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Apologies as i never stated. The dividing wall is brick thats been skimmed.

Hi, can anyone help please before i lose my mind. I live in a semi-detached house and the dividing wall between next door is really thin and i can hear everything from them going to toilet to opening and closing drawers. The female is barking mad and wakes us up in the early hours arguing and...

Thanks for the replies. No its not a brick block/build its one of those pre-cast ones so there is not much weight in the structure.

Hi, i am required a 4 inch deep concrete base before i can have a concrete garage erected. I have a tarmac driveway which is reasonably level and i was wondering it i could put a concrete base directly on top of the tarmac? I was thinking of placing the correct size shuttering directly on top...

Hi just a quick question, what do you class as sealed boxes of non-combustible material to put over recessed lights in the loft? Thanks

Sorry if posted in wrong section, but couldn't find a suitable one to answer question. I'm thinking of getting a wall mounted extractor fan put in the bathroom but cannot vent out of the external wall due to limited access from the outside. I was thinking whether or not it could be ceiling...

I made some enquiries today with a company for a quote to replace my old boiler with a combi. I was informed that its not as straight forward as just replacing the old boiler for a combi but i would need a whole new heating system as well costing around £2500 - £3500 The system i have at the...

Thanks guys. I'm mixing by hand. Its the first time i've mixed adhesive, i normally use the tubbed stuff so i followed instructions. I will mix a little today by eye and see what happens. Hopefully the tiles will stay on the wall :)

I started tiling today and mixed the adhesive as per instructions. 1 part water to 2 1/2 parts powder. I used 6 500ml jugs of water and 15 jugs of 500ml powder. My problem was i noticed that the adhesive was just running out of the joints of the tiles and down the face of them. Is this...

Thanks very much for your help, just dreading taking the toilet out especially from the stack. Ive just checked the cistern bolt and the actual bolt is loose, it feels like its snapped but its been blathered with sealant on the inside of the cistern so i can't tell until i separate the cistern...

The plastic nuts seem to drip when flushed and yes the cistern bolts go through into the cistern. Then pan is screwed to the floor but was a little loose but nothing major..

I've just noticed the toilet is leaking from the back of the pan that fits into the soil stack. It looks like it has a rubber off set piece between pan and soil stack and i've tried pushing the toilet back into the stack but no joy, still leaking. Also where the cistern part fits to the pan its...

Hi all, as anyone got one of these and if so what are your views on them, any good? Has anyone suffered any problems and would you recommend or stay away? Cheers

Final question as you have all be very helpful. I am thinking of using Gran Fix Fastset Flexible cement based adhesive with their Acrylic Bond and Primer prior to tiling. Is this ok? Is a 3mm bed thickness good enough if i also back butter the tile and what size notched trowel do i need to use...

I was going to leave the area at the bottom of the bath tiled as i just have a shower over the bath. My reason for this is because the boarding behind the tiles is the old type asbestos boarding because my boiler is on the other side of the bathroom wall. The new tiles at the bottom of the bath...

Should i use Bal primer on the new plasterboard when its put up?

Magic, I've took your advice and started removing the tiles and the plaster board has damaged so i will remove all that as well. When i replace the plasterboard and its ready can i use a ready mix adhesive to fix straight to the plasterboard?

Is it because of the size/weight that i cannot tile over tile even i stagger the joints or is because its porcelain onto ceramic so the tile won't stick, or is it a mixture of both?

Hi, i'm sure this as been asked many times but i cannot find the answer through various posts. I am going to re-tile my bathroom with 30 x 60cm tiles. My bathroom is mainly studded walls and to take off the existing tiles i will cause too much damage to the walls so i wanted to tile over them...