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Hi there I made a really dumb mistake when fixing a crack in a ceiling 5 years ago (victorian house). In my defense I was a bit checked out due to various circumstances. Anyway, I used ultra strong packing tape instead of plastering tape. It has actually held up fine and I put toupret...

Hi There I've had a new back to wall toilet installed with a new cistern. I switched mains water off for a few days while away and since I've come back and switched water back on the cistern makes a little bump at the end of the flush. It seems like it comes from inside the flush valve. Any...

Hi There I've just installed a new back to wall toilet. I fitted 3.2 mm thick cushioned vinyl sheet flooring first, then toilet. I still haven't put silicone around the toilet. The issue is that there's slight movement to the side and also slight movement forward even after putting a few shims...

When measuring the horizontal offset height between a toilet outlet and a soil pipe where do you measure from? Do you measure from the floor to the toilet spigot inside lip or do you measure from the floor to the outside edge? Or is it better to measure to the mid point of the outlet? Trying...

Hi There I am installing our new back to wall toilet very soon and wondering what toilet pan connector would be best. The toilet will be installed against a 'cistern box' which I am building. The toilet outlet will have a 90 degree sideways toilet pan connector bend. The distance to soil pipe...

Hi There I am doing up our bathroom and fitted a 34 mm waste pipe to the sink today with solvent weld and with 2 elbows fittings. I made a mistake on the lowest joint under the sink in that the fitting was too tight when inserted into the elbow. Used plenty of solvent weld cement. Missed the...

Hi there Our hot and cold pipes to thermostatic shower are the wrong way round and shower can only do either hot or cold water. I tested the shower by turning shower bar upside down which worked. Basically I need to switch the pipes round and wondering what would be the most effective way of...

Hi There I recently changed a hot water compression fitting elbow to a tee in bathroom so we can fit a thermostatic shower. I noticed the hot water pressure in kitchen seems to be a bit lower after this maneuvre. We have a greenstar combi boiler btw. Any thoughts on what might be the cause...

Hi There I am about to tile 3 walls around a bath and bathroom sink with 50 cm x 25 cm tiles. The problem: The 2 side walls around bath are 8.5 cm higher (and slightly curved) than middle wall behind bath. The simple option would be to tile middle wall with full height tiles which almost...

Hi there I've bought a new toilet. The waste outlet is approximately 2.3 cm lower than soil pipe. I am going to put either 5.5 mm or 9 mm plywood and 3 mm vinyl on the floor which will raise the floor but it's still slightly short. As you can see from the images of the of the old toilet it's a...

Hi there I am redoing bathroom at the moment and the phote shows 2 steps leading up to the bathroom. I want to put plywood on bathroom floor before thick vinyl. My wife thinks it would be a potential trip hazard raising the floor and is worried about someone falling down stairs either going out...

Hi There I am in the middle of a bathroom renovation and was thinking of getting an electrician in to install either a toothbrush charger or shaver socket. I am trying to figure out beforehand what's the job entails. I assume they'll need to cut a chase in the wall plus a small hole in ceiling...

Hi there I am currently fitting a new bath and want to screw some battens into the walls which are made of lime plaster and then old bricks. Would frame fixings be strong enough for this? Is there a difference between frame fixings and say a concrete screw with a seperate plug? Many thanks

Hi there I've bought two 12 mm hardie backer boards for a bathroom wall. I've noticed their thickness is slightly different. The first board is roughly 10 mm while the second one is 11 mm or so. Is that normal and will it be a problem once I start tiling? I don't really fance taking the...

Hi there I was thinking of putting a club hammer to this cast iron bath and remove it. It's in poor condition btw. The challenge though is: it's in a wood bath frame and the heating pipes are resting on the legs plus sink water pipes close by. How would you deal with this without causing...

Hi There We live in a Victorian house and one of the bathroom walls where the front of bath is installed is up against a DIY cupboard (boiler). The old tiles on this wall (maybe 40 years old) have been tiled onto a pice of plywood with a bit of pva on top. Plywood in perfect condition. Never...

Hi There Iam replacing an old cast iron bath as it looks pretty bad. I anticipate tap holes on the new acrylic bath tub won't line up with existing pipework. My first solution was to use flexible connectors but as you can see on the pictures of the hot tap, the distance from tap to tee is...

Hi There We have an unused shared chimney which connects to first floor bathroom. The neighbours chimney side has two chimney pots but on our side there's none. Our side is partly covered with concrete and partly open. There's no damp and never been a problem but I thought perhaps it should...

Hi there I am about to do a basic bathroom refurbishment. We currently have an older cheap electric shower above bathtub with low water pressure. The bathtub on the other hand has excellent water pressure. I want to install a mixer shower instead off combi boiler. The pipework is acccesible...

We have a holly tree in our back garden which has two trunks. One of the trunks is right up against our new fence with only a few milimeters gap. While it doesn't actually lean on the fence I am concerned a storm could cause some damage so I am observing the situation. Question: Will it...