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I'm installing a wood burning stove in to my chimney recess. The brickwork in the recess isn't very appealing and I want to cover it. My question is could I cover the brick recess with cement board or is it better to just get it rendered with a lime mix?

We have recently had our bathroom walls reboarded and skimmed. The tiles we want are ceramic and slightly too heavy for a skimmed board (in excess of 20kg/m2). Is there some sort of support on the market that can be screwed into the brick behind the board to provide additional support to the...

Hi, Im fitting a new bathroom and im going to use plastic pushfit pipes/joints. The pipes from the boiler and entering the bathroom are copper and they leave the bathroom via copper pipe. By using plastic pipes in the bathroom I assume I will be breaking the earthing of the pipes (earthed near...

Hi, I am having a new bathroom fitted and am concerned that my new combi boiler will not provide a very powerful shower. The reason i say this is because when i run the hot tap in the bath, the pressure is ok. however, when i turn on the cold as well the hot water pressure drops and i am...

Hi, I have replaced my old cylinder with a worcester greenstar 30cdi combi boiler. The old cylinder fed the bath taps using a 22mm pipe that was then reduced to feed all the other taps in the house to 15mm. Should I still use a 22mm pipe on my new bath taps or will 15mm pipes be ok.

Hi, Im in the process of having a new bathroom fitted and when the old tiles came off, so did the plaster. I have now removed all the plaster and am down to bare brick. I have been told to D&D plaster board directly on to the wall but i have also been advised to get a plaster in who will apply...

I've just had a Worcster Bosh CDi30 combi boiler fitted. I have noticed that the water pressure at all my taps isn't as good as my previous gravity fed system. I have seen that the water pipe coming into my house feeds all the cold water taps and then leaves the house into the garage where...