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Hi all. So I fitted a new shower a couple of months ago and noticed I'm getting a sewer gas smell every now and then. I have checked and it appears to be coming from the shower trap. Every couple of days the shower looks like the attached image. When I add water or use the shower the smell...

Hi all. So I'm about to start re-tilling my bathroom. I have a section of wall where the 1700x800mm shower is going that is MR board that I want to either board over or replace with some form of backer board. Be it cement or the foam board ones. But one wall of the shower (the 800mm side) is...

Sorry... me again. Something else I can't get my head around. So I'm looking to fit the new shower trap. I have attached an image of the part that came with the shower tray and I have two questions if someone could help with. 1. Will I need a U-bend / P trap as well or is this built into...

Hi. So I have a 22mm supply line running through the kitchen. It appears that someone has come off this with a 15 to serve the old WC. This has now moved so I initially capped off the hot (the cold I have moved to supply the washing machine.) Now having read up on dead legs I wondered if it...

Hi all, my new shower mixer just turned up and found that both inlets look partially blocked. It seems strange that both inlets are the same so not sure if it's supposed to be. Anyone come across this before? And on this note.. as the ins and outs are quite big (3/4), would I benefit from...

Hi all. Do I am fitting a new bathroom upstairs and changing the position of the toilet. Long story short I am loosing the old soil stack that serviced this bathroom and plumbing it into a now disused downstairs WC hole in the ground (which leads to the same sewer connector) I have just...

Hi all. So I am starting my new bathroom project and I've had this issue before but never sought help. I have a Potterton Powermax HE and I am trying to find a way to turn the water off effectively to do various works. I turn my stop cock off in the kitchen and the cold stops almost instantly...

Hi all. Can anyone tell me how the rendering below is done. There is like a multilayered rendering step to my house. Is it rendered to one level, and then more beading added and then the second level rendered? Or is it stepped out with wood or some other material first to create the extra lip?

Hi all. So my house is 20 years old and covered in Monocouche render. I have just had some bifolds fitted which has left about 500mm around the entire opening of blockwork that I need to patch in. I plan on doing this myself and as there is no chance of getting the colour to match with new...

Hi all. Wanted to get peoples advice on my next project. So I have some bifolds with 600x600x8mm tiles inside and plan on putting the same tiles outside so it flows. Currently there are big standard outdoor slabs not cemented down as pictured. My initial plan was to take all the existing slabs...

Hi all. So I have a wall that is plastered which meets a ceiling that is plasterboard. I need to take the ceiling board down in the future to run some pipes so don't want to joint tape and fill just yet but also don't want the horrible plaster colour for a couple of months so would like to...

Hi all. I am installing a new toilet downstairs next to an outside wall. There is a 3 way inspection/access chamber about 1.5 metres outside this point which I plan on going into. It has one inlet in use from the upstairs WC and the other capped off. I plan on going from the toilet out the...

Hi all. Hope everyone's ready for Christmas. So I have a question about something I would like to create. I am looking to render some patches at the rear of my house after having some bifolds fitted. I doubt I will be able to match the finish of the current render so thought I would build a...

Hi all. I have just had a hole made in the back of my house, RSJ fitted and bifolds installed. I was going to stick some batons to the underside of the RSJ and then fix plasterboard to that (as I needed to fill a 2inch gap at the top. However, I am now looking at fitting blinds so need that 2...