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Thanks for that. Making progress now albeit slow. How to you pros cut glass mosaic. I am using a small angle grinder with a diamond blade but the tiles are chipping a bit, possibly because the blade is past its best. Not a disaster as all the cuts are in a corner which will have a silicone bead...

Often wondered about this. During very cold weather is it more economical to keep the heating on 24/7 or have it programmed for certain times. I tend to leave it on constant ,turning it down to about 13C when I go to bed and up to about 18C when I get home from work the next night. Makes it a...

Deffo have to get different adhesive for the mosaic. One detail I missed in my post is that it is not a whole mosaic sheet. I have cut a full sheet into four strips so I can use it as a border so each strip is now 12 tiles long and 3 tiles high. Will have a look at Screwfix tomorrow for some...

Finished the prep and started the bathroom today. Going reasonably smoothly although grey adhesive and white tiles is probably not a good idea. Keep having to clean out the spaces to leave room for the white grout. (Black grout with white tiles!! Would that work?) Anyway I have never used...

Wall looks to be normal plasterboard with a plaster skim except where the old tile adhesive has pulled it off. Using Mapei fast set adhesive which says plaster backgrounds must be primed with Mapei Plaster Primer. I have Mapei Primer G for use on porous, non porous and gypsum based substrates...

Ok so I am thick but am I right in saying that you use the primer all over the wall and then the tanking on top of that on those parts of the wall that will get wet. £45 from Screwfix for 3Kg tanking is all I can find. Just doing top and side of the bath so seems expensive for my needs but...

There is a Screwfix newly opened just along from my work. I'll call in tomorrow. Thanks for that Richard.

Thanks for clearing that up. I have found acrylic primer here if this is the right stuff. http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=EJATYT2TK14YUCSTHZOSFFQ?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=acrylic+primer but not having any joy with the tanking stuff. Will try Travis Perkins tomorrow.

Can I ask some advise about tile adhesive please. Tiles are ceramic, 250 x 200mm and each one weighs about 600g. Wall is mainly skimmed plasterboard with some bare bits where the old tile adhesive pulled the plaster off. I had some Unibond fix and grout ready mix from B&Q but took that back...

Thanks for all the replies. Didn't want to take any chances as I am fitting a new suite, tiling and new flooring so had to get it right first time. Chipped away some of the mortar around the soil pipe on the outside and managed to lower that a little which helped. Then changed my mind about...

Was going to buy some Homelux 6mm metal tile trim (silver effect) today from B&Q but thought £14-98 for 1.83m was a bit steep. Have since found Screwfix do a pack of ten at 2.44m for £48-32. Three 1.8m lengths would be enough if anyone knows where I could get some at a respectable price...

Been thinking about this today and think the best long term solution will be to have a look in daylight tomorrrow and try to lower the soil pipe and if necessary the stack.

Thanks for the quick replies. Was wondering about how well it would flush with the height difference. Not keen on the plinth idea as I think it will look messy. House is only 10 years old so don't really want to start hacking away at the outer brickwork to lower the soil pipe. Think I will...

Hope this is not a stupid question but here goes: Fitting a new toilet and the waste outlet on the new pan is at least 1" lower than the old one. How do I connect this to the existing plastic soil pipe coming through the wall? Have looked at the Screwfix catalogue and they do an offset pan...