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I have no issues fitting the shower, the cubicle or anything else but one thing i am not good at is applying silicone. What is the best way, mask it and then remove the masking tape immediately after applying ?, smooth out any bad bits with washing up on finger ?. Am tempted by this Fugi tool. A...

I've never how professionals manage to get such a next looking silicone bead line. When I've done it before, I've used mu finger to smooth the bead out and it just pushed it all over the place. Next time round I used masking tape top and bottom, laid the bead in and then removed the masking...

How long would it take a Tiler to properly regrout (remove old grout and reapply new grout), as well as remove old silicone and re-silicone within a moderately sized shower enclosure, approx 118cm L x 90cm W x 220 cm H? Pictures also attached. If only a few of the tiles show hairline cracks...

Hi folks, I need to replace a corner shower enclosure which is old and tired. I have removed all screws, doors and panels. What's left is two U-shaped brackets on the walls, each 6ft high, stuck to the walls with nothing but silicone sealant. They will not budge. I cannot get a blade...

Hi, I'm not overly happy with the silicone sealant between the doorframe and where the tiling begins (a few millimetres) in my bathroom. Basically, the sealant isn't in a straight line all the way down. Should I re-do it by scraping off the silicone from the tiles with a blade or a...

Hi people, has anyone else seen this, silicone creating this kind of bleed onto the walls, it looks like it was done after the walls were painted as part of a kitchen fit. All the units are white gloss finished MDF. Just wanted to know if anyone else has seen this issue. I have the joy of...

There's quite a lot of sticky residue from BAL Micromax sealant on my tiles and also in my acrylic bath. Mostly invisible but very tacky to touch. What's the best stuff to remove it so there's no stickiness? Acetone I heard is good. Also, screwfix do 'No Nonsense sealant remover' which I heard...

I have a kitchen table and the tiles are old and outdated. I bought the table in another state so not sure who the manufacture is and I want to remove the tiles. I'm not sure how the tiles are held in place (glue,grout, other) I believe the tile grout is silicone. I'm not sure if I should break...

Hi folks, Some wingnut before we had bought the HB ouse has made a right mess of smearing white mastic all around the red brickwork of the plastic windows. To make matters slightly worse, someone has used white/clear silicone to fill the gaps in the mortar between the bricks which are starting...

Not sure it this is the best place to post this. I have moved into a 10 year old and the bath seal is failing and leaking. I've tried a temporary fix of applying a thin bead of silicone not ideal but it's still leaking. I don't like these bath seals but I don't want to removed any tiles as the...

Got a Mira Flight shower tray which says can be siliconed to the floor. The current floorboards are pretty flat and well secured down with no movement anywhere. The tray does need about a 5mm packer under one corner to get it perfectly flat so what is the best silicone to use which will go off...

I need to remove a resin shower tray to fit a new waste but the tray was installed using masses of silicon sealer holding it to the floor. Any ideas how I can break the adhesion of the sealant - clearly not easy to get under there?!

Silicone remover is available at all sheds. http://www.wickes.co.uk/Sealants-Silicone/Silicone-Sealant-Remover/invt/190123

Hi, I have fitted a number of bathrooms using PVC Shower Panels, and suspect the Silicon seal between the panels bottom trim and the bath lip has failed. Where the panel meets the bath lip I have used Cladseal Shower Trim:~ https://claddingplus.co.uk/cladseal-shower-trim/ I am proposing to...

Could anybody give some advice about removing mastic or sealant (I am not sue which it is) from sealing strip between worktop and tiled wall in the kitchen. A product is available from B&Q etc, but it is expensive. Thank you in anticipation. Kangeroo.

try a silicone removal tool i tried silicone eater not that good, but then brought a silicone removal tool from Diy Land was brilliant!

I recently fitted a new cast stone based shower .... and as usual sealed with "Dow Corning 785 acetoxy silicone" The shower is fitted in an alcove lined with Respatex sheets, on several other showers still great after more than 10 year. However - after less than 6 months the silicone has...

Hi there, We are thinking of replacing existing trims on our UPVC door and window downstairs as existing ones are too short and white silicons start to develop some black moulds. We want to completely remove old silicon seals and short trims and then put in new larger trims and mould & damp...

Hi, which is the best method for a shower internal corner, sorry if these are silly questions. I had been trying to leave about a 3mm gap between the tiles in the corner so I could run a bead of silicone up it. The measurement on the bottom tile went a bit wrong and after checking the gap it is...

Hello I need to remove a pedestal sink and a back-to-wall toilet to replace some flooring. The bowl of the sink doesn't seem to have any screws fixing it to the wall, just a lot of silicon connecting it to the pedestal and I can see some between the back of the bowl and the wall. It seems...