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We have bought a stone basin for the bathroom and also bought a standard mushroom unslotted basin waste. The problem that we have is the recess cut out for the waste flange in the basin is large (measuring 70mm diameter) and therefore the waste has a large gap around it. Easier to see in the...

I have a Column radiator to fit to a porcelain tiled bathroom wall. The wall is breeze block covered (by solid bed of tile adhesive) with 12mm marmox board. The column radiator has four brackets with two fixing holes on each and come with screws and wall plugs. My questions are around the...

All, I know there are a lot of threads on this forum, on a number of other forums and also videos on YouTube but I have found little information on this specific install and the information I have found has been confusing and sometimes contradictory. I have just had a Vaillant Ecotec Pro 30...

We have a 40mm solid wood beech worktop fitted in our U-shaped kitchen. Two lengths and a third breakfast bar. The kitchen and wooden worktops were bought and delivered a year ago. Due to various reasons (including my own slow DIY skills) we have only now got to the point of fitting the...

Make Ford Model Fiesta Zetec Engine size/Type 1.4 Year 2007 Mileage 56,000 I have been having trouble with the starter motor sticking in the last few weeks. Last Thursday it stuck and on the third attempt to start the vehicle there was a large bang and a considerable amount of smoke that...

I have a Lakes Offset Shower Enclosure. I have installed the shower tray base, tanked the walls, tiled the walls down to the tray and siliconed the tiles where they meet the tray. I am now looking to secure the enclosure channel / bracket to the wall. This is probably a stupid question but...

All, I have created a timber 4 X 2 plinth to put my quadrant (1000 x 800) stone resin shower tray on. I have 18mm WBP ply on the top. The manufacturer's instructions say to bed the tray into a sand and cement mix. I have a couple of questions regarding the best way to install this tray...

I am at the point where I will be installing new lighting to my bathroom. I want to be able to dim my main lighting so I have bought a pull cord dimmer. This allows a maximum of 250 watts of lighting. I have been looking at the various downlighters and still cannot work out whether to go...

I am in the process of overhauling my bathroom. I originally had a separate bathroom and toilet but have removed the partition wall between them to make a large bathroom area. The ceiling now has a long length of missing plasterboard where the stud wall was. The ceiling for the rest of...

My parents have an Optima MX6 alarm. It played up a few weeks ago where the keypad ceased to work. I think this was following a power failure but could have been coincidence. I went round and disconnected it from the mains (pulled the fuse on the spur), opened the box, disconnected the battery...

I am currently redoing my bathroom and want to install downlighters and am also considering an extractor fan. I like the idea of being able to dim the downlighters and have seen that you can by a bathroom pull cord with dimmer ability built in (from Screwfix / Toolstation). The highest rated...

I know Hardie do their own screws for their backerboard but to cut down on cost what sort of screws could I use as an equivalent. I will be putting the 6mm backerboard down on the floor over 18mm WBP ply and I'll be putting 12.5mm backerboard up for the stud partition wall for my shower...

Is there such thing as a flexible braided hose that will go from 15mm pipe (plastic in this case) to 1/2" male thread? If so, where would I get some as I've not seen them anywhere. I have some bath wall valves that have female 1/2" BSP threads for the input and output flow. I was hoping to...

I am about to build a shower plinth for my quadrant shower. I have WBP 18mm ply for the top surface and have bought 4 by 2 interior construction wood for the supports. I have a number of questions that I'm stuck on: 1) Should I treat either variety of wood before I put my shower tray on top...

I am in the process of redoing my bathroom (in fact I have been for a long time now!) and I will shortly be installing my bath and shower cubicle. The pipework to the facilities is in plastic. My bath is going to have a bath filler (Centrafill from Screwfix) with wall valves. The instructions...

My girlfriend has bought some reduced lights at B&Q because they had no adaptor. They were in the reductions with the Christmas lights but are not Christmas themed as they are flower type decorations. This being so she wants to put them up at home. The label on the lights says 4.5Volts...

I am redoing my bathroom at the moment and will shortly be installing a shower cubicle. I was hoping to put a recessed shelf in the cubicle. It will be on the wall that seperates the bathroom from the landing and as such is a partition wall of about 100mm thick. My bathroom side currently has...

I am currently redoing my bathroom. All the copper pipe in my bathroom has now been replaced with plastic pipe so there will be no connections at all under the floor board. I can turn on each supply via gate valves all set up in my airing cupboard. I need to move my radiator from the...

I realise there's lots of info already on these forums concerning the questions I'm about to ask, so please excuse me asking them again. My post is really just to summarise what I plan doing and see if I am definitely applying the right materials and techniques. You'll have to excuse my naivety...

I am in the process of planning my bathroom. What started out as a basic change of suite is just escalating into more proposed work, however if it gets me to the end result without too much excessive cost then all is good. I have ordered a steam shower bath cubicle thingy, which comprises...