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Hi folks, Im currently refurbishing a bathroom and have now got to the point where i need to replace the floor because it is chipboard and had soaked up water and rotted away in a couple of places and also because removing the tiles that are on it is basically destroying the floor anyway...

Hi guys, I thought Id ask a few opinions on this. As you can see from the photos below, I have been clearing all the old tiles out of my ensuite bathroom and one of the problems I have come across is that a small section of the sloping wall/ceiling was tiled directly onto plasterboard. Of...

Ha thanks Richard :-), I might end up just tanking the ply actually as I will be mounting an electric shower onto one of the walls. 760 is as much as I can fit in behind the door unfortunately :-(. Ive already bought the shower tray and its a quite deep cast stone tray. I could...

Hi Richard, Thanks for that. I had read the sticky and was planning on tanking the ply walls in the shower area. The bathroom is a small ensuite and will just have a shower, sink and wc. Having read your post though I think I will get myself four of these http://bit.ly/aomipn and replace the...

Thanks guys, Im gonna need 2 sheets so am looking around for the best deal including delivery but will leave the existing floor in place while I strip out the remaining existing wall tiles and then complete the ceiling work/lights/double pole isolator etc. I have a delivery from B&Q coming...

Thanks Richard, Great advice... :-).. Ive just learned we call them Dwangs in Scotland :-/ Right Im off out to buy a crowbar ;-) Paula

Thanks John, Yes they are scabby old floor tiles with an adhesive that seems to be slightly pliable and a grout that is grey and crumbly. Horrible all round. I think Im gonna just whip the floor up to expose the joists then get a new floor down. Since the existing floor already has a...

Hi folks, Im currently in the process of refitting a bathroom and am at the stage where I am removing everything before starting to consider putting some new stuff in. Whilst removing the radiator I noticed that the floor tiles around the trv pipe had raised up a little due to a leak...

Hi folks, I need a new boiler to replace an old Trianco Eurostar Combi 90 that barely made it through the last winter. Fortunately Im not in any urgent rush as the thing still works (kinda) although its in a boiler room and I need to keep topping up the pressure as it loses most of the...

Hi John, yes he did do a test with a kind of meter with a probe on it that went into the hole at the top of the burner unit. That was where he detected that the efficiency changed when the snorkel was disconnected and so he advised me to run it with the snorkel off the burner so it was...

Hi cassius, The guy is one of the regulars from the local servicing company that I use. Im pretty happy with their credentials. Yeah as you say, for now im just glad its all working again :-) He did say that a new flue would be expensive since they dont make them anymore but for now Ill...