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Are you saying secure the small lower plinth against blocks on the floor, leaving the main panel above (which it overlaps) 15mm proud? That's what I meant by push it out, not literally, but leaving it proud of the lower plinth by another 15mm and so not attached to and battens etc, just slotted...

So with the lower plinth pushing the main panel out by 15mm, I should give up on making a wooden frame to support it?

Which might explain why the previous MDF panel, which was flush with the outer lip (but with small gap), did indeed absorb water, swell up and stick when I tried removing it. Is this 15mm inner groove intended to hold a bath panel? My new plastic composite panel has an adjustable lower plinth...

I'm replacing the long front panel of my bath, using a plastic composite panel which won't swell when wet, as its predecessor did. The new panel, like the old, is about 15mm thick. My question is, should the new panel be flush with the outermost edge of the bath edge, or can it be inset? The...

Just a postscript question. The new drain and trap was all leak free, and I replaced all the silicone seal around the bath top figuring that if the taps end had started to seep (hence black mould on corner wall) then the rest of the silicone was probably not much better. All worked well in the...

Well that's a relief! I almost wondered if someone should have taken a file to the lower edge to expose bare metal, but glad I didn't try that now. On fitting the new trap, seemingly identical to the old one, I noticed that the hole in the floor hadn't been cut quite right, forcing the rising...

Just to answer my own question, as I had to get on with job today, and was surprised to find the underside of the bath completely fibreglassed. I'm more used to sinks (bare steel else enamel) and have seen pics online of fibreglass coated baths but always with an exposed metal area to mate the...

Just one question before I get round to changing the waste & trap. There's a worrying variety of opinions about fitting the waste and the sealants you may or may not use. Many plumbers etc seem to put silicone or Fernox on every surface of waste, gasket, even discarding the foam washer under...

Yes I noticed the black corner, though it didn't seem to be the cause of this leak. I will silicone that wall behind the taps and then replace the whole trap unit, I have one I think I got a few of years back but never used. I have a spare bath waste too. It seems a cheap plastic thing, much...

OK, back as promised. I finally got the panel off, it wasn't even attached in anyway I could see, it must just have been far too tight and rammed in yonks ago. Screwing some self-tapping screws along the lower area, and gripping them with pliers, allowed me to repeatedly yank the panel lower...

Am still trying, have to stop now and carry on tomorrow. The leak isn't huge, could be just silicone sealant failing around bath edge even leading to drips when showering, but need to expose what's below the bath to know. A magnet couldn't find any screws. I wonder if it was a too tight fit...

Don't know if this is the best place to post. Need to remove the bath side panel to investigate what looks like a slow leak from the bath, at the taps end. Just spent an age, trying to remove the side panel. Obstructing cabinet unit removed (fixings visible). Upper right shows some swelling...

Thanks Rodders53, that looks just the ticket!

I need to join a cut coaxial TV aerial cable, but outdoors. Indoors I'd be perfectly familiar with what to do, but outdoors it will need to be waterproof of course. It's at a property likely to be sold in the coming months, so I'm not looking to spend a fortune. What would people recommend?

@23vc - Yes should have thought of that! Cheers!

Good, as I thought, and I'm assuming the brown section (top left) is the wooden joist running off horizontally to the left. How close to the outer breezeblock wall would you expect the first joist to be hung, i.e. what gap might there be for routing a low voltage wire?

I'm looking at using a hole drilled by a previous owner but which he never used. He was running a flex outside for a PIR light, but he drilled two holes before the third one he actually used for the flex. My purpose might be to run a low voltage power wire to an outside camera. I poked a...

So not a bodge. And I guess removing the barge boards from the gable ends might disturb the end tiles. How would you feel if the contractor did all this on a ladder? It's a normal two story house with the gable ends quite a pronounced peak above the upper floor, such that you can stand up in...

Thanks. Obviously I'd be in their hands re them owning up if there was rot up there and not just ploughing on, I suppose. Why would new builds not start out with uPVC, let me guess, cheapest way of doing it?

I'm considering having my old wooden soffits & facias (and attached guttering) replaced by a firm that has done a nice looking work on a nearby house. Online reviews of the company look very good. The neighbour said that they fixed the uPVC over the old wood, saying that the wood wasn't too...