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cheers d&j, didn't mean any bad feeling - just didn't quite get the measuring for balance bit, but in my laymans terms am I right in thinking that's the old 'planning out where I'm gonna stick them up so I don't end up with crappy little bits of tiles at the edges'...if it's something different...

cool, shouldn't be long before I start. Just got to fit my shower first so at least I can clean up when the whole lot comes down on my head!

old thread but... Personally I'd never remove a lath and plaster ceiling to replace it with plasterboard, the bottom of your joists will very rarely be level unless you're very lucky. You'll only notice when you put the new board up and by that time it's a ball ache having to take it down and...

I'm about to do the same thing, same problem - lath and plaster is in bad shape in mine. I've got 6mm mdf to put in from above, fixed to joists, screwed into through laths then hole cut through both. My only worry is that my lights say the maximum thickness of ceiling they can go through is...

I got a bit lost with what you were saying too if I'm honest! I think I got the important bit though, -screw batten on wall one tile up from bottom to get a good line to tile on. -work up to window height where I need my mitred edges. -mitre tile first then trim from opposite end to fit...

Tiling leaving an edge showing just isn't the look I'm after at all, when you've hacked off all the crumbling plaster, battened every wall and shimmed at every screw, aqua panelled and spend so damn long acheiving perfect flat walls and 90 degree corners to get a perfect finish you'll...

Might sound stupid but the range of tiles we're putting in our bathroom doesn't have round edged types for external corners, and I can't find any edging strip to match. Can I cut the tiles with a 45 degree edge with an electric tile cutter so that they meet neatly?, or grind them?

Cheers Kev, Used them on Saturday and so far no leaks (my first attempt with solder joints!). I filled the system back up and got all the air out, gets nice and hot so.....how can I tell if I'm getting a decent flow rate through it?

Hi Guys, I've got a towel rad to fit into my bathroom in place of my old rad which was connected to the CH system feed and return with 8mm microbore pipe. Problem is the valves on the towel rad need to be connected to 15mm pipe. Been searching around as I thought I could get an adaptor for...

Fancied a vent axia, but the only ones I could really justify spending the money on were pretty ugly..the new solo plus look nice though. Ended up ordering an xpelair, fingers crossed....

Hi chums, Before I ask, I know the in's and outs with part P and won't be installing this myself! I've been searching all over the net for SELV fans for my new bathroom. Being a technical geek I find myself needing to explore every option out there, looking at decibels, looks, automatic...

oh yeah he was unaware we could connect the condensate to the soil stack and now plans to do that - good work on that one fella's!! :wink:

Right.... Had the Worcs B guy round who assured me that a condensing boiler would be fine up in the loft (I knew you guys were right!) - will get my quote through in a couple of days with it being easter w/end. In the meantime my local fitter got word that I was still enquiring and said he'd...

typically my soil stack is the furthest it could possibly be from the proposed boiler location, not a problem but I'd have to take it outside and round the house to have a fall on it. Other option would be a sloping pipe right accross the loft space (unless they can run horizontally for 5m??)

Cheers guys, I've arranged for a guy who fit worcs b's to come and take a look on Thursday so I'll soon find out if the horizontal flue option in viable. I'm hoping to get this done quickly before any byelaws come in about condensing boilers, I don't fancy having a condensate pipe running...

....so many cows out there churning out yoghurt, found one that only gives me cream ;o)[/u]

True... problem is we have a limited budget and I'm finding it hard to get my wife round to the idea of spending more on the boiler and less on the curtains!

Hi all, I'm seriously thinking about putting my new boiler in the loft as we are really tight for space in the kitchen (the only other alternative is the box room). I've had mixed opinions on this from the big companies and local fitters, BG were happy to take it on and run the flue up the...