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the beams support a wooden supporting wall which supports part of the roof structure. i.e. the bathroom wall, which is about 3ft away from the notch. This doesn't sound good does it ?

he wanted to screw down and secure floorboards, he knew i had someone lined up to do plumbing but he said he would do it. Next thing I see the notch through the shower waste hole which was cut out of the plywood floor. BTW the shower waste hole was prev cut out by plumber and was not over...

Thankyou for all of your replies. In response, the joists are 40 cm centres, and they span 12 ft from girder to outside wall. The notch is nigh on in the middle of the span (6ft along) It was me who `ahem` bought the shower tray, but I beleived that the waste would have fitted without a...

Plasterer wanted to screw down floorboards in bathroom and he cut a a large notch in joist to enable fitting of shower waste, as he wanted to do that too. I am guessing its ok otherwise he wouldnt have done it. Im a bit uncomfortable about the size of the notch. the joist is about 9 inches...

Thanks for the valuable advices there AronSearle. It probably was cheap stuff !! Although the company said `it probably wasnt pressed enough, and that they could pull out and find better sheets for me !` Anyway we compromised between prices and for about £26 extra they will replace the 3...

I wish I listened to Hertsdrainage2010 and got all marine. they said they would ring me when the wood was due to be delivered but found it there on the lawn at 11.30 pm after getting home. I brought the wood in the next morning but it had been raining for some of the night. The marine ply...

Would have been £100 more for marine... So hmm I have compromised now... I am having marine under and around the shower area of the room. The other end of bathroom where its less likely to get too wet Im getting En636-3 WBP exterior ply. Better than chipboard by the sounds of it. Thank...

This is to go over joists 40cm centres. I went to jewsons and they said, water resistant chipboard is ok for bathroom flooring. He said all modern houses now are built with water proof chipboard, and all you need to do is PVA over it to ensure its sealed. Then I went to Robert price asking...

Hi Thanks Foxhole. Maybe some tilers may cringe, but there is some nice rubber bathroom flooring that I like.

People are recommending Marine ply for bathroom flooring, but when I have enquired about prices etc from national timber merchants they say that Exterior ply is fine, they said the only difference between exterior ply and marine ply is that marine ply is more resistant to salt, apart from that...

Hi Thanks for your reply Taylortwocities. its 227 cms high and it has an attic above it (plasterboard ceiling - plenty of loft space really) Thought maybe I would be making it easier really by getting some safe and decent lights ready. I have yet to get some decent builders in to put in...

I am thinking about purchasing some LED fire rated down-lights for a 4 metre x 2.4 metre bathroom (I shall get a leccy to put them in though lol). Would I be right in thinking that 3 x (equiv 50 halogen watt) downlights would suffice for this size of room... or 4 x equiv 35 halogen watt ones. I...

Thank you for all your advises. The main Tiles below the border are metro style 300 mm x 100 mm, with bevelled edges. The Border tiles are 230 mm x 80 mm. One good fortune I guess is that the border tile surface has an emboss surface. I have tried placing them down together and used a 2...

Thankyou for your interesting reply Burnerman, I had to think hard on that one. Its not too small an area though, 8.3 m wide area in total. I have some plasterboard offcuts, and will have a few tiles left over. Maybe I could try an experiment and see if I could try a border and main tile...

Just thought I would mention this is for a bathroom half tiled up (the shower area itself will have wall panels) I think I shall forget the tile trim type stuff this will raise the border tiles higher again, and I try alternatively to find a quarter round, or similar type edging to go on the...

Hello. My border tiles are about 8mm thick, and the main tiles I wish to get have bevelled edges making them about 3mm thinner on the edges than the border tiles. Is there a way I could put thicker adhesive to allow the main tiles to ultimately become level with the border tiles, and then...

Hi Galoka thank you for the reply. The sink has a round overflow hole. I have been looking about on the internet, and feel maybe the days of plug and chain are going down the drain (pun included) So I have decided to get the basin with three holes, one each for taps and centre one in centre...

Hello I have ordered a new basin that I like for the bathroom ... but has no chain hole (and I like the traditional chain and plug) . I was wondering if it were possible to use a connection to maybe the overflow whereby I could connect a chain and plug... or if I should change the order to...