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Evening all We had cushion floor fitted in our bathroom a couple of months ago. Despite the fitter inserting several additional screws to stabilise the plywood sheeting underneath, the floor has started creaking. Reckon I need to lift the cushion floor and put longer screws through the ply...

Apologies for yet another bonding question. Just can’t quite get my head around what’s required, and what isn’t. I’ve just replaced our old sink ( probably 80s vintage) with a new vanity unit. The hot and cold water pipes ( both copper) were bonded together with very old, very corroded clamps...

Afternoon all I have a 1960s concrete sectional garage with an asbestos roof consisting of corrugated sheets. I intend to have the roof replaced as soon as I can afford it. At some point in the past a previous occupier has replaced one of the asbestos sheets with a section of clear corrugated...

Hi all Another question about bonding. Having finished my bathroom refurb and reinstated the bonding straps on the copper water pipes, it occurred to me to examine the bonding cable outside. The cable departs the external meter cupboard, is pinned to the wall for about 3 feet, disappears...

Afternoon all How should copper pipe bonding be done? I have a bonding cable on the mains cold water pipe just above the stopcock, but there was also a cable strapped between that cold pipe and the pipe next to it, which is now disconnected. I can't reattach that second bond because I've fitted...

Afternoon all. This might possibly come under "decorating", but I'll try here first. Attached is a photo of the plaster coving on my daughter's landing ceiling. To the left of the crack about 600mm of coving is loose, on the right of the crack its still solidly fixed to the wall, and I'm just...

Evening all Just wondering whether members of the forum have in their plumbing portfolios any tricks to confirm whether there are leaks in confined spaces, when other methods of investigation don't provide certainty. I recently fitted a vanity unit with sink in our bathroom. I used...

Evening all Back in March I posted a question about removing an electric shower circuit during a bathroom refurb. I had the usual helpful replies but although the refurb is done, the shower circuit survives, with the cable currently terminated in a block in the loft. Today I read a...

Evening all On the final stage of my bathroom renovation. Shower is in, sink is in, most of the shower panels are in place. Now its the turn of the WC. I've bought one of those "back to the wall" WCs, intending to fit it without relocating any pipework. The photo below shows the current...

I've just discovered that modern 15mm olives don't fit the Imperial equivalent copper pipework from the 1960s, and it was a shock ( though perhaps it shouldn't have been). Whilst tidying up my plumbing after fitting a thermostatic shower, I set to work blanking off a dead leg that ambled in the...

Evening all Following on from another thread where I asked about shower plumbing, I wanted to ask what constitutes a suitable plywood base for a shower tray when the ply will be sited on floorboards. I have 4 inch T and G boards on the bathroom floor, in reasonable condition and fairly level...

Evening all Pic shows a run of pipe emerging underfloor from Lord knows where, and terminating in feeds for a bath. The bath has been removed, those feeds are capped off, and I want to divert the pipes in the pic up the wall to feed a mixer shower. However, the hot feed is on the right (22mm...

Morning all Just about to start my bathroom refurb. The rip-out commences a week tomorrow, though I'm doing it in stages: bath out, fit a shower tray and thermostatic shower with shower panels, and at a later date, replace the sink and WC. Question is about what kind of pipework to use under...

Morning all Just a question about refilling a sealed CH system (Ideal Logic combi) after draining to work on radiators. I've done this a few times over the years and always proceeded as follows: drain the system, work on the pipework or rads, refill/ repressurise using the loop, drain air...

Afternoon all I've just adjusted some pipework in the bathroom after the water board removed an internal water meter. The pic below ( which is on its side) shows the bonding partially reinstated, but unfortunately I didn't take a picture before removing it to replace the pipes. Should the pipe...

Just about to remove the bath in our bathroom, ready to replace it with a shower cubicle and thermostatic shower. Underneath the shower end of the bath ( the bath taps are at the other end, on the inside of an outside wall) I discovered the arrangement in the picture. Its a low wall, two courses...

Morning all I'm just about to commence refurbishment of our bathroom, which amongst other things will involve removing an electric shower unit and replacing it with a thermostatic shower fed from the combi boiler. What is the acceptable method of isolating an unused shower circuit? I'll isolate...

Is it possible to adjust the length of the short flush on a button cable Fluidmaster fill and flush valve? I think it must be, because Welsh Water removed our internal water meter the other day ( replacing it with a "smart" water meter outside) and the short flush now shuts off almost...

Afternoon all I’ve just added some rust inhibitor to our sealed CH system via the towel rail. The boiler is an Ideal Logic + combi c30. After I topped up the pressure in the system I discovered that we had no hot water: turned out that I’d left the filling loop tap in the horizontal position...

Afternoon all I had occasion to swap a heated towel rail in our bathroom today. Straight replacement of an old version, using the same pipework. Had great difficulty releasing the compression nut underneath one of the chrome valves and whilst doing so, the vertical chrome pipe turned about 90...