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I understand what your saying but I am in a block of flats and structural engineer has calculated the RSJ and Building Reg require it.

Hi everyone! Would be grateful for any information/ideas - I want to have a lath & plaster wall knowcked down to join 2 rooms together - will then fix RSJ. Both sides of the wall have coving I wish/need to preserve - any mehtods for doing this when the walls are knocked down? thanks

Hi again! Just to add to below - is it necessary to protect copper pipes from plaster and render by taping them up?? Thanks

I think in the past I've seen plumbers "bind up"/cover copper pipes if they were in contact with any bricks in a chased wall or brick dust because that corroded the copper - does that still apply?? If so - what should copper pipes be covered with for protection? Many thanks for any reply!

thanks for reply - I was worried because I had 3 exterior pipes pushed through wall on 2nd floor ( quite high) of mansion block to make new bath room - 1 - for WC; 2 - for bath; 3 - for basin & shower. A "bathroom fitter" has put down WBP (water boiled ply) onto floor without putting pipe to...

Can anyone tell me is it allowed to drain from basins and shower into the same drain as the WC? Thanks

Hi everyone. Can anyone tell me - do Building Regs require that a W.C. has to have an overflow pipe from the cistern to the exterior of the building? My cistern is a slim line type to be boxed in. Many thanks for any reply.

I mean not an electric shower

Can anyone recommend a Manual shower?? I was thinking of one that had an overhead rose plus a hand held fitting. Thanks very much for any replies.

Diverter Shower - has anyone used this shower? It has an over head rose and a separate spray as well. Any opinions about it or anything else like it? Thanks for any reply - I'm thinking of buying one.

I have spent some time searching on-line for what to use to sound insulate some new wooden floors ( not yet bought) which I would prefer to have in my "change of use" for some rooms in a flat which must comply with Building Regs on sound proofing - as will be inspected by the District Surveyor...

Thanks Diyisfun - that's a great idea to repair lath and plaster! Would never have thought of that! Lots of hard work though!

I have started to take down tiles from an old, previous shower area - but the wall is coming away in chunks in places - revealing lath. What is needed to repair this wall ( lath and plaster)? The plaster coming away is about 3 - 4 cms thick. I do not really want to remove all plaster from...

However I cut them - they are always wrong! I understand the coving must be standing up when being cut but they still do not meet on the wall/ceiling! I'm thinking of just using filler for the corners.

Hi everyone. I just do not seem to be able to mitre coving corners! I have bought a mitre cutting block thing and presume the angle for ordinary inward corners should be 45degrees for both peices - but still not right! What am I doing wrong!? How do you do corners? Thanks very much for any reply.

I am thinking of buying some tiles for bathroom which I am told are glass over ceramic - the finish is like porcelain but more "delicate" looking. They are 10mm thick - 44 x 31.6 mm in size. Questions - 1. Are they quite common - do tilers "know" about them? 2. Will they be very difficult...

Maybe the comments I read on a 100 model were for Veissman ( not Vaillant) - I can't find them now - but somewhere here there is a long list of problems a plumber faced after fitting 40 models of a 100 type "brand V"! Sorry to be so ignorant!

I was worried because all I could find were comments about the Vaillant 100 range - which were very bad!

Help - have plumber wanting to install a Vaillant EcoTec Plus 618 system Boiler. I have not been able to find out much about it. Has anyone used this boiler and what do you think of it, please? Many thanks.

Where a room that was previously not a kitchen is made into one - an extractor fan is required by Building Regs. (no matter how many windows there are). My question is - does that fan have to be wired up to the light switch - as in a bathroom - or can it just have its own on and off switch...