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I have debated installing loft insulation...... My house is a 4 bed detached and i pay £100 per month for gas and electric. Joists are 70mm so putting insulation in between joists is futile and impossible as thinnest width i can find is 100mm. And i am not stupid enough to start raising...

Hi Guys, I have a MIRA GO Power Shower installed in a downstairs bathroom. Due to poor pressure upstairs I am contemplating fitting an unvented cylinder to pressurise the whole system. Does anyone know if any of the MIRA Shower Mixers match the plumbing required for the MIRA Power Showers...

The house I have moved into has 2 MIRA shower pumps to feed 2 separate showers. I am now looking to install a shower pump as the bathroom pressure (excluding the MIRA shower) is poor! I also don't currently have a bath but will be installing one so want this to fill quickly. I have considered...

Hi All, Recently moved into a new house which does not have a Bath and has really poor hot water pressure upstairs. The system is gravity fed and the issue arises because of the minimal head between the cold water tanks (in the loft) and the HW Cylinder/taps upstairs. Will be re-doing the...

Hi, I have a late 70's house and I would like to replace the OLD downstairs toilet. The original toilet protrudes into the room a lot and doesn't look great so I removed it. I have a clay soil pipe that drops down vertically for over 1 metre but is a staggering 36cm (centre) from the...

Hi, I am moving a radiator and so need to run some additional pipework under the concrete floor (existing pipes in the concrete). I want to box in these pipes and have brought some timber to do this (19mm * 100mm). I was wondering would I be able to tile on top of this timber if I prime...

Hi, I have a closed system with a condensing boiler and pressure vessel in the loft. I would like to change one radiator now (including valves) and then all the rest individually as I decorate the respective bedrooms. Am I correct in thinking that any inhibitor has to be injected into...

Hi everyone, I have ripped up some tiles in my kitchen and this has pulled up the bitumen layer underneath in some places. Under the bitumen is a very sandy screed. Whats best to patch up these areas? Can I just buy bitumen paint and do I have to seal the concrete first? Also, when I...

Hi, I purchased an Erbauer ERB337TCB 750W Tile Saw 230V from Screwfix for £90 to tile my dining room. It seems to be a good bit of kit but it has chipped all the porcelain tiles I have tried to cut. The chips are small but still apparent - please see pic. I have cut ceramic tiles before...

Hi, I have previously tiled single rooms (I am a diyer and by no means a pro). I am now going to have a go at tiling the downstairs area (kitchen, dining room and hall). This seems a lot more complicated as its a 4 tile pattern. I have marked a line through the rooms concerned. I am...

Hi, I have spent about a day and a half trying to dig out a large tree stump. I have dug about a foot deep all the way round the trunk of a tree and hacked off all the roots as I have made my way round. Please see picture attached. I was just wondering whether anyone has done similar...

I intend to run 2.5mm armoured cable (underground) to my shed and then use a Garage Kit from B+Q (1 RCD and 2 MCBs) in the shed. 1 MCB for light circuit and 1 for a double plug socket. I then intend to ask a Sparky to connect the armoured cable to the fusebox in my house. I am no expert...

Hi, Due to level issues I dug up my old floor and re screeded at 21mm. I know this is pushing the boundaries as it is very thin but I decided to give it a go. Process was as follows: - Got Level off of next room floor and make concrete strips across the room to run a straight edge...

Hi, Due to level issues I dug up my old floor and re screeded at 21mm. I know this is pushing the boundaries as it is very thin but I decided to give it a go. Process was as follows: - Got Level off of next room floor and made concrete strips across the room to run a straight edge...

Hi, I have read in other posts about priming a floor with a cement slurry before laying a screed? What exactly is a cement slurry? Does it still need to be wet before laying the screed? As my screed will be relatively thin (21mm) I have considered adding some fibres to the mix. Is SBR a...

Hi, I intend to screed a floor, ready for tiling, using a 4:1 mix of sharp sand and cement. Is this advisable or is this too thin a coating, which will then be susceptible to cracking etc? I have been advised to maybe using chicken wire underneath or add 'BOND SBR'. Would anyone here...

Hi People, I had a dining room, which was higher than my kitchen. I have broke the screed away and am now looking at ways of building the floor back up to match the kitchen. The obvious choice is screed, on top of the existing concrete. However, I have considered laying a DPM on the...

Hi guys, So.....dining room is at the back of the house, leading on to the kitchen and then the hallway. Dining room floor is currently 30mm higher than the rest of the downstairs. Plan is to tile right the way from front door to dining room (which provides the back door). After what...

Hi guys, So.....dining room is at the back of the house, leading on to the kitchen and then the hallway. Dining room floor is currently 30mm higher than the rest of the downstairs. Plan is to tile right the way from front door to dining room (which provides the back door). After what...

I have a load of 32mm zinc plated (silver) drywall single thread screws with a self starting point. i think these are for metal frames, rather than timber stud walls. I intend to use these to fix 12.5mm plasterboard to timber studs. Will these suffice? Or should i buy slightly longer...