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    Shower tray - installation options

    Hi all, So got an Orchard 1400 x 800 stone resin anti-slip shower tray. If anyone knows the brand it has 9 nylon screws that you use to level the tray, but the instructions states it needs to be laid directly onto marine ply (not floorboards) or a concrete floor. Now, it’s my in en suite and I...
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    Self-leveller that can be drilled into?

    Hi all, so maybe not the usual question everyone asks…. I’m levelling my 6sqm en suite as it has a 10mm run off from one end to the other. It consists of bare floorboards that’s “mostly” covered in well screwed down 6mm ply. However where my 1400x800 shower tray will go, I’m removing the...
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    USB sockets (without mains) in en suite

    Hi, Is it legal to install a 1g faceplate with 2xUSB sockets into an en suite? They are purely to charge our oral B electric toothbrushes as we have USB induction chargers that only require 5mA. There will be no mains sockets anywhere, I’d basically have a standard 1g power socket with twin USB...
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    Tiling half a wall around a door frame

    Hi, hoping for some quick advice here. I’m tiling the bottom half of a wall with a doorway in it. Usually if it were a plain wall, it would be flat and you’d simply tile onto the wall with the trim on top and you effectively have 2 different levels. But how do I go about it when I then have to...
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    DeWalt multi-tool issue

    Hi all, my out of warranty DCS355 18v multi tool keeps cutting out on me. I’ve changed blades and batteries and it’s not either of those. So even if cutting into plasterboard if I go full speed straightaway it almost always cuts out (it should not and has never done that before). So I have to...
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    Single or double pole fused spur

    Hi all, I’m installing electric UFH. I shall be installing a fused spur off of an existing ring socket. My calcs for the heating mat will be 4.15a total, so was thinking of putting a 5a fuse in the spur or maybe a 10a(?) Not decided whether to go for a switched or non-switched tbh. Also, this is...
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    Tile trim question

    Hi all, so, got 9.5mm tiles that are wavy (Trinity Architect from Tile Giant if anyone is interested). The guy at the shop said i'd need a 10mm square edge profile trim, but that surely only leaves me 0.5mm for adhesive if the measurement of tile and trim are exact. Would it be better to find an...
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    Check valves on monoblock downstairs toilet

    Hi all, seen similar threads from years ago, but wanted up-to-date advice i guess. I'm renovating our downstairs cloakroom and going from single taps to a monoblock. Now both hot and cold feeds do (did) give fairly equal water pressure, so do i need to fit a NRV to the hot feed? We have a combi...
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    Another electric UFH question

    Hi, so 6sqm (3m x 2m) of downstairs hallway, with front door as well as doors leading to: toilet, living room, kitchen, under stairs cupboard and then the opening to the stairs. We used to have a small rad but it got removed due to an underground pipe leak. Since then that hallway has been cold...
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    Deck oil vs stain in 2021

    Hi all, Found quite a few threads related but wanted to get some very up-to-date advice. So got around 24sqm of decking that been stained twice now with anti-slip stuff (Cuprinol or to Ron seal, can’t remember). The wife is about to do it again (yet another diff colour) but it flakes off within...
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    First time routing worktops

    Hi all, I’m sick to death of unreliable tradesman, constantly letting me down, so much so that I’m having a go at routing worktops myself. They are actually for an office and are the white 1860mm x 615mm x 28mm thick ones from IKEA (slightly rolled edge). I don’t have a jig, so which one do I...
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    Float and set or dot and dab?

    Hi all, So I”m renovating my brothers house, built in 1901. It has double skin brick wall, no cavity. I’ve been told NOT to dot’n’dab plasterboard as the moisture could travel through the bricks, through the board adhesive and into the plastered walls(?). However, about 12 yeas ago he had the...
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    Float and set or dot and dab?

    Hi all, So I”m renovating my brothers house, built in 1901. It has double skin brick wall, no cavity. I’ve been told NOT to dot’n’dab plasterboard as the moisture could travel through the bricks, through the board adhesive and into the plastered walls(?). However, about 12 yeas ago he had the...
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    Electric underfloor heating for bathroom

    Hi, wasn’t sure which forum to post this in, so here goes. I need about 1.5sqm of electric underfloor heating for my bathroom. Been advised that the IR stuff is quite good. I’ve recently replaced the floorboards with 22mm chipboard (green stuff from B&Q). I have LVT as the finished floor which...
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    Float & set - which option?

    Hi all, I’m keen to have another go at float & set, but in the current climate where gypsum products are as rare as rocking horse doo doo, should I got for a sand and cement render rather than hardwall (which I’ve been using and since ran out of)? The walls are back to brick but with no cavity...
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    Painting MDF skirting

    Hi all, So I’ve routed an ogee profile for my own MDF skirting. I’ve used 2 coats of Leyland acrylic undercoat and primer and then 2 coats of brilliant white quick dry water based gloss. I used a gloss roller for undercoat and gloss. I lightly sanded the end/open edges after each coat, and it’s...
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    Coring a soil pipe....stuck!

    So, Using my Makita HR2230 with a brand new Erbauer 117mm core bit to go through a double skin brick wall, no cavity (house built in 1901). The wall is about 280mm thick and I’m about 230mm in, but I’m now getting nowhere. I keep stopping the drill and drawing a pencil line at the back of the...
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    Shower tray installation

    Hi all, So got a 1000 x 800 concrete/acrylic shower tray to be installed straight onto 22mm moisture resistant chipboard floorboards (not using marine ply). I’ve actually used FBall P131 as a barrier/sealer. I put it on a 5:1 bed of mortar, but it failed me (came back following day and it just...
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    Urgent advice required: how to find floor level

    Hi all, I’m using stopgap 1200 pro to level an approx 10sqm kitchen floor, but where do I start the pour? I’m expecting the smoothing layer to be up to 10mm deep in some areas, but can’t be sure because I don’t know where the lowest part of the floor is as it’s quite undulating. There is a rise...
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    Mixture valve installation advice please

    Hi all, So completely refitting my brothers bathroom. Got a 800 x 1000 shower enclosure. Concealed 2-way mixture valve which I’ve fitted. As you can see the inlets are 22mm. I suppose I need to just use reducers to 15mm? For arguments sake the top left outlet will go up and above the new...
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