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Probably, certainly with the wetroom floor. Mind you the shallowness of the stud walls shows that they did not use the usual sized timber, and they were careless enough to have left some offcuts of plasterboard behind and it's thin, cheap and grey.

I want to see them to establish that they have used the correct materials. Your suggestion would not work because I am not a builder and did not know until someone told me yesterday that there are special materials that need to be used in a wetroom. I want to view the receipts to make sure...

I have receipts for the money I gave them for materials but they have not shown me or given me the shop receipts, which would show and prove what type of materials they have used, for example was it waterproof plasterboard or the cheapest stuff? It's all covered now by tiles etc but I need to know.

I'm very inexperienced in employing builders. I've just had a job done (installation of new wetroom) and the builder quoted me £1,500* for materials, which on request I paid him a week after he started work. He later asked for another £100 saying prices had recently risen and he'd not asked for...

It seems the controversy has arisen because the regulations have changed, but not everyone is up to date with them. Similarly, one of the most senior and most reputable building firms in my town informed me only yesterday that there MUST be two doors between a toilet and a kitchen, a law I know...

Lots of websites say no extractor is needed if there is a window. For example this page on RESI. The page was written just 5 months ago. "Under current UK rules, you either need an extractor fan that can remove 15 litres of moisture from the air per minute or a window you can open more than 15...

Aha! Thank you so much, you found the document that I could not find! Cheers!

I'm the owner. A long established local building company built the new wetroom and asked me if I wanted a fan. I did not, so they did not fit one. Now I am being told they should not have given me the option, but should have told me it's a legal requirement. Online building advice says you...

Spent ages searching for a definitive, correct answer. Old house but inside it, a section of the kitchen has been taken to create a small downstairs wetroom. This contains a toilet, basin and a shower on a riser. There are two windows in the room which both open. I have been told categorically...

PHEW thank goodness for that! I have never been so happy to read a reply to a question in my whole life! Will he know what to do? Can you tell me step by step and I will email him. He does not know I posted on here.

In all the photos I saw online of wall hung floating basins the water pipes were hidden. It did not occur to me to specifically state that it they should be hidden. I assumed that a qualified plumber would know what was needed. He also installed a BTW toilet and a shower, and everything that...

Thank you for this, I have emailed the suggestion to the builder. You say "without cutting out the tilework" -- We still have almost a full box of tiles left over. Does that change your advice?

Yes, I supplied the basin and taps long before he started work and gave them to him to inspect and plan.

That's terrible - really? I can't stand looking at those pipes. There must be a way. The pics were all online. There were no captions saying if they were working installations or not. I found several YT videos and a couple of webpages that said or showed wall hung basins with the feed pipes up...

Yes, from what I have seen and read online I believe the feed pipes should be invisible from above and only seen if one crouches down and peers underneath. I don't comprehend your second sentence. Are you saying he should fit a steel ring and did not? Are clients "constantly watching" their...

Please can someone help? The builders finished creating a new wetroom today. They are coming back tomorrow (Sat) to finish the associated decorating. After they left I had a good look, and I really don't like the way the water pipes are so prominent and noticeable. So I looked online at...

Thank you. Yes I see they are only 20cm.

Tell, I have already ordered these tiles for the floor of the wetroom. They are incredibly cheap, even after paying shipping. Presumably they would "do" for the walls, or would such large format tiles look silly in such a tiny room...

The site is currently a kitchen. The walls have not yet been built. And my drawing skills are so bad there's no way I would post my kindergarten-like efforts online!

Good idea. I will go with tiles. I don't think they intended to do the tiling themselves, so I may have to find a tiler