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Hello Hopefully this is not one for the plumbing forum. In the future I may add an indirect hot water cylinder and zones to my central heating using motorised valves so want to be sure the cabling is in place. Given the layout of the pipework the valves would be at the branches and not the...

Hello Following on from the advice I've had previously as regards inadequate 15mm CH pipework (thank you), I've now got as far as I can go with 22mm on the downstairs run. Luckily there was some 22mm copper in place partway through an area below a tiled floor, but it drops to 15mm where I...

Hello Am starting a new thread as, based on the advice I got (thank you), I need to upgrade my central heating pipework from 15mm to 22mm. I'm hoping to find out how much of it can stay and how much of it needs changing. In total there are 21 radiators totalling 23 Kw, across three floors...

I’m feeling despondent so please go easy on me. I’ve swapped 15mm hot and cold pipes for 22mm and where I could get access replaced the old 15mm CH pipe with new 15mm Hep20. I’ve got a 35kw combi boiler that feeds a 5 bed house including loft conversion. There’s a main bathroom with separate...

Just an idle thought… In an ideal world I’d like the side lamps in my living room (which are plugged into the double sockets) to come on via a switch as you enter the room i.e. same as how you control the overhead light. (I rarely have the overhead one on.) A fused spur would look awful but...

Hello I’m doing some renovation and I have a loft conversion which has its own small CU for its light and sockets. It’s fed by a 10mm cable from the main CU on its own RCBO. However it’s black and red and I wondered whether it’s considered old. I obviously won’t be attaching it, but I could...

So I brush painted a new, dry bare plaster wall with Gardz. I started part way through one tin and as I got to the end I realised it was a thicker consistency. I obviously didn’t stir it properly. So now I have a wall with some thick steaks of Gardz. Should I sand it or will it the paint...

Hello I’m working on adding a couple of en suite showers but currently have a combi boiler which I fear won’t be adequate for the increased demand. From what I’ve read it seems I might need an indirect hot water cylinder. Am I right in thinking a cold mains feed into it is heated by a coil...

Hello I’ve had a lot of plastering done and I want to make sure I get the painting right. I plan to use Johnstones Perfect Matt colour as the top coat but was going to use a matt white mist and undercoat first. Should the base coats be the same brand or at least a good quality paint (and...

Hi I’ve got some Knauf 44 thermal insulation rolls left over and I know they don’t have acoustic properties but is there any point in putting it in the void between the kitchen and the bedroom to help absorb the sound of clattering pots and pans? It’s a deep void so even doubling up the...

Hello I've currently got some floorboards up in a ground floor utility room room which wasn't previously heated but soon will be. In the external cavity wall there's an air brick to the outside. I can't see from the inside but I can stretch towards it and feel a draught so I assume it's...

Hi Need some advice please. The wall height in the shower area, taking account of the floor tile, is 253cm. It's a level shower and the plan is to drop the tiling to approx 5 tiles high in the non wet area. The tile height is 20cm so taking account of the grout (2-3mm?) it'd be approx...

Hello Trying to plan the layout of envelope tiles on a wetroom floor. It’s an Impey Aquadec Easy fit with 4 envelope cuts. I’m using 20cm tiles. Am I right to start laying the from the drain outwards? I’ve got the drain equidistant from two cuts, which is as good as it gets with an...

Hello My converted loft is L shaped and the main area has T&G chipboard flooring. The remainder, done at at later time was done with 20mm T&G pine floorboards. Part of both floors has had to come up for renovation work. The chipboard area has been cut and screwed back down on noggings...

Hello I've just realised that the demister mirror I bought to go above the bath is only suitable for Zone 2 and beyond. As I want it to go in Zone 1 is there anything I can do (other than put it elsewhere), or have I just made an expensive mistake? Thanks

So I previously did a lot of research into wetrooms and thought I had it all decided. I was going to use NoMorePly 22mm TG4 screwed and glued to the joists with an Impey Aquadec 22mm former, all tanked with Impey Waterguard membrane which acts as a decoupler for the tiles. What I liked is that...

Hello On my doors and skirting I've previously used Johnstone's water-based Aquaguard white satin and while the skirting has fared okay, unfortunately the doors haven't. They're old doors with a shellac base, so every chip shows up dark brown. This time round I'm thinking of reverting to...

Hello I'm wondering whether you would skim the plasterboard/backerboard before tiling? I have an ensuite which has Marmox muiltiboard in the wet areas and moisture resistant plasterboard elsewhere. The room will be part tiled/part plastered. My builder (who won't be doing the tiling) has...

Would appreciate some advice please. I have a small en suite and initially planned to put in a shower tray but decided a wetroom would look and work better. Unfortunately the floor tiles I would like to have aren't antislip. (They have a matt finish and they feel much 'grippier' than others...

Hello What’s the maximum workable uneveness between plasterboard edges when skimming? I’m wondering how big a problem this one is going to be. And how can you fix it? It’s square edge plasterboard. Do I need to measure it? Thanks