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After spending half a day frustrating myself installing a new cistern I could really do with a pointer from someone more experienced!! I have replaced my old toilet with a new back-to-wall job with the cistern boxed in and the flush pipe cut through a hole in the boxing making the fitting of...

Hi all, hopefully someone can help on what i imagine is a pretty basic answer!! :) Having embarked on my first floor tiling exercise - for the bathroom leading onto a small lobbying housing the boiler, i have run out of floor tile adhesive to fnish the lobby area. I still have plenty of...

cheers fellas, might take the old render off and try float and set first, see how it goes - if not just grip and screw boards...

cheers, thanks guys - i'll give it a go and see what happens - hope the drill lasts - those tiles/etc are a b****r to get up!!

How easy is the self levelling to use? (first home so absolute novice i'm afraid, but very willing to learn! :D ) would i need to do the kitchen/bathroom/lobby in one go or can u break it down in sections? Cheers, p.s great sign off! :lol:

Hi roughcaster, What's the thinnest battening that u think i can get away with? (it's only a 1.6m long wall) it's just that that the UPVC window frames butt right up against the wall.

Hi all, I've got (/had) tiles covering the kitchen floor, leading through a little lobby and into the bathroom. I've taken them up in the bathroom and lobby (may have been hasty in taking them up there). They were layed on concrete, but i'm not sure what adhesive was used as the...

Hi all, I have a fairly solid double glazed 'lean-to' style conservatory (with thermo plastic roof) which has a door into it from the house (which i am opening up into french doors). It is plastic and double glazing on 2 sides, with two brick walls (which used to be the outside of the house...

Cool, cheers for all your help :D

Unfortunately i'm not in the flat yet, so can't really get any pics. it's just one of those big black plastic square buckets on a shelf in the cupboard (presumably the hotwater tank used to be underneath it before the combi was put in about 10 years ago. It's a 1920's 2 story terrace (some...

Thanks for the quick response! I should have said that there is a combi boiler (which i may also have to replace/move) rather than a hw tank - not sure what the header tank feeds - would the combi have a direct feed already?

Hi all, Just in process of purchasing first flat, so not too much experience in these things. I have a massive cupboard, in a tiny flat, that is half filled with a cold water tank - i was hoping to remove this and run off the mains then knock down the brick (but not supporting) wall to...

still weighing up my options!