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I'm looking to insulate an external wall whixh previously had plasterboard on battens. Due to space restrictions in the room and cost, what I'm planning will be 50mm omnifit mineral wool insulation between the battens and 20mm kingspan over the top of the battens. The room will be used as a...

Been a busy week on the bathroom front. Myself and the wife have holidays and have spent it in the bathroom. Started by ripping out the other external wall and sorting out the hot and cold feeds for the basin and bat taps A lot tidier. Also pictured is my knock off rothenberger blow lamp...

So, bathroom renovation continues. It appears that the lad who boxed the room originally had a staright edge that was just a bit too short and he managed to gef one of the corners with a bit of a bend. Doesn't look like anything has moved the rest of the wall follows the floorboards, just kind...

Back at it today. The wall has come down. Turns out the reason it wasn't plum was pretty obvious. The plaster board had been screwed onto the lath/battens that were originally up. Only issue was, even with the lath on, the lintel was 5-10mm proud. Went at it with the grinder attachment to...

Evening chaps. I'm going to be tiling a wall which will have a shower in place. I'm using 10x20cm metro tiles. The shower tray is 40mm high and will sit on about 8mm of weak cement. From what I've read, I'm best off having more than half a tile along the bottom of the wall to account for the...

So, we changed our plans about a bit. Bath would go where the bath was and a toilet and sink roughly where they were. Shower would still be where we planned. Don't have the sketchup to show you, but it works. The original plan was to insulate the external wall where the alcove is. My initial...

Okay then. Let's get stuck in and get that bath panel off: Okay. That's... Interesting. No support no nothing. Bugger. Gentlemen, those are the cold water mains, and the hot water from the unvented cylinder... Moving swiftly on, let's get the rest out. Then was ripping off the tiles...

A bit of an adventure this one. Renovating the bathroom. The original plan was to rip it out and replace. However, as it went on and on, the job became bigger and bigger. Initial Plan: Rip out and install a shower, replace sink toilet and bath. Original layout: Weird Little Plinth...

And you get to drink whilst doing it. Me and my mates all used to live in Aberdeen together but since moved to different ends of the country. We do Minecraft and other online games as a way of keeping in touch. I'm renovating a bathroom so most of my time has been on that, but our Minecraft...

Ooft. Well, I've ordered a tanking kit. Hadn't really considered the possibility that the whole thing could come down in one. I was more thinking of the tiles getting soft so you'd know if there was a problem. Got a 3 year old so being able to tank round the bath will be a big plus too.

What cause the tiles to come of wgt52? Was water getting in behind them?

Going to be installing an offset quadrant shower in the bathroom. Walls are going to be tiled with the tiles going on to plasterboard (which will be suitably primed). Mapei products will be getting used for it. I know there is a lot going against tiling a shower onto plasterboard, but I've...

Have a look on YouTube for plumberparts. He did a cracking video on it a couple week back. And don't forget to. HOLD TIGHT!

Evening chaps, couple quick questions. I'm doing up the bathroom and have an unvented cylinder. Not sure on the make, but it's about 15 year old and works okay. Had it checked by a plumber and everything works as it should apparently. The only annomaly is that the flow can be a bit low, but...

You could hear the difference in the flow from the shower. Just turn the shower on, warm or whatever but the temperature set as low as possible, open the tap up a good bit then close it. The flow out from my shower would drop with the tap open then increase above the initial flow after it was...

Is this a recent development? I had a similar problem. Thought the shower was knackered but it turned out it was low flow to the shower. Not enough flow meant it heated the water a lot more. Mine was fed from after a pressure reducing valve and long story short, it works if you run a tap on...

Just wondering, but should the joiner not have pointed out that this was going to be a ball ache to fix before he installed it?

I'll add that the boy who did the plastering rip down the old plaster leaving the lath up and plasterboarded onto that...

Cheers lads.

I'm looking to renovate my bathroom and am installing 25mm insulation board and 12.5 mm plasterboard on top. I've been advised by the supplier that illI be okay to install the insulation on top of the existing plasterboard, securing to the existing battens through the plasterboard. However the...