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I have a Bristan Tivoli 2 thermo mixer shower and 2yrs ago I replaced the cartridge body, its just failed again and @ £95 plus vat I'm thinking it may be time to buy something else. I am about to have the bathroom walls tiled and have the shower pipework hidden so need to be sure of what...

As part of a kitchen extension job on a building notice was the refurb of my bathroom which needed a new soil stack to get the pipework out of the way of the new kitchen extension. As I have a downstairs loo there was no problem removing the upstairs toilet for some time while the ketchen...

OK partly my fault, bought 20mtr of Ceramic 33 x 33 Beige floor tiles from Homebase, didnt properly check they were all the same date code. Tiler came in and laid 5mtr, really nice and shiney. Later he came back and laid another 13mtr and didnt notice that half of the boxes were a matt finish...

I now have some nice new tiles on the wall in my new kitchen extension and the grey grout in the splashback area is already getting marked by fat spashes. What can I use to seal the grouting? I wondered if something like silicone spray would do the job or even Thompsons water proofer...

I put in a new 6" duct from a 900mm cooker hood to outside and fitted a multi flapped wall vent cover like this one http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BGBD6W.html It flapped like mad in any sort of wind at all, I tried damping it with draught foam and although that made the sound less...

Ok I feel a little stupid posting this but as I just phoned the suppliers and they dont know, I thought it worth a post here. I must have taken them from a packet along the build but put them to one side and just found them again. I have 2 of them 20mm wide and 50mm long with 2 csunk screw...

I am installing new kitchen units and I am not ready yet to choose and instruct a gas safe fitter to connect the (4 burner) hob gas line but could do with some advice on what is usually practicable for a fitter. I have installed a straight run of new 15mm copper behind the units from the...

Anyone using these? Looks like a nice idea, if it works.

The window has been fitted and finished outside, but all I have inside is 2 vertical cavity closers which dont fit well, convexed where they fit into the cavity & nothing where a sill would be. The room (kitchen) is due to be plastered next week, so before then I would like to get this...

I put some electrical capping on my wall with bright nails, didnt have any galv ones at the time. The walls due to be plastered next week, are the bright nails likely to rust and affect the plaster finish? Plaster will be around 15-18mm thick to finish coat.

I have quite a long run of 6mm twin & earth that I need to work out the max current capacity for. From CU its 7mtr clipped on open tray with other cables, then 3mtr in 40x40 plastic trunking (space factor observed) then 3mtr clipped direct to joists, the last 3mtr is under capping at plaster...

Going around in circles here, so hoping for some advice on the best value low end kitchen units for my small budget. Wickes flat pack is looking best so far, but there are so many on line companies offering units and I wonder if I would be better off with one of those. Perhaps if you have...

I intend to fit 12mm plasterboard on a celcon block wall using adhesive, the wall has first fix electrics on it . Just want to be sure I am going about this the right way before I start :wink: Cables are all surface on the blocks in safe zones around 10mm max above blocks. The socket...

I think this may just be normal cracking that can happen with lightweight blocks, that wouldnt have been noticed had the plasterboard gone on already. The extension shell has been finished about 4-5 weeks. This wall with a crack from below the sill to the floor has a concrete block as a...

I have ongoing work in several rooms in my house involving radiators coming off or moving, I would like to be able to fit some service valves in the 15mm legs to rads so I can shut off & drain just a small part of the system. Can anyone recommend suitable valves for CH pipework that are not...

As a retired industrial sparks and it has been 30+yrs since I wired a kitchen things have changed a great deal since then, but I have this nice new shell of a kitchen and want to get the supply cables drawn in from the CU in the next couple of weeks even though I will not be doing the final...

My Betts eurobox 36" level has not been mistreated and when tested appears to read level in normal use but for some reason I cant think of when used inverted to check ceiling runout its well out of calibration. How can this be? its just a straight vial filled with liquid and a bubble, if it...

I just had a small flat roof extension built of brick and thermolite block with a 90mm celotex warm roof and could do with some advise on how the insulation should have continuity between the top of the walls and the warm roof. The cavities are filled with loose fill mineral wool to the top of...

I am having a small extension built, the flat "warm roof" joists are hung from 3 timbers (190mmx45mm) bolted together in place in a wall slot, then hangers attached and the joists attached. The joist spacing is 450mm and the span 3mtr. To stop the joists twisting over time and ruining any...

My builder is about to finish a new warm roof single story extension next to an existing extension. The old extension roof is being stripped and upgraded to a warm roof too. Both will have firings, osb, 90mm celotex, ply then 3 layers of felt laid as one complete roof. I have been asked which...