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Hi, Going to start the bathroom tiling next week, and looking for input on the pattern tiles would be best laid. Bath is standard length 1700mm. Tiles are large, oblong ones. Wife wants me to make a brickwork pattern with them. Above the bath, and shower end of the bath it will be tiled up to...

Just getting the bits to fit out our new bathroom. Wife's decided to get a mono block mixer for the bath that is for sinks. I think the difference between the two versions was the exit spout was bigger on the bath version. She liked the smaller spout. Just wondering if there is a difference...

Hi, Our new bath was delivered yesterday - a big P shaped shower bath. It's supported by 2 thin metal struts with adjustable legs. What I was wondering is that due to the fact the water alone will be quite heavy, plus as it's a shower bath that will have people standing up in it, would it...

We are tending to do this nowadays when we do a rewire. I rewire council houses for a living. Under the new regs, we are asked (by the council) to put a ring upstairs, a ring downstairs and a separate ring for the kitchen. Lots of the properties have only a lounge diner and a kitchen on the...

Hmm.... So it's not entirely cut and dried then! The bath downstairs is fed from the mains and a 15mm pipe. There is a reduction coupling somewhere along the line from an old steel pipe. That fills OK, so I think a 15mm cold feed from the mains would probably work OK upstairs where this is...

Bit of a no-brainer this one, but I'd like to know if I'm right or wrong:- New bath being fitted soon. It's a shower bath that is quite big, and will take more water to fill than a standard bath. At the moment, the cold feed into the bathroom is from the storage tank in the roof and runs to a...

Thanks for all of the great advice and info - much appreciated! It's a bit difficult to tell *exactly* how uneven the floor is at the moment because there is some swollen chipboard down still. Wife won't let me remove it as she doesn't want to be without the loo for longer than necessary...

How not to wire a shower:- Ring main with cooker box for double socket. Note the 2 core 1.5mm 6242Y cable spurred off. Thos is where the 2 core 1.5mm cable was connected to a 3 core 1.5mm cable and buried in plaster without protection. 3 core where the shower was conncted...

Hi, and thanks for the reply. Just to give a little more info, the reason I'm having to renew the floor is the old shower leaked and water had run between the chipboard and the plywood base for the tiles. I haven't got all of the old floor up yet, but I'd say it was 10mm down one end over...

Drop the fuse to a 15A and then run just the oven off of it. The idea of running a washing machine off an extension is not ideal. To be honest, old rewireable CU plus not enough sockets sounds like you could do with some upgrading work. I'd seriously consider a new kitchen ring and consumer...

Hi again, and thanks for all the advice. I've now got it clear what I need to do. One last question, if I drill a hole through the stud wall verticals to pass through the sink waste, am I compromising the structural integrity of the wall? There is a steel above this particular wall as it's...

Hi, and thanks for the reply. I'll go with the plastic push fit and follow the advice. Couple more related questions. The existing plastic pipe is white. No idea what brand. Can I assume that it's all standard, and if I get some 15mm pipe and fittings from a merchant it will fit to the...

Hi, I am in the process of renewing our bathroom. The hot/cold goes to the sink via plastic piping to an eaves access area behind the bathroom. I'm changing the shower for a shower bath. The existing power shower is not being touched, but I need to supply hot/cold to the bath and sink. I...

Hi all, I've read the sticky on this, but wanted to ask some questions. Our bathroom floor is chipboard, but has a deffinite slant. Possibly 15mm over 1.7M. I'm renewing the entire bathroom so want to take this opportunity to level the floor. Firstly, I understand I have to nail plywood...

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