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Ok - thanks for that guys... At present sparks can't do anything 'cos there's no isolator - tails go straight into the old CU and understandably he doesn't want to get involved in pulling the company fuse. Meter company will put one in, and change meter tails if they're not up to it (and...

Might be fun watching someone try to do this... from a safe distance.

Be careful with the cheap ones - the chrome can be pretty rubbish. I've seen them start to rust around the welds in a year or two. I tend to advise my customers to go for the stainless option if they're prepared to splash a bit of cash. You can also polish out scratches on stainless if you're...

A bit of advice would be very handy here guys. For example: Meter says 80A - want to install electric shower and there's already a big electric cooker in the house and immersion heater Wiring is all old and crap, so they could really do with a new CU and then wiring upgrades but before I...

The advice so far is spot on. I would also advise you to get the best pump you can. I've seen small plastic bodied shower pumps installed in the situation you describe - they'll work but don't expect them to last for too long as they'll be working far harder than they're designed to. Something...

Electric showers are designed to take a mains cold water supply. They are weedy because they only have 10.8kw max to put into heating the water (1/3 of a half reasonable combi). If the mains pressure is insufficient to supply an electric shower, or if mains is inaccessible, then pumped electric...

I can't remember the last time I left skirting in a bathroom - I tend to rip them out and tile down to the floor. If you're leaving them in place whether you tile down to them, or take them off depends on how deep the skirting is. If it's got a narrow profile so that tiles would lip over the...

Hi Guys, Thought I'd chip in on this one as I'll shortly be doing a 40 metre floor going over existing tiles. They are well stuck and I don't have even a bit of concern that there might be a problem... Walls are a different story though - I'm never really happy doing it. You can never be...

You can rarely just chuck spacers between tiles and expect them to produce perfectly even grout lines. Tiles are always slightly different sizes, and the edges are often at different angles to the face - even in the same batch. I see spacers as essential to keep tiles in position, but you might...

Thanks for the welcome gcol... Can't really comment on Unibond grout focal... BAL is certainly good gear though, but I use Mapei myself. It's a bit funny to use if you're not used to it - sort of slides off the float and you wonder if it's even going to stick between your tiles... It does...

Good old gripfill, eh :wink: ? Two things: 1. Did you use a tub (readymix) adhesive? these can be good for small format tiles but only go off by losing their water through evaporation. ~If you've got big tiles this can take forever.. Answer, use a bagged cement based adhesive. You'll need...