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:D UPDATE / SOLUTION Thanks for everyone's help. This is what it turned out to be; The window packers were sitting on top of the black adhesive tape - which mean they were not proud of the glass by about 2mm - when I took the packers out the beads went in no problem but the beads...

Hope it works this time.

Thanks crank39. I've uploaded 10 images - I have a lot more if required.

:? Hi Two years ago I brought a bathroom window from ScrewFix. The next day ScewFix rang me to say that the window company had just gone out of business and I can return the window if I want. I said no, because it had taken ages to find the right one. When the window was delivered...

FOUND THE ANSWER - HERE IT IS IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED Oil Rods; http://www.gobrick.com/BIA/technotes/t21c.htm Weep holes Weep holes must be placed at the base of the cavity and at all other flashing levels. They provide a means of draining away any moisture that may have found its...

:? Hi Property was built around 1976. It is a bungalow with concrete floors throughout. I've removed an exterior door, and bricked it up half way, for a D/G bathroom window to sit on top. When I removed the wooden threshold for the door I found the damp proof course, I started my...

The maufactures website - it says; Skim plastering should not normally be specified to Gyproc Moisture Resistant and MR grade boards. These types of board are intended for use in environments of higher than normal humidity for which no gypsum plaster is designed to be suitable...

Thanks guys. The fault is not the taper edge (I don't think you can get M/R not tapered) and as far as I'm aware, you do not plaster M/R, it is for painting direct. I've already got my Gyofill and tape - ready once butted. I'll contact Wickes.

:? Hi I've had delivered 5 sheets of moisture resistant plasterboard for a bathroom ceiling (Wickes Knauf 8x4). I brought the plasterboard because I didn't want to skim the ceiling. The M/R plasterboard has an "indentation" running the whole length of the board. The indentation is...

:? Hi About a week ago I asked how to obtain a "sandy" coloured mortar. I was told that to try plasters sand. Today I found a builders merchants (Stamco - East Sussex) that stocks this sand. It turned out not to be much lighter than the sand I got from Wickes. However, I was...

Hi I am about to block 1/2 of a side garden door (bottom to middle) so that I can install a bathroom double glazed window above. MORTAR COLOUR The whole property has been finished in a very sandy colour mortar. I'm sure this would not have been an added colour, as this property is...

Thanks SimonJay - that's the sort of cheap I want - I've got some of that celotex already. Just shows you, wait long enough here, and you normally get a good and constructive answer.

:? Hi About 1/2 hour ago I posted about having to cut a strip of brick & blockwork to fit a new window - and what was the best tool. Just Googling around to see what else I need to do, and to my horror I have seen the price of Cavity Closers...

:? Hi I've got remove a 150mm strip downwards for 1 metre, so that a new window can be installed. Regular brick/block cavity. I've got a Makita 115mm angle grinder. Do you think this will work; Use the angle grinder to give me a straight line but only manage to cut in about 50mm...

Thank you Richard, the penny's finally dropped. I will now buy a 20mm x 10mm deep curved notch trowel @ 28mm centres. I was trying to raise the floor for the WC / Soil pipe. I'll see what I am left with and probably have to use plywood under the WC. Thanks again.

:? Hi I will be laying 30cm x 40cm Wickes Onyx (printed) Stone Effect floor tiles. I will need a flat bed. If possible I would like the height of the adhesive bed to be between 6mm to 10mm (10mm preferred). What size notched trowel should I be looking at - also should it be "round"...

:? Hi I was looking at some Wickes floor tiles and it states they need to be bedded in on a flat bed. I need to raise my floor up a bit - so a 10mm deep bed of powdered adhesive mix would be handy, but how do you apply a deep bed? Normally you'd use a notched trowel to get the right...

:? Hi This time last year my son skim plastered our sitting room ceiling, which is 35m2 to hide the Artex. In the past I've always used Dulux Vinyl Silk for walls & ceilings. So to get a really good finish I gave it 4 coats, which was a bit of a job because it's so big. A year on...