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    Fitting An Essex Flange

    I've got an essex flange to fit to my HWC How far should my pipe go through the flange and into the tank? Should I push it all the way to the bottom or does it only need to go in about 6"? This pipe will be feeding a shower (via a 1.4 bar pump) I'd read the instructions but, you...
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    Using A Shower Pump For Basin Mixer Taps As Well?

    Asides from increasing the chances of multiple outlets being open at any given time - not really?
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    Using A Shower Pump For Basin Mixer Taps As Well?

    Thanks for the advice - cheers. I've been giving it a little more thought - is it possible to pump the HW supply to the whole house? (It would be feeding the a tap and shower upstairs and two HW taps downstairs). Would you need a specialized pump for this (or a special flange to take off...
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    Using A Shower Pump For Basin Mixer Taps As Well?

    Hi I'm planning to install a new mixer shower and basin with mixer taps in the bathroom. The Hot Water Pressure isn't brilliant so I was planning to use a shower pump on a new (independant) output from the HW tank. Is it possible to use the output from the pump to feed the mixer for the...
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    Bathroom Design Help?

    shameless bump :oops:
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    Bathroom Design Help?

    I really hope someone can offer some advice... Our smallish bathroom has a suite similar to that depicted in the link below. We'd like to tile the bathroom so it looks really nice but keep the existing suite (which is nearly new)...
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    Soft Close Pistons off ebay

    Hi I want to treat my kitchen to some soft close functionality. The kitchen furniture is oldish but solid wood and I don't want to change it. Are the pistons (blumotion?) sold on ebay any good? They seem like they would be easy to fit but do they do a quality job? Also on ebay are some...
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    Using a mirror as a big tile

    I have a big mirror in my bathroom. Its a frameless rectangular mirror about 800x500 from ikea. Now i am planning to tile the bathroom I want to keep the mirror. Is it possible (or advisable) to stick this mirror on the wall as a 'tile' rather than tiling behind it and then trying to...
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    Decorating - Colour Tips

    Hi. I've been searching the net and this board for a bit but I can never quite find what I'm looking for... Can anyone advise me on a decent place that gives you colour 'tips' when painting rooms. Stuff like: "Use bold colours on the end walls in a narrow room to make it appear...
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    Painting/Distressing Pine

    Hello. We are currently in the process of moving into our first house. Our bedroom furniture is a mixture of hand me down and second-hand pine. Now it is all very nice, but.. A) It all doesn't match (some is yellowish varnish, other is natural, other is light stained) B) Overall it...
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