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Hi all - Replaced an extractor fan like for like today (old one's bearings wearing out and getting noisy.) At the same time I changed my ceiling rose and switch, but wired everything up the same again. Now when I pull the switch the light and fan come on together as before, but the fan does...

Thanks - so just cut the balk joint part off and a solvent weld to the grey? I tried going in as far as I could to the white pipe but no useable joint in site.

Hi all - Digging out my downstairs bathroom concrete floor to change a shower waste for a new tray. Was hoping it to find a standard compression connection on the end but it goes to one of those ball joints and then seems to be connected to another pipe via a solvent weld through the wall. I...

Damnit! But thanks for the info

Hi all - Planning a downstairs bathroom makeover which currently has a wetroom style floor and a standard shower waste which is cemented in the floor, a bit like this: https://www.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine-tsg50t6ss-trapped-gully-with-stainless-steel-tile-50mm/3988r I'm putting a shower tray...

Hi all - I'm installing a thermostatic shower and have chased pipes in wall with 3/4" female connectors off the elbows ready to connect up. The shower has come with these angled 1/4" to 3/4" connectors which seem quite common with showers now, and have a narrowing internally. I have however had...

Hi all - Trying to sort a job that a plumber has messed me about on and curious how to handle this. This drain needs moving around 15cm across, but I can't work out how this shower drain has been sunk and connected in the concrete. Previously I've only got involved with shower drains upstairs...

Thanks. I've got no issue tanking it, I've got the kit and was planning it. But he's actually advising that even tanked plasterboard wouldn't be good enough and I have to tank cement board instead.

Hi all - I've got a wetroom that I've started myself due to no-shows from trades people. The room is to be completely tiled and a sliding-door shower to be used on one side of the room (no tray, just tiles). I've followed advice from various posts on this forum and plasterboarded the walls as...

Thanks so much mate. In my case I don't have boards, just plastered concrete walls and a concrete floor, but I'm assuming it still applies?

Hi all - I'm about to give my downstairs showerroom a makeover and have a question about tanking. There seems to be all sorts of info and systems out there, but essentially what is there now are plastered walls and a cement floor that has been painted with that waterproofing paint then tiled...

Hi all - I've got a wetroom downstairs (nothing but concrete under it) which needs a makeover. I've had a few plumbers around and they've all given me different opinions on what should be done for the shower floor, and I'm hoping someone could give me some clarity on here as I'm not sure who to...

Hi all - I have a washing machine which connects to a trap under a sink via the normal corregated slinky pipe you get, and then this ubend goes straight out the wall as normal via 40mm overflow pipe. However recently I had to remove this pipe to get a lean-to shed in against the wall and the...

Hi all - I have an outdoor drain that has a rainwater gutter pipe and the output of a washing machine going into it which only drains very slowly; so slowly that it overflows before it drains. It has a leaf cover, but I removed it thinking the drain was blocked but I'm not so sure it is. I...

Thanks Hugh. I've now had the time to follow your advice and a several how to guides regarding balancing radiators, and unfortunately it hasn't worked. I also tried replacing this problem downstairs radiator as I had a brand new double of the same size (was currently a single) that I couldn't...

Interesting, many thanks. Will give it a go! Was it unwise to step up to 15mm?

Hi all - My wife had an old radiator in her upstairs office that ran off 10mm pipe which needed replacing, so I purchased a new radiator and moved it to the next wall as it was colder. As I moved the radiator a good 3 meters in the direction of the joists, I didn't want to have to pull up a lot...

Hi all - I'm currently trying to gauge feasibility of a loft conversion; it'd be something I'd consider doing myself (or at least managing it myself) and I'm particularly trying to work out the difference of what is required to convert properly to bedroom or simply use it as a second play room...

Hi all - I'm wanting to spray my 3-bed detached pebbledashed home, but desperately want to avoid having to do it with a brush. I'm aware that lots of people choose to spray it, but I'm concerned about the paint getting on everything but the house as I live in a windy area by the coast...

Oh dear, I was just replacing the kind of trap that was there. Are either of you kind enough to show me link (screwfix or the like) to a deeper bath trap. Are we talking going into the floorboards, as the current one sits just above. Or is there a way to have a shallow one that has some sort of...