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Hi, I've seated my bath with holes pre-drilled. I've not had the tiles fitted yet, but did a dry run seeing if the taps would slide in front of the tile once it is on. They don't.. Placing the threaded inlets in front of the tile looks like the holes need to move around 10mm forwards...

How do the seasoned pros fit there bath and tiles. I will fit the bath first with the idea to tile down onto it. Due to the size of the space I will have to chase the wall slightly to lose the lip of the bottom end, around 20mm should be sufficient. I'm keen to try and avoid chasing the...

Yeah that too, but still if I trim it this would be OK as well would it?

yeah as I said just loft space that is not walked on simply storage on loft boards

Hi, I wish to put a ceiling speaker in my bathroom during its refurb. It would just be 1 speaker so ideally it would go dead centre but there is a joist running across the width of the room dead centre. It's first floor so the only space above it is loft crawl sapce that gets christmas...

Yeah apart from that then would there be any benefit ignoring damage to the bath? in either case As when fitting a shower tray I was told to fit this to the masonry direct so wondering if this should be the same with baths, but obviously the lips are far less

Hi, I am having my bathroom skimmed out, as it will only be half tiled and plasterer has said he may as well skim the full walls as its no difference to him and makes tiling easy. I know good practice is to fit bath and tile down onto it but should I also have him skim down onto it as well...

From what I can tell (on the inside) without taking it all off it is right up against it bridging the cavity I'll get a tower up on the outside I think and pull it all out and take it from there I guess.

OK doing a bit more exploring now the room is back to plaster and everything out. The poured concrete lintel on the inner leaf actually prevents me from slipping an angle iron in the gap I had hoped was there. The inner lintel is touching the outer leaf, and is 50mm max from top of frame...

Yeah it is a cavity wall. I put a catnic for a new opening downstairs already. Thanks for that

I am due to replace a window on my first floor. At present it's timber to be replaced with PVCu. There is a large poured concrete on the inner leaf. So can I put a angle iron in the outer leaf? The opening is 4 foot wide. What size lintel should I be getting? Would a 6 x 4 inch 3/8...

So you would guess it is heat rather than the brick work causing the issue? What with the gap still between the pane and the frame?

From the link.. ..The pane of glass subjected to the thermal stress cannot cope beyond a certain amount of deflection, and it will suddenly crack along the whole length of the unit, always along the long length, or it can suddenly shatter altogether. Mine has not cracked in this way...

Hi, I've had a crack appear on the inside pane of a double glazed window recently. I did some work on the ground floor below this recently and removed an old window and replaced it with a door. All with catnic's so properly installed. (Hopefully) I wonder if this though has still...

Hi, I am fitting a new toilet and want to move it slightly to the right of where the soil pipe is in the floor. The soil pipe is in concrete and at this point do not want to start digging that up. Its a close coupled WC with the outlet being horizontal, can I put an offset in the top...

Hi, I am putting in a small WC room in the downstairs hallway of my house. Because its such a small room it makes most sense to have the door open outwards into the hallway. Is there anything to prevent this regs wise? It would not restrict access to the staircase (fire exit) as the hall...

I have 3 walls that have been tanked with maipei waterproofing. 2 normal PBS walls. On to these will be 40 x 10 ceramics, and for the floor it's porcelain tiles on a new screed floor. Can I just use keraflex for all of it? Should I prime the whole lot first as well? Ideally want...

I certainly do one of the 2 options.. Either the BAL WP1 or membrane... Pulling them off will be boring, but more than that I don't have the space to build the stud timber now. The shower tray and it's cubicle have been squashed into a 900mm space fit for purpose. I assume by your name...

Bit more than an hours work in reality and certainly more work than just painting on a seal. What about the fabric membranes just put this over all the boards? Tape joints etc.. I've looked at backer panels and aqua panels, but with the distances required back to the wall and the...

Right, yeah just found the kit.. added protection again I guess With it being newly boarded there are gaps around the ceiling and corners, so should I just have him scrim tape and fill these with adhesive, then run the tape (from the kit) over the lot? His vertical joins in the board are...