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I reckon the original poster will have sorted his problem out by now, or moved house

Thanks Tom. Did you fit to a plinth for access to waste pipes, or for stability? That's my next decision, do I fit directly on to floor (either on mortar mix or 1" ply) with waste trap going under floor boards. Or do I build it on a plinth of about 4"

I am about to fit a new quadrant shower base. It is a very heavy aluminium type (not plastic). The leaflet that came with the base says to bed on a weak mortar mix. Others are telling me that it should be placed on a 1" thick piece of ply. What do the experts do? Are they only held in...

Do you not have tiles on your roof?

Boons, your previous post was "How to apply silicone sealant" does this post mean that all did not go to plan, or are you just preparing?

I had guessed that backer board is Aquapanel. Sorry if this has caused a feud, but the help and links supplied by you both has given me enough information to do a good job. Thanks

Moz, thanks for taking the time to help. The local tile supplier has Bal products, so I'll get a tanking kit from them. Thanks again

Thanks Joe-90. One last question. The adjacent wall in what will be a shower cubicle is breeze block / undercote plaster / finish plaster. Would you reccommend tiling straight on to this, or would it be better to fix Aquapanel on top & tile to that. With thanks

Thanks for the reply. Can you tile straight on to Aquapanel, or is it a special type of plasterboard that needs skimming? Is it easily obtainable from places like B&Q? Thanks again

I am refitting a bathroom. One short internal wall has previously been studded to make a cavity for pipes & a concealed shower valve. It's then been boarded with ply and tiled. I have removed the tiles, & am now going to remove the ply to modify the pipe work. Is it OK to replace the ply...

Why not use the same holes then? Use a heavy duty Plasplug (which requires a 7mm hole) drill a little deeper if required to suit the length of the plug. 4mm seems a bit small anyway for a large curtain rail + the weight of curtains.

Is it OK to fit 40mm and 43mm waste pipe to 1.5" compression fittings? Both sizes go into the fitting, but will both sizes seal OK.

I am refitting my bathroom and using a single lever mixer tap for the wash basin. A bath / shower mixer, and a seperate aqualisa shower. The hot water is from a mulit point boiler. I am told that the hot & cold to all of the taps & showers should be of equal pressure. My cold water...

Both are possibilities I hadn't thought of. Many thanks

Thanks to everyone for their help. I know the right thing to do, I was just hoping that someone might talk me into the easy option. So they're coming off. Thanks again

I am refitting a bathroom & the new position of the toilet means that the 4" waste pipe that goes through the wall & joins the soil pipe is too close to the soil pipe to get a 'T' connector in. The side of the outlet tube will touch the side of the soil pipe (if you follow what I mean) 4"...

Squeaky, If you think this forum is bad, you should look at the Screwfix forum, they are a set of clowns and I posted a similar comment to yours. So far for me, this forum has been very helpful. Keep it up guys

Gasguru, thanks for taking the time to explain. I'll get the full bore PTFE seat type from a merchant. Thanks again

I am replacing a bathroom suite and using the opportunity to fit isolation valves to various pipe work, and find a confusing choice of valves. Can someone please tell me the difference between them and what they are best suited for. I have seen: Stopcocks Ball valves Check valves...

I'm sure this will have been covered before, but I can't find a similar thread. I am fitting a new bathroom suite and redecorating. I have removed tiles on 2 part tiled walls which brought off lots of plaster which will be repaired before re-tiling. A third wall is completely tiled...