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Just reading your thread, and I personally would avoid concealing any thermostatic valve, due to already having 2 fail. The first failed in the open position therefore the tap was constantly running, fortunately I was in at the time and turned of the water at the mains. This was from a brand...

I have a Triton bar valve with a slow leak from the head. I assume its a faulty thermostatic valve that needs replacing. I have done this before and I think you need the number of the valve before you know what to order. Is there any way of finding this out prior to dis-assembly? or am I...

I have a rollertech remote control garage door, which will not go down. It will open from the key fob and button on the control panel, however if you press the button on the key fob to go down it will click but not move. If I keep the down button de-pressed on the control panel, it will go all...

I have a balcony that is in the process of been replaced. I have planned to put composite decking down to try and reduce maintenance. My problem is: I have 5 support beams protruding from my house, they are each just short of being 1 metre apart. with the total distance being 4.8 metres. I am...

Hi, Just come home (6am) from a run to the airport and decided to do some work. Next to the laptop I have a energy monitor and have just noticed it showing 1.2Kwatts!! I've gone through the house checking the Iron, Tumble Dryer, Washing machine, coffee machine, etc, to see if something has...

Well if I fitted 8 of these and in 5 years time 1 of them failed, I would have to replace all 8 as the chances are the integrated LED would be different and probably the housing as well.

@ericmark Thank you for the advice. I was thinking IP44 or IP65 plus I was going to put 8 in for good light. I was only thinking of using GU10 as there seems to be plenty of LEDs on the market, so was hoping to find one with good light and wide angle

I have been looking to install 8 Downlights in a Bathroom. I would prefer Mains LED maybe GU10. Should I be getting IP rated lights? is it just to stop moisture in the loft space which is well ventilated? I would prefer IP rated. I bought JCC lights from Screwfix and didn't realise they...

Ok the tile size is 2' x 1' (or 61cm 30.5cm). So apart from making sure the edge of the tiles are not running with the edge of the hardybacker is there anything else I should be watching for?

I'll be using 12.5 MR board outside of the shower enclosure and ceiling. No idea what the tile size is yet, getting a sample tomorrow so I'll know then. Thanks for the good advice! plenty other stuff to be getting on with.

Thanks for the replies and good advice. The framing is for 1200 plasterboard so studs are at 600 centres. So would need horizontal support at the joints?

I’ve just gutted my downstairs shower room, its ~1200 x ~3500 with the shower at one end. The reason for gutting was that there were 2 layers of tiles on the plasterboard. I also stripped out the ceiling as well. I was planning on lining the shower end, in cement board or aqua panel or...