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Hello all, I’ve been tiling the new bathroom, and I’ve made a silly mistake. I’m fitting a bath with an over head shower, and I’ve tiled the area. I stupidly tiled all the way down to the height of the bath, rather than leaving a row off, and fitting the bath, then tiling down to it. Is it a...

Hello all, I’ve been tiling the new bathroom, and I’ve made a silly mistake. I’m fitting a bath with an over head shower, and I’ve tiled the area. I stupidly tiled all the way down to the height of the bath, rather than leaving a row off, and fitting the bath, then tiling down to it. Is it a...

Hello all, I've taken the tiles out of the bathroom for a refit, and the wall behind is more of a mess than I was hoping. It's an Edwardian house, and large chunks of horse hair render have fallen off exposing old brickwork. I plan to hack it all back to brickwork, but then what's best? It's...

Hello, I'm wondering if I bought this bath shower mixer tap, does anyone know if I'd be able remove the cradle and shower hose, and connect a rigid riser into the top. How universal are they? I have the taps that match this one on my sink, and would like to have the matching mixer tap for my...

Hello I’m rebuilding old stud walls in my bathroom, which will then be painted. I’m wondering if I need to plaster them, or I can paint straight on tape and jointed moisture resistant plaster board? If so, is there any special compound or tape I need to use? Or is there another way? Thanks

Good morning everyone, I've uncovered a rotten wooden lintel above my windows, and would like some advice on which lintel I need to replace it with. It spans the full width of the room, no breaks, over the top of two windows. It's a solid 9inch brick wall, so this is internal. My plan is to...

Hello, I'm putting some new rafters into an edwardian butterfly roof, on the advice of a structural engineer, and when it rains there appears to be large water marks forming on the membrane. No water is getting through, but in the darkest spots, around the valley, it's starting to feel slightly...