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Hi, Just had a new Bristan shower mixer tap fitted but I've noticed if water splashes on top of the plinth (the plinth is a separate piece with a a washer underneath it - see technical drawing) it seeps through the holes in the bath and trickles to the underside of the bath as it does not...

Hi John, Thanks for the tip. How far back through the tile/wall should I drill?

Hi, I'd like fit a shower rail riser bracket to a tiled bathroom wall. I understand I should use a masonry drill bit. My question is what size drill bit do I need to use for the wall plugs? Its a standard bristan shower rail riser.

So the following valve should be ok then? What I don't want to do is try to fasten it to the z connectors and cause them to twist causing a leak behind the wall. http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Taps+%26+Showers/d240/Shower+Valves/sd3000/Stroma+Thermostatic+Mixer+Shower+Valve/p53764

Hi, I originally had a gravity fed shower where the hot and cold pipes ran along the loft down into the bathroom to feed an old damixa shower valve. The inlet pipes to this shower valve protude out of the wall using z connectors but they are 152mm apart. I've switched to a combi boiler and now...

One of the springs or cables on my up and over garage door has snapped off due to having been heavily corroded. Which tradesman would be most suitable for this type of work and as an estimate how much would it cost to have it replaced?

Can you please explain a little more what you mean by using 7n concrete blocks. Do you mean removing the bricks and replacing with concrete blocks? Who would specialise in this trade - roofer or builder?

Hi, I have a purlin prop resting on a brick wall. Upon closer inspection the mortar joints on this brick wall is crumbling away - if you dig you nails in it starts to break away. The bricks arn't in great condition either. What would be the best way to fix this wall. I understand it could be...

Update. So I've had a few roofers called in today some 3 said doesn't look rotted but would have to get up with a ladder to properly check. One said its rotted at the spar (what on earth is a spar?) but didn't bother to go up with a ladder to inspect. He advised it's best to replace entire...

The barge board is fixed to a timber batten and the batten is fixed to the purlins. It seems the batten has come loose from the purlins so either the purlin ends have rotted or the timber batten has rotted.

What would you use to replace the coping stone with or how do you suggest it be rectified?

What would be the best way to repair or replace this? Should I use capping boards? should I use timber or UPVc?

What are capping boards. Are they the strips of wood on the top of the roof? I'll try and get some clearer pictures tomorrow when its light. It was dark when I took the previous ones. Yes there is a capped off chimney breast - see pics below taken last year (ignore annotations in second image...

I have a bargeboard/fascia hanging off gable end of house. Every roofer i've called automatically says its rotted without getting a ladder and climbing up to check. From the pictures - see images: It doesnt look like its rotted but more like its come loose from the fixings to the rafter...

Hi, I have some tiles that have popped off on the vertical side of a bathroom window recess. I've remove all the tiles along this edge and noticed the recess was finished with some cheap wood(looks like chipboard) and the the tiles simply tiled on top of it. As the wood has got wet and...

Hi, I have bedroom where part of the extrnal side wall has drylining. although this appears to correspond with the approximate position externally of the chimney breast, the approximate postion of the dry lining does not suggest it relates to a former fireplace opening. Other areas of the...