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Having a look at various different thermostatic options for a new shower and I'm wondering if it is worth it to shell out big bucks for a hansgrohe or similar We're looking at a concealed unit that can run both a drench and a normal shower head with both being on at the same time. There just...

I'm looking to change out a 500mm radiator to a towel radiator. The existing pipes come up through a tiled floor (which the wife has already noped to lifting up)and are 590mm pipe centres. I'm really struggling to figure out a way to get this to work as the majority of towel radiators have the...

Bit of a tricky one this... Looking at changing a shower room into a bathroom and wondering if the floor will support the weight of a bath. I can get access to the joists so can measure their size and span. The only issue is that the house used to be flats and the stairs that previously came...

Haha! I've never seen any of those definitions. I've always heard it used to refer to a toilet pan, although I think it's more commonly called chunty. So long as have 2 mixers won't cause a problem with them both being ran. Opening the taps doesn't do a lot to the flow so i think you'll get...

After the wife went insane attempting to fit everything in the world in a small bathroom, she's decided she wants to leave it and do the upstairs bathroom. Fortunately, this has proven to be much easier in terms of planning. Corner bath with shower enclosure, chunt and a sink. Simples...

@Doggit, I've had a look at that but it gets a bit cramped to get a larger shower enclosure in there. To be honest, the whole process would be easier if that alcove wasn't there! Because of the Size of it, it seems obvious to stick a 1200mm shower enclosure in the space, however, because of...

I'll be honest lads, I've been trying to figure out a way with a flappy panel and it just seems a better idea to get one of the frameless ones with a large opening door. Now to convince the wife... although since the vanity unit she was looking at is now out of stock she's probably changed her...

Thanks for the help guys, unfortunately, it wouldn't be possible to have the door open out into the hall. The dimensions of the hall don't really allow it. Can't have it open the other way in the room as the rest of the bathroom will hopefully look like this:

I'm looking at renovating the bathroom and there is an alcove in the bathroom which looks the perfect size for a separate shower to go in. I'm thinking about going for a walk in shower enclosure, but I'm not sure about how much coverage the opposite side of the shower should have. Attached a...

We're getting a new cooker installed next week after our old one finally became too much of hassle with no dials on the controls and major corrosion in the ovens (Came with the house, 15 years old. It's had a good life). The previous owners never installed an extractor above the cooker and...

Pressue was about 4 bar. Pretty decent. I drained the hot water tank and cleaned out the prv. Lots of corrosion in the body, and the mesh needed a bit of a scrub. Put it back together, along with a gauge attached to check the outgoing pressure. Was reading 2.1 bar. The upstairs taps are...

So the problem is not fixed, the shower is still very intermittant, however we can get it to work by running it on high, then reducing it to the medium setting, but is still not ideal. I bodged a pressure tester (hose pipe + gauge) and hooked it up to the tap upstairs and got about 1.2 bar...

Dilalio, I was going to post and ask why I should cool the hot water before using it as a medium, but I forgot... Did the flush. Bodged together some homebrew kit and a few fittings to get it all lashed together. Didn't see anything come out, but the flow out the upstairs tap is about a...

Cheers Agile, I'll give it a shot. I'll compare the flow at the sink and at the stop cock. I've checked as much of the run as possible up stairs and they are identical, and 22mm most of the way to boot. Do you think there would be a benefit, whilst having the stop cock opened to flushing the...

Wondering if anyone can help diagnose the fault I'm seeing with my cold water feed upstairs, where we've got very low flow from the cold water taps. The flow from the hot water taps is fine, and is much higher than the cold water. The cold water is mains fed and is T'd after a pressure...

Hi guys, I'm about to (in 2 weeks) get sky installed on my roof, and whilst I'm up there I'm going to clean the gutters(which are of the lead gully type). My question is, is there anything I should look out for to indicate that they are perished? I'm going to take photos whilst I'm up there...

I live in the 'top' floor of an 1800's tenament block. There is someone above me but they really live in the roof. The problem is that I have damp walls in the living room and bedroom at the front of the building. And one of the windows is rotten. Anyways, I quickly realised the problem was...

I've only got the one switch that does the fan and the light at the moment. Looking at the diagram in the sticky, would it be possible to use the following instead of my light switch (a little bit extra safety) http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MK3151.html as recommended in the wiring...

If I chose to mount the 3 pole fan ceiling switch, would this be wired so that the live goes from the light switch to the three pole isolator and the live switch and neutral come in from the light fitting all going to the 3 pole switch (pull cord so it's near the fan) and then from here to the...

After a couple of false starts in replacing my extractor fan, I\'ve finally gotten round to doing it. My problem, before I get started and find myself caught short (Having looked through the forums, this seems to be a common symptom), is thus: The fan will run of a standard setup for an...