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Hi all, As it's winter now, I turned up the heat on our immersion heater yesturday, but noticed that the wires are in very bad condition... all very brittle, and the green/yellow earth has got dark brown patches on it, also it looks as though someone has spread marmite on the cables :cry: I...

Hi, I recently finished tiling my bathroom floor, and need one of those aluminium strip thingys (No, I don't know what they are called !!) to go between the carpet in the upstairs landing and the new tiled floor in the bathroom. I've been looking for ages, but can't find anything suitable...

Hi, Bathroom is being fully tiled (floor to ceing).... Should I..... 1) Tile down to the floor boards and then fit skirting board over tiles.. or.. 2) Fit skirting board, then tile down to it. I'm absolutely convinced I should go for option 2, however Wifey :roll: has other ideas...

Hi, I've recently fitted out my bathroom, and the flow from the new bath taps (Monobloc) is far too slow... i'm fairly sure the new taps are the problem, the supply is via a 22mm pipe, and previously the flow has always been fine. The only thing I've changed apart from the taps is that I've used...

I started some boxing in work in the bathroom on saturday..... (One of the last jobs) all was going well, when I had ran out of suitable phillips type screws, the nearest I could find in dia & length was an old slotted type screw.... Anyway, I had my drill fitted with a suitable bit and was...

I've just about finished re-fitting my bathroom, but need to box in the soil pipe running from floor to ceiling, and the waste and water pipes running horizontally from bath to toilet. But, as the bathroom is being completely tiled I want to tile over the boxing, but at the same time I want...

I'm installing a 9.5kw electric shower, I've positioned it on the wall and run the pipe work into the loft. Because of where the pipe enters the loft, the easiest connection by far would be to use the mains supply to the cold water tank as it runs very closely to the shower pipe. Does anyone...