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Thanks again tictic. I think I've had a change of heart though as I don't trust myself with this slurry - I'll either mix it wrong, lay it badly, or make a complete mess of the rest of the house. I heard about No More Ply which comes in a thinner board than the Aquapanel that I'd previously...

Sounds good. Where do I stand while laying the tiles? I'm getting visions of having to leave my DIY shoes in the middle of the cloakroom floor :lol:

Right, the spade approach was useless in my situation. The layer of bitumen is so thin that the spade either glides over the top (too shallow attack) or just chips a line into the concrete (too steep attack). I went back to the screwdriver approach which works but will take me weeks to...

Great info, thanks. I'll get the spade out this weekend - seems obvious now you mention it. tictic - thanks for your opinion too. If I'm having little joy with the spade, I'll try what you suggest.

Thanks for the info chaps. So, my local tile store may have given me poor info about using PVA to prime. I've read a lot of debate about that but the majority vote seems to be that PVA isn't reliable enough compared to purpose made primers. Can anyone suggest a suitable tool for scraping...

Sorry if this is draggin up old ground. I've read and heard conflicting info. I'm a DIYer with a very small (just over 1m sq) floor to tile. The previous vinyl tiles have been lifted and left some bitumen behind. EDIT: on reading some other posts it seems that this bitumen can be a few...

That's precisely what I thought. And I will be tiling the boxed section. Cool, time to find me a plasterer then as I'm ready for it.

I need to box in some pipes such that I can tile over the boxing and also have access to the ISO valves. I'm not 100% sure how the tiles will line up so I wanted to leave the boxing and access panels until the plastering is done. Is there any specific reason why it's normal to box first...

I've bought a new cloakroom suite and will hopefully be getting round to fitting it and refurbishing the cloakroom in the next few weeks. However, there's some additional tasks to be done which I want to query. 1. Walls - I removed the wallpaper to find very poor plasterwork. It's such a...

[/url] Ah, thanks.

But B&Q (yes, I might shop there) don't have a CC WC for £50 do they? Here's the suite I was looking at....on ebay

The soil pipe approaches from the side and then bends around into the back of the toilet pan. I would imagine that a toilet pan pushed further back would prevent the bend being possible within the available space, so the soil pipe couldn't be connected. However, a measuring tape and some...

Not a bad idea, although the expense of those might rule it out. Also, I agree that it will look great like that but this is such a tiny room that we're not really going for the WOW factor. Just a clean and tidy, functional installation. If I can get a cistern and frame and toilet for £100...

Hi Looking to refurbish a manky old cloakroom and decided to do some investigation into what we currently have. So, I ripped away some wood panelling that was boxing in all the pipework.....and found a bit of an unexpected layout. (photos attached) OK, so the first question is...

I think that's what I'm going to try and sort out with my next door neighbour. Hopefully he can provide the materials too at a price nearer to the trade prices.

Thanks again BAN. I'd seen that text before but somewhere else. This is a confusing old business indeed. So, it would seem that adding sockets or fused spurs to an existing ring or radial is not notifiable but I should still be testing.....which means getting the kit and knowledge, or getting...

Okay, I'm sorry for irritating you oharaf but you did the same to me. It would appear that there is very little work that can be done by a DIYer. I've stated several reasons why I'd like to do certain jobs myself and I'll add to that list "because I don't know an electrician that I can trust"...

[/url] Now, that's what I'm talking about. Thanks.

oharaf - not very helpful of you, although I can take from your comment that I need to research a few specific things. Point is, this forum is here to help DIYers. The reason I use it is because I've had plenty of problems with supposedly professional tradesmen and I like to know what's...

Excellent. Then I shall schedule some redecoration in the near future :cry: As for the other rooms......ugh! I suppose I'll swap some single sockets for doubles.