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Hi, refitting out our shiwer room, new sink and vanity unit, fitting the drain, trap etc today. The part in the photo that attach to the sink itself is leaking from the connection to the sink. Water dripping down the threads onto the trap etc below. Tried everything, still leaks. Added some...

Hi, I have a Mira Flight 1500 x 700mm shower tray which I am installing on a wooden plinth topped with 18mm Ply. The tray will run length ways along the top of the floor joists of which it will span only two. One right at the side along the wall and another one 15 inches (approximately 40cm)...

I am tiling with 600 x 300mm tiles mostly over existing tiles. I have primed ith Mapei Eco Ultra Grip. The lower section of wall where the bath was is not tiled. I have installed 10mm backerboard there but it is around 4mm less proud than where tiled. How can I fill this area in to bring it to...

Hi, I'm getting confused re protrusion of fittings out of stud wall for the shower mixer tap unit. I've got the elbow fittings to be mounted on board or stud and mixer units provided double threaded pieces that fit into the elbow on the board. Obviously I have to position this board so that the...

Hi again, the shower conversion continues. I have used Evostik Flexible Primer to prime three small solid walls, and backerboard prior to tiling. Two are grey finish plaster and one normal pink skimming plaster, plus the backerboard. On the carton it states dry in one hour. 24 hours on it's...

Hi everyone. I'm taking the bath out and replacing it with a shower enclosure. This involves building a stud wall to hide shower pipework. Using a low profile shower tray, but not sure whether to place it directly on the wooden floor or with a riser kit. On th floor pipes etc wouldn't be readily...

I'm changing my bathroom into a shower room and am installing a shower room extractor fan. Am I correct in understanding that the fan is a notifiable installation and cannot be carried out by myself?

Our new toilet fitted to a cabinet. The toilet casing at the back is positioned across the slightly raised flange. Other than move the flange is it possible to somehow cut the toilet casing at the back where it sits on the floor, to clear a way for the soil connection?

Hi, we had our extention flat roof re- covered with rubber a couple of years ago, also weve just had our dormer flat roof done the same with a slope built in. My question is, is it possible or even advisable to blow some kind of insulation to the gap between the foof top ceiling in each space...

We have a leak inside at the beam where our extention flat roof begins. Outside the flat roof meets a pitched tiled roof, with dormer. Rain water somewhere is getting beneath the tiles at the side of the dormer wall cladding. This is running over the roofing felt and as this felt goes beneath...