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I will install a marine ply base, which will be screwed into the joists and noggins shown in the photo, upon which I will (with some assistance!) mount the shower tray. Should I also glue the marine ply down, or will screws suffice? The manufacturers recommend mounting the tray on a weak...

After cutting through a pipe yesterday, this is sound advice!

Thanks Woody.

Thanks. I'd completely forgotten about the impact on the valves, so you've saved me from a potential nightmare there! I'll see if they're adjustable.

I'm renovating our bathroom due to leaks due to a shoddy install. I need to sit the face of a wall, which will be tiled on 12mm aquaboard, 20mm further forward from the studs (shown in the photo with shower valves protruding), to ensure it sits over the pipes attached to the front, bottom...

The left wall, with the shower valve, was plasterboard mounted on OSB. It sat just above the copper pipes, which protruded a little in front of this plasterboard, and so this wall was a few mm away from the edge of the tray, but the tiles on it sat on the tray, sealed to it with silicone. The...

Oh goodness. Do you know whether rerouting the pipes would be time-consuming and costly? I'm on a tight budget.

Thanks, Madrab, I'll do as you suggest. Agreed about the pipework. Is there any point in having it re-routed, though, now? I have no idea.

Following on from my previous post, we have now taken up the shower tray and removed the plaster on which the tiles were mounted. The causes of the dampness and leaks from the shower installation are becoming increasingly evident, including today's discovery, shown in the photo, of the shower...

We have ripped out the corner shower enclosure and walls because there was a leak, and the tiles had blown. The photos tell the story best. As you can see from the mould on the plasterboard and plywood that the plasterboard was mounted on, the shower had been installed poorly, to say the least...

The tamper microswitch appears to be able to move freely. It's difficult to see if the tamper fitting on the back plate is positioned correctly in relation to the tamper microswitch, and the instruction manual does not shed much light on this. I've reinserted the keypad into the back plate, so I...

Thank you, Handymanjo. I'll change the batteries, although, as I said, Wintex shows them as being ok. How do I identify the tamper microswitch on the PCB, please? Cheers

We have a Texecom Premier Elite 64W with a Premier LCDLP-W Wireless Keypad. Over the past few days, a tamper has been activating, seemingly out of the blue and attributable to this wireless keypad rather than any of the sensors. How do we ascertain what's causing the wireless keypad to raise an...

We have an Intergas xclusive 24 which is now 3 years old. The pressure gauge packed up and so we contacted Intergas and they sent one of their engineers, to do a warranty assessment. My wife, who was home at the time, informed me that the engineer blamed the fault on system sludge. A debatable...

Thanks, John D v2.0. We'll look at having the exterior and interior boxes near where we can easily pull the wire under the stairs. I appreciate the feedback. Are the optic modem and router in the airing cupboard?

They didn't know when I contacted Community Fibre, probably because they don't have people cogent with installation, answering the calls! I'd hoped to have a plan pre-install.

We're about to have Community Fibre broadband installed, and I need some help understanding the options for installing this inside our house. Our modem (Virgin router) and router are under the stairs, with all the cables hidden in the wall cavities. I'm keen not to have exposed wires and...

It could be, the silver clip is part of the magnet itself.

Interesting, thank you. Perhaps it's to prevent the lever being moved too far, but it seems a little cumbersome for this purpose.

The magnet definitely came with the stove, I just can't recall it's purpose, thanks though.