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what i meant was i have to raise the panel up in the air for it to fit under the lip of the bath. so none of the panel is touching the floor. its a heavy panel, so ideally i would like the weight resting on the floor & not up in the air against the battons behind the panel... what can i do...

got a mdf white bath panel. when putting it against the bath, theres a 2cm gap at the bottom of the floor. this is due to a mixture of the bath being set slightly higher (which i cant do nothing about as it buried in the wall now) and also the floor being uneven. Now what can i do to...

does the adhesive for the ply need to be flexible and even waterproof as its directly behind the bath. ideally i would liek to buy for the tiler the same adhesive to use all around the bath. also another question if the grout being used is waterproof does the adhesive not have to be then...

got a mdf white bath panel. when putting it against the bath, theres a 2cm gap at the bottom of the floor. this is due to a mixture of the bath being set slightly higher ( which i cant do nothign about as it buried in the wall now) and also the floor being uneven. Now what can i do to...

i put a bath in , and behind the bath i have a little bit of space up to the wall. to fill in the area behind the bath, i made a panel out of stud, and covered with 6mm wbp ply, and used 1001 screws, so its very rigid and isnt moving nowhere :) i know i should have used 9mm or 12mm ply but...

ive had a closer look at the floor. its a concrete floor at the bottom, then on top of it is like a super hard foam insulated type matresss. its quite hard when pressed on. then over the top of this is the floating t&g chipboard. there are absolutley no joists on the ground floor, hence why...

hi, my floor on the ground floor in a new build house is squeeking really badly. its a floating floor (tongue and groove boards i beleive, in big sheets laid across the whole floor), in which underneath is insulation, and then a concrete floor. i cant screw it down because theres nothing to...

agree with richard dont mix different manufacturers products. i dont like tiling on wood, best to use marine ply or a sheet of wbp ply over the wood. bal white star should be fine for this. Or Bond-it do a brand for wood use called Aqua tile or wood flex which is preety decent.

does it matter what size PB i use or ply?? in a bathroom can i tile directly to PB without tanking it, due to humidity etc?

going to box in 3 pipes to the boiler in a bathroom. its away from the bath. if ive used battons to create the stud work around the pipes. if i use plywood, what size ply should i use if im tiling it?? would 6mm be thick enough to use as plywood then tile over?? is plasterboard good for...

i have really bad walls in my bathroom, they are not straight. ive had the tiler in and noticed when he has laid the tiles down, in certains corners of the tile they are not touching the wall, but in the opposite corner of the same tile it is touching the wall. tiler said its because my...

how long should you wait after tiling before you can drill holes through the tiles, i need to hang rads, fittings etc up?

hi i need a carpenter with sensible prices to do woodwork in my house. this includes skirting, hanging up 7 doors, and repairing staircase, bannisters. anyone recommend someone good. im from the east london/romford area. cheers

hi they going to be ceramic tiles, about 30cm in height. what particulars should be considered when tiling over marine plywood. the rest of the walls in the bathroom have been freshly plastered

Hi guys, i need a clean cut answer please. in my bathroom it has been plastered, but i have a stud wall along the shower area which i have screwed down with marine plywood. ive read so many conflicting stories about tiling over marine plywood. wot do i need to do to make tiling successful...

i knw board finish is really meant to plaster plasterboards, but can you use it on just normal walls??

the burst water pipe would have caused staining, and you just painted the ceilings, and this may have caused a further reaction hence causing the stains. you have to remember your ceilings have got wet, n they are plasterboard. depending on how wet they got they may need some time to fully...

cheers zampa after my mist coat should i be using the dulux rich matt if its a vinyl ?? or wud i be better of with a non vinyl. my understanding of the rich matt is that it will hide imperfections better, tho i may be wrong...

the crown matt is called 'crown matt emulsion, brilliant white' i was going to use this as my mist coat, followed by 2 coats of dulux rich matt. i just wanted to know if this would be ok? is the dulux rich matt vinyl or non vinyl??

guys ive bought crown matt emulsion(white) as my mist coat, which i will dilute by 20% ive then bought dulux rich matt(white) for my second and third coat on the ceilings. would dulux rich matt be ok to use after applying the matt emulsion by crown??????