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Hi, could any plastering experts advise me? I am getting my kitchen refurbished and I’ve had all the tiles and wooden panelling removed and the walls skimmed. Where the tiles have been removed the walls look fine, but where the wooden panelling has been removed and skimmed there are dark...

Brilliant, Thank you! I'll give it a go next weekend, Cheers!

Hi again Terry, not sure if you will see this, but you were right. The shower tray is leaking from exactly where you said it would, still. It's only drops and only really when the shower head is pointed to the corner of the shower, but nevertheless it's not watertight and needs sorting. It...

Thanks Terry, I've given it a go with the silicone, so I'll see what happens. It DOES irk me that I'm not doing it 'by the book' and I can't believe that the original bathroom fitter didn't seal the tray before fitting the enclosure! However, thanks to you I now understand whats going on, and...

I think I am understanding now! You mean that the silicone around the shower tray should have been applied first, BEFORE the vertical channel was fitted to the wall? In my case, the vertical channel has been has been fitted before ANY silicone sealant has been applied, meaning that there is NO...

Hi Terry, apologies for my ignorance! What I mean by the strut is the bit that's actually attached to the wall. It has a cap on top of it, and if i pour water in there it just runs directly down and to the floor. I'm guessing it shouldn't do this! If I seal the inside vertically down the inside...

Is that the little gap at the bottom of the enclosure strut? Thanks.

Hi all. my son has recently bought a house, and when he has been getting a shower, a water leak has been dripping through the kitchen ceiling underneath. We have removed the access panels on the sides of the tray and can see that it has been mounted on a stud frame. When the shower runs, I...

Hi again Softus, I was tempted for a nanosecond to have a go myself, however when you said: "You can try tightening the fitting from the top, but there is a small risk of straining the outlet from the trap and causing a leak there" and even more scarily: "If it all goes pear-shaped...

Thanks a lot for your swift reply, Softus. I have just been performing a few experiments, namely pouring water directly down the 'plughole', being careful not to allow any to reach the edge of the plughole assembly. There is no water leak from the kitchen ceiling when I do this, so I reckon...

Hi all - I have water leaking from my kitchen ceiling. The kitchen is located directly below the bathroom, so I checked behind the bath panel for leaks - it was bone dry there. I then looked at the shower enclosure, and it looked ok. However, after running the shower for a bit, the water started...