anyone tried Grundfos macerators? They seem to be cheaper than Saniflo, and I've had two Saniflos (lucky me, huh) and one of them has been nothing but trouble, although must admit the other one has been ok. Apart from price I like the Grundfos because I think they can cope with 22mm...

Yes, I was going to fix the wall plate elbows to the brick behind the studwork to give a solid fixing. I didn't know about liquid PTFE. Does it act as a glue as well as a sealant? Could you still move or unscrew the male shower fitting in them once you'd put it on? Is liquid PTFE...

Hello, I'm about to bury some plumbing behind some tiles so I'd really like to get it right. I bought a Mira shower and you are supposed to fit it to a partition like this: I have bought these from Wall Plate Elbows Toolstation to get me from Polyplumb 15mm too the shower fixing of a...

Hi, I've bought this bath: http://www.bathstore.com/products/showertime-thermaform-bath-1899.html and am installing it in a bathroom where it will be surrounded by walls on three sides. The bath instructions say to batten under the rim to give additional support which sounds like a...

Hi, I've used Aquapanel before for tiling bathrooms with heavy (12mm marble) tiles. Doing another one now but have seen this British Gypsum Glasroc Tilebacker H: http://www.builderdepot.co.uk/british-gypsum-12-5mm-x-900mm-x-1200mm-glasroc-h-tilebacker.html It's quite a lot cheaper than...

Yes, sorry, another mistake, they are not connected in series. Thanks also, it looks like the key page on the Philips website doesn't work but I'll email them.

Yes, well spotted, I think I must have got the wrong product code because on the manufacturers box it clearly says 'dimmable': Phillips MASTER LEDspot MV Dimmable 4W GU10 3000K 220-240Vac 40D 50-60Hz 29mA

The bulbs I'm using are these ones, and they're just in a mains downlight housing, so all the electronics is inside the bulb: http://www.wholesaleledlights.co.uk/philips-master-ledspot-mv-gu10-4w.html

Hi I've got two dimmable 4W LED bulbs in downlighters (in series). I bought this dimmer: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VLJQP252W.html because TLC advertised it as having a minimum load of 3W. I fitted it and the dimming is almost non-existent, maybe 5% or so. Now going back to the...

I'm doing my own rewiring and want to get it signed off. I've included a couple of wires off a lighting circuit to power some lights in built-in bookcases. Although I haven't built the bookcases yet. At the moment, the wire is just sitting in a normal metal backbox. What's the best way to...

I can use an in-line fan to ventilate the en-suite, and I've got a lot of noise from my other bathroom fan so I'm keen to stifle this one as best I can. Does it really need to be attached to anything? What about if I built a housing for it lined with 50-100mm of Rockwool RWA45? It can't...

It's pretty jammed now unfortunately, not sure it's going anywhere. might just try to seal it with silicone and leave it. It's not going to be under any pressure at least. I can't think of any easy way of testing joins in a horizontal soil pipe, because I don't have access to the other end to...