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Many thanks, I've started battening and that seems to have gone ok but on one piece of the cubicle bit I've only got a few mm for the fixing so dot and dab is the only option. What is the best material for dotting and dabbing Aquapanel? Normal 4-1 sand and cement mortar? Plasterboard...

I've got a largeish celing (about 40sqm) for an odd-shaped room to make; there's a noisy flat upstairs too so I'm looking to suspend a ceiling off resilient bars. I was thinking of putting up the bars and two layers of acoustic plasterboard myself, and then getting a professional in to skim...

I've made some MDF liners to go around PVC window frames and have a gap of between one and two inches between liner and the bricks of the wall (there's a lip on the final layer of brickwork). I've built the liners around the frames so they shouldn't be too difficult to replace. My main...

Hi, I couldn't see an answer to this on any of the other posts about Aquapanel. I've shelled out for Aquapanel (£15 for 4' x 3' at Wickes) and the Aquapanel screws too. I've just been driving them in as self-tappers, which seems to hold well but the heads are still proud, sticking out...

I've been recommended Knauf for specialist plasterboards: - acoustic - aquapanel - tile-backer I'll need all of these in the project I'm doing. But Wickes is much more convenient for me, and they sell own-brand equivalents of these boards, for roughly the same price I think. Is it...

I need to replace large chunks of plywood that are about 20-22mm thick, which is between the standard plywood sizes of 18mm and 25mm. 18mm should be strong enough (it'll have a wooden floor over top as well), but it's wrong height-wise. Few questions about plywoods: Would a sheet of 12mm...

Is dotting and dabbing better than battening, or can I do either? I like the idea of battening better because if you get it wrong you can start again without much damage... Thanks very much for all the advice so far.

Hi, I'm redoing a shower and have built a sturdy 5 x 2" frame to lift a standard deep cast-stone Wickes shower tray. I've read that you're supposed to use marine ply or WBP between the frame and tray. I'd need a whole full-size sheet to get a bit 760x760, which seems very expensive. I've...

Hi, I'm redoing a shower and have built a sturdy 5 x 2" frame to lift a standard deep cast-stone Wickes shower tray. I've read that you're supposed to use marine ply or WBP between the frame and tray. I'd need a whole full-size sheet to get a bit 760x760, which seems very expensive. I've...

Thanks very much for that. All the walls are internal so I don't have to worry about damp, but some of them are to house a shower just with tiling over - of the three walls one is against studwork, one against rough brickwork and one over some very old and pretty flaky plaster. Sounds like...

Hello, I'm trying to make a waste pipe and have bought solvent weld, as that's what Saniflo recommended. I've stuck to the same brand (Wickes), size (40mm) and it's all marked 'solvent weld'. It was all bought at the same time, about a month ago. I tried a practice fitting just to see...

Hi, I'm trying to fix plasterboard over some old walls instead of rendering them. Can I just screw board over old, reasonably level brickwork? If so, any recommendations for fixings? Or do I need to batten first? Do the answers change if: - the board is to be tiled? (is it worth...

Hi, To get to the outside wall I have a 4.5 metre straight run through the ceiling void and am looking for a fan that will still give good ventilation for a smallish shower room. Most of the axial ones seem to only stretch to 3 metres. I've looked at the inline ones which can handle the...

First a tip: I used this: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Power+Tool+Accessories/Power+Sanding/Flap+Wheel+80mm+40+Grit/d80/sd1790/p42676 to sand down some dirty brickwork that were stained and had been under mortar. It had just the right level of abrasion, you could get the stains off but it...

I'd bought some high temperature paint for the inside of a brick fireplace that is going to be very close to a wood-burning stove (40-50mm). A fireplace shop told me you can use any water-based emulsion even that close to a working stove. Is that right? It's not going to touch the stove...

Hi, I'm about to cough up 288 quid to the council to do my own electrics reconverting a flat. I'm just thinking though: if I go down this route, is there still anything I am not allowed to do, even if I have it inspected? It will involve new circuits, perhaps moving circuit board as well as...

Just had another go with Polyplumb (like the Hep2O system) and it went much better, no leaks at all yet. Is it true with plastic that, if you're going to get any leaks then they're likely to be straight away? Thanks for all the advice anyway. I find the Polyplumb system a lot more...

Tried to do first fix plumbing for a new kitchen today, got all the pipes under floor ok and in position. I bought 15mm JG Speedfit PEX Barrier Pipe and used the standard white JG Speedfit fittings with Speedfit Superseal Pipe Inserts throughout. There was some old grey 15mm piping I was...

Many thanks; yes, the steel frame looks like it would be easier and costs less. The people I rang suggested a Richter frame instead. I don't really understand how hanging something off the floor joists above can give the same sound-reducing qualities as a new set of joists, but the numbers...

Thanks for the advice. Does it not make much difference whether there's a floor pressing down from above then?