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I’m going to be redoing my bathroom and I noticed that the copper pipe carrying the cold water (in this season) seems very cold and almost misty to touch like it’s sweating. Wondering if this moisture/sweat can potentially start to drip etc. I’m planning to run the copper pipework inside stud...

I moved into a new build about 6 years ago. I’m planning to redo my bathroom so today went up to the loft to do the planning for running the ceiling rain shower arm and inspect the soil vent pipe. I was a bit surprised to find that it appears they didn’t connect the soil pipe to the actual...

I have a Hansgrohe Universal iBox and a Hansgrohe Concealed basin mixer valve to install. The product data sheet says that the threads are Rp which I understand is for the parallel not tapered. Please excuse me if the question may sound dumb and my lack of knowledge, but trying to learn from...

I’m looking at installing a 1000mm shower screen. The screen I am looking at is 8mm thick toughened glass which comes with a cross bar arm for the open end for the glass to be braced to the opposite wall. My question is, how does the bottom (open bit) actually not move if the mounting is only at...

Hi everyone, I’m in the middle of redoing my bathroom and I’ll be tiling all the walls. For the ceiling, I’m planning to install profile tracks for LED strips around the edges, with diffusers, facing downward to create a lit border all the way around the room. One option is to chase the...

I’m making a walk in shower. I’d like some good lighting in the ceiling above the actual shower area. So the area will potentially get steamy. What sort of lights should I be looking for? Ideally looking for spot lights maybe

In my bathroom I’m going to be ripping out the green plasterboards in the wet area and putting in the fibre insulated backer boards and tanking it. But the other sides of the bathroom where it’s not exposed to much water or moisture is currently painted but is also green plasterboard. I want to...

I’m going to be installing a 1700x800 shower tray soon and will be tiling to the tray. Before tiling I will tank the walls and use the corner and edge tapes for tanking. Question: do I leave a little gap between the tray and tile? I’ve read that there should be a gap and this gap should not...

I need to make 3/4" threaded connections to show valve body which I'm planning to use loctite 577 on the thread. As it will be concealed and hidden behind the wall, i dont want to use compression olive fitting after the 3/4" threaded connection. Instead want to just directly go to a soldered...

Hi all, I'm planning to be fit a Hansgrohe iBox as part of a shower install. The main body of the unit has the 4 way threaded water connections. It's the type that needs either ptfe tape or Loctite 55. Since this entire unit is going to be concealed in the wall, i'd like to make sure these...

I bought a Hansgrohe iBox from a seller who claimed it was brand new and never used—just something they bought for a project and didn’t end up installing. It was described as dusty from being in storage, which I was fine with. When it arrived, I wasn’t totally sure what a brand-new unit should...

does anyone know if there is any sort of product that one could potentially put into a cistern tank that helps reduce limescale in the water ? Like a tablet or something that lasts a while and just replace every so often? Thanks

I have a Glow-worm Ultimate 30c boiler and recently re-plastered the upstairs and remove 4 of the old radiators that were upstairs 1st floor as they were really aged and looking tired. I purchased new ones matching exact size and all lined up. I purchased new valves and kept nut and olive on the...

I have a fused and switched 1g spur which is spurring from a mains socket that has been spurred before. From the switched and fused spur I have a 2.5mm2 twin and earth going approximately 70cm up a safe zone to one of the follow 1g BG usb socket. I will be only using this socket only for the...

I have a pergola that’s is approximately 4.2m by 2m dimension. I want to make the space more usable all year around and try and reduce the damage caused by sun and rain to everything in the pergola area. So I’m wanting to add a bronze colour 10mm polycarbonate sheet. I found a supplier that...

I’ve got a drywall partition where I’ve mounted a USB-powered touchscreen at about eye level. The screen came with a wall mount that allows the USB cable to run directly through the wall, so I drilled behind it and fed the USB cable down the cavity inside the wall. At the bottom of the same...

I removed my old radiators while plasterers replaster my walls and isolated the valves come from the copper pipe. It’s a 15mm copper pipe that has an olive and compression nut. Instead of refitting the old knackered radiators that look very tired, I bought new ones matching the same size. I want...

Hey all, I bought a house and it consists of a extension and the extension has a new small mini little consumer unit but the main house fuse box is the old wylex boxes where the fuses are with fuse wires that need replacing if they pop. I’m no electrician but wanted advice from the electrician...