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Haha yes it does appear to be the case! Apart from being illegal, it's quite an odd way to do it. I guess they shied away from connecting into the cast iron soil pipe.

What thread was on it originally? If it was M12 to start with then there's probably not enough meat left on it to get a decent thread anyway? I would take it apart and put the shaft in a lathe if possible and use the tail stock to keep the die true. Failing that a pillar drill could possibly...

What are the dimensions of the wall areas to be tiled and what are the dimensions of the tiles? As always, setting out is usually down to a best compromise around trying not to have any sliver tiles cuts. Depending on how you do this, you can make life easier for yourself or much much harder...

I would 100% tile first as you'll unavoidably drop tile adhesive/bits of tile/tools etc on the floor as you work and even if you put sheets down, treading on them could make a right mess of your LVT underneath. I definitely wouldn't sit a shower tray or a bath on top of the LVT. Waste of time...

Interested in this too. Expecting a lot more people to be asking this question in the coming months.

I've had very good experience with 'shmox' levelling clips from ebay. I ended up not using the pliers, I found it easier to do them up by hand. Just make sure you clean up the edges of the tiles nicely and scrape away a little adhesive from the wall below the grout gap before you put the clip...

You can use Ideal's own 'Halo' device/system or the Nest or Hive smart thermostats

It's usually E19 with these machines (heat exchanger outlet solenoid - the thing with the blue plug at the bottom right of your picture) If you search on that basis you'll find loads of threads detailing various bits and bobs to do with fixing them. This one here...

If you were re-tiling then you can get away with a lot as you could possibly just pack out with a bit of extra tile adhesive etc. But because you want a paint finish, it's really difficult to hide anything. I'm finding it hard to picture ripping tiles off a plasterboard wall and being able to...

As you suspect, the discolouration is grease and gunge from the wash. There's a little moving plunger thing in the rectangular bit at the top. Some of sort of air admittance/vent valve. It's tricky but you can clean it out although it won't outright stop the machine working. Your Siemens...

There's no way plasterboard will survive tile removal unless the person who set them did a really bad job!

Well, exactly. I went ahead and ordered 60m2 of both the 100mm and 200mm stuff from B&Q (and got 10% off on their weekend offer)... I was just wondering if there was any difference between the two products other than the price and the packaging.

Does anyone know what's the difference between these?: B&Q sells Knauf Eko Roll https://www.diy.com/departments/knauf-eko-roll-loft-insulation-roll-l-7-28m-w-1-14m-t-100mm/182146_BQ.prd Wickes sells Knauf Space Roll...

This was what it looked like When I first found it :D

There is actually a separate earth terminal on the ceiling rose behind the choc block

Right, decided to go ahead and buy a fan. It was setup exactly as you described. L + N to the IR control box, then N + fan L + light L out. I ditched off the choc block and used wagos instead because 1 - it's naff and 2- it's a royal pain to connect the wires to it with the motor dangling from...

Yeah, not really knocking the guy, he obviously knows his stuff and from what I've seen, genuinely goes out of his way to get the best possible result for his customers according to their budget.

I'm well pleased with mine - about as enthusiastic as you can be about a bath. Glad I went for the 800 wide - I don't have an actual bath very often rather than a shower but when I do, the extra shoulder width is well appreciated.

I fitted a 1700 x 800 Carronite Quantum recently on recommendation from a mate who runs a kitchen/bathroom business. Paid a bit more than your budget for it but my view is that barring major problems it's going to be there for maybe 15-20 years or possibly longer (and I have no plans to move on...

That MJ Tiff guy is funny.. I watched a few of his vids. In one of them where he's about to rip out a shower and rebuild he goes on a bit of a rant about people telling him you shouldn't use plasterboard in a wet area but he's been ripping them out and replacing for 20 years and never seen a...