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Hi, I have read the tiling sticky and am after some tips from a tiling expert.. I will be wall tiling 300x600 porcelain tiles 9mm thick. they weigh 20kg a square metre. I will be using this as the adhesive...

cheers for reply, does it not need a washer or seal though?

just bought this shower mixer off ebay- very happy with the look and feel of all the parts but the instructions are poor. can anyone tell me which fitting I need for the inlets for the the hot and cold?thats the cold in near my hand. they measure 22mm diameter. the 3 outlets are...

@Hanns21 stick the double check valves on both the hot and the cold? cheers

thanks for replies. I will just leave as it is then thinking of buying this from ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331028054408 should I fit a double check valve to the hot on one of these? cheers

Hi, Just looking for a bit of advice please. Planning to fit a new P shaped shower bath in a slightly different location in existing bathroom. I have a Worcester Junior greenstar 24i combi boiler in the airing cupboard in the same bathroom. I reckon the hot pipe run straight to bath from...

just checked the fall ratio and looks like I need to cut the cast iron pipe about 2 inches above the concrete drive- any problems with this?

thanks for the reply. sorry i have a couple of threads going at the moment and have failed to put in the OP that this is for a new downstairs cloak room under the stairs.... the drawing i did is how i want to set it out The red dot on the 2nd pic is where the new 110mm plastic pipe will come...

excuse the poor quality drawing! another quick question.... can I connect the basin waste (yellow on drawing) into the toilet waste at the point shown. I would like to box it in along that wall and fit it into one 110mm pipe before it turns 90 degrees outside and into soil pipe.. just...

cheers mate, Is that mcalpine fitting i posted above suitable?

thanks for the reply. so if I rip out completely do I cut the cast pipe cleanly as low to ground level as possible, and then use a cast to plastic fitting, or do I cut out through the concrete to find the clay drain connector below? ive seen these mcalpine adapters that look nice and neat that...

hi, trying to get the stairway hall wall ready for skimming over. 1930's semi. steamed off all the layers of wallpaper and paint. scrubbed down with sugar soap solution. whats best for the small cracks I can see randomly all over the wall please... ive posted some pics and used a pencil to...