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Hi, I have 3 radiators in my kitchen. I could consolidate these into one radiator for the sake of simplicity, but the radiator would be so large it would look ugly. At the moment I have 3 trv's to adjust each time I want to alter the room temperature. Is there a product that lets you...

Hi, I'm about to have a large loft hatch (4ft x 2ft) put in one of my rooms. The hatch is spring loaded and has a ladder attached, so you just push it with a pole to unlock the door, then push it up again to clip it back into place. I want to try and minimise the impact of such a large...

Thanks for that chaps. So, to recap, not much between them then. I suppose Vaillant might be best if all their kit is designed to work together. Will talk to my HE.

Hi, I know this is a broad question, but can anyone tell me if Worcester are better than Vaillant for boilers? I'm interested in reliability only. Could not care less about price or cost of spare parts, or installation. I'm due to have my CH system replaced in the next two weeks. I'll...

Hi, Was down at my local plumbers merchant the other day, asking for the lastest wedi catalogue. I've use Wedi to do a wet-area before, but this time he gave me another brochure too called lux elements (www.abacusdirectltd.com). The system looks identical to wedi, right down to the...

Thanks. Will look at other tiles.

[I'm not a pro] Or you could guestimate where the dry wall adhesive dollops will be going and remove the paint on those parts of the wall only - no need to do the whole wall. You're not going to see the wall one the dry wall has gone up, so you could use one of those wire brush attachments...

Hi, Not sure if this is the right sub-forum, more building related than tiling. I'm having my fornt porch (exposed to weather) floor tiles removed and sandstone flags laid in their place. After removing the existing tiles, my porch is 900mm deep (concrete base). I've selected some...

I was planning on using Sikkens Cetol THB for the finish & yes, I'll be using brass door furniture. The door is exposed to the elements,under a small porch overhang (2ft). With regards to the tropical hardowood, I am lead to believe that the oak will be European & from sustanable...

Hi, I'm going to have a new front door installed. There is existing building work going on in the house at the moment and while the brickies are here I thought I'd have the door opening made larger and a larger door put in. So the front door is going to be 3ft 3in wide and the frame will...

Sorry to hijack this thred, but I also am thinking of using pine t&g instead of caberfloor chipboard. My question is, is the strength of the pine t&g equivalent or better than the same thickness of P5 chipboard T&G? I have 18mm chipboard down at the moment. To keep all the floors level (I...

UPDATE: I used loctite 572 in the end (avail from screwfix). It's a liquid and you just apply it to the male thread, screw in as far as the coupling will go and leave for 24 hrs (on brass). 72 hrs for steel. Worked a treat. I did consider loctite 55 cord which is trumpeted by many...

Yes, I wiped the tiles down. pictures taken the day after the shower was used. the marks go after a week. After much discussion with other tilers, the thinking is that the grout has not gone proud enough (too much rubbed away with the grout sponge). Where the marks appear, you can...

Will go get some more grout tomorrow then. Thanks.

No, the grout is not waterproof, but the product literature does say that it can be used in showers: http://www.bal-adhesives.co.uk/bal/bal_products/microflex.asp The tiles went onto weiboard, which is itself waterproof. Don't know about the mastic. ToppFix (thew wall tile adhesive) is...

Hi, Just started using my walk in shower. The shower area (wall) is tiled with ceramic wall tiles. Tiles are held onto the wall with ToppsTiles ceramic tile wall adhesive. Grout is BAL White. I waited 4 weeks for the grout to set before turning the shower on. I've noticed that...

Hi, Just had my bathroom finished and the tiler has left some gaps (5mm max) between the tiles around the window and the plastic window frame (white upvc & white grout). He did not fill the gaps with grout for some reason. Whats the best thing to fill this gap with? More white grout...

Thanks guys. What about the compression olives ? Can I leave in situ and just re-tighten?

Hi, I've got a thermostatic shower mixer (in wall). See pic: http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/goodproducts101/Dsc00252.jpg It leaks from the junctions indicated on the picture. There are threaded reducers that came with the mixer (? to 15mm) and I added a few turns of ptfe...

I've spent the evening adding more and more ptfe tape. All it does it force the tape to the end of the thread. I'm beginning to see that this screw in type shower head is a bad design. I did check the thread-in position before I mounted the angle adaptor to the wall however, every time I put...