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I'm sure I've seen 'wings' which can be added to a metal Pattress to be able to fit it into a dry lined wall. Kinda thought it was at QVS but don't see it there. Then maybe Toolstation, but not there either. Mate has a [double] socket pushed out of a dividing wall and on inspection, it's the...

Hey! Trying to work out a neat way to connect 2 dishwashers and a sink into 1 wall outlet. Common sense tells me each should have it's own trap and outlet - but they'd prefer just 1 pipe through the wall. The sound of the dishwasher[s] emptying is to be avoided - so using the available...

Looking for a front case for an Ideal Concord WRS40 balanced flue gas boiler.... The boiler itself seems to work fine, just the case is developing a hole in the front. Gas guy suggested to patch it or get a replacement case ready for his next service. Keeping any eye out up and down the...

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Hi Folks! Brother has a 1940's [I guess] semi with a rotten floor in 2 adjoining ground floor rooms - the cause seems to be the underfloor ventilation which has been seen to. The rot has got into the T&G boards, the joists and [dwarf] wall plates??? [The timber capping the walls on which the...

Tub says it'll be fine for 4mm so given my 3mm is 25% less.... ya kinda hope it'll cope! Though my previous coverage statement does suggest it doesn't do what it says on the tin!

Hmmm! 3mm gap, 6mm [I think, or maybe 7mm] tile on a 6mm notched adhesive [ so another couple of mm when that's dried back, assuming I squished it flat ]. I'm just going to steer clear of the damn stuff. Thank you!

Thanks! That's become very apparent as I did 2 walls with powdered. Kinda thinking the adhesive and wall sucked too much moisture out of the pre-mix. Lesson learned for me - keep away from re-mix [ which I feel is less manageable anyway ]

Though I appreciate that the adhesive in the centre of the tiles may still have been setting, poking around the edged seemed set - the lines were pretty much clear & I picked out the few areas of concern. The idea being the grout jointed between the full tile edge to tile edge. Yes, it was well...

Sorry - I assume it's an epoxy product, as it's branded as a pre-mix waterproof product, as opposed to a water resistant product.

I tiled 2 walls on plasterboard on Wednesday - grouted today [ Saturday ]. Used Dunlop Waterproof ready-mix - supplied to me to use. As it's drying, I can see it shrinking - 'V' shape into the lines and some cracking. Am I in error here? I normally mix my own grout a little wetter...

Oh? I assumes str8 away that it would wreck it! Thanks for that! *Gets can out and has a look......*

Hmmm! 1 of those rubbers which doesn't like washing-up liquid, eh? Silicone grease, though useful stuff, is nowhere near fluid enough to penetrate.... I may just have some liquid silicone still - time to turn the garage upside down again I think! Thanks for the input!

Hey! I need to rotate the toilet 'branch' on a soilstack by 90 degrees. I've done it before ok, by popping a length of pipe in and using leverage. But this one seems not to want to move. I'm guessing it's 40 years old now, maybe. Anyways... is there a lubricant I could pour around the...

*Gets tin hat out* In case I'm berated........ Couple more pics - just for folk's interest! Notice the fuse in the plug - this was in a socket in the 'wash house' kinda shed out back - it goes through the sheds and the under a slab outside - wandering up the garden to the garage...