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I was planning to install a Grohe wall hung toliet frame. The wall is built of thermalite blocks. Was going to attch it the Grohe frame brackets to the wall by fixing them with bolts set in a resin filled undercut hole. All set to go but the position of the bolt needs to be bang on the mortar...

Posted this to the plumbing group as well but wonder if more appropriate here ... We have a very small guest toilet and decided to install a wall hung toilet. Have purchased a Grohe 1.13 SL frame. Have also removed ceramic tiles from the wall (and some of the plaster) revealing...

We have a very small guest toilet and decided to install a wall hung toilet. Have purchased a Grohe 1.13 SL frame. Have also removed ceramic tiles from the wall (and some of the plaster) revealing breeze blocks. I dont know anything about the load bearing capabilities of breeze blocks but...

OK. Before the plumber comes round does anyone have any ideas on the following. I was experiencing low boiler pressure for a few weeks. Kept having to open up valves and fill up every few days. Discovered a leak at one of the radiator valves and have sorted that out. Pressure seemed OK but has...

I've done all the grunt work and it has taken me weeks to get my soil ready for turfing. I've broken up the heavily compacted clay, added some compost to loosen it a bit, tilled it, raked it and destoned it. I've tamped it down by walking over it, raked it again, etc., etc. My only question...

My timber frames are in great shape but the glass needs replacing. If I replace the single panes only with slim double glazed units do I need building regs approval. Thanks

Any views on what will be the better solution for grouting between Stonemarket Millstone paving slabs: polymeric resin mortar or old fashioned cement. Thanks

I'm refurbishing some timber framed fixed windows and am in the process of enlarging the rabbet so as to enable fitting of slimline DGUs. Looking at the cavity, I balanced some scrap pieces of timber within to simulate muntins and rather like the look. Would it be possible to retrofit...

I've increased the size of the rabbet in my old timber windows so that I can now fit a double glazed unit. The instructions say to bed the unit in 1-1.5mm of butyl OR low modus silicon. All searches online seem not to differentiate between them. 1. What, exactly, is the difference. 2. What...

I want to extend an already mature laurel hedge to completely surround my property. Trouble is it will come pretty close to part of one wall of the house which is only 2 feet odd from the public pavement. The hedge would be maintained at about 7 feet tall. The actual length of this section is...

Moved into an Edwardian house where the rear windows in one room have been glazed with thin single panes of obscure glass. (At the moment there is a leanto on the outside wall which we intend to demolish). None of the windows open. I want to replace the glass in these fixed frames with clear...

Apologies if this is answered elsewhere. I searched but couln't find anything bang on point. So my old dishwasher eventually gave up the ghost and has been removed. The waste hose simply exited through a hole in the external wall at ground level and then dropped down about a foot into the...

I have recently installed a solid oak cottage style internal door which I "distressed" by bashing gently with a steel ruler and sanding some of the sharp edges unevenly before finishing with two coats of Liberon dark oak coloured black bison wax. The effect was amazing. The buffed wax has a warm...

I'm in the process of having a solid oak door made but because of the design it needs to be 56mm thick. Great. Nice and secure. But .... All the best BS3621 5 lever mortice deadlocks seem to specify a maximum door thickness of 54mm. Ideally I wanted some sort of key restricted access and...

I have an exceptionally large doorframe (2280 x 1040mm) which is hideously out of square (width difference of c 15mm between widest and narrowest points). I'd like to order a new custom made frame/door combo but the question is whether I can fit this into the existing door frame without...

Sorry to post like this and hope this is the right forum. Just had the loft cleared and although the guy took most things he couldn't quite get a small water tank in his van. I agreed to take it to the dump but when I went to move it I found two small suspicious fibrous looking tiles inside...

Bit of an odd request but I'd appreciate some feedback if poss. I have an extremely wide front door , c. 1055mm wide at its widest. The door is horrible, mainly glass panel and extremely ill fitting. The exisiting frame is sound but gives an opening that varies in width quite significantly...

If a thread exists elsewhere I apologise but I searched and couldn't find anything relevant. I'm remodelling the bathroom from scratch and want to install a wall hung concealed cistern WC. We have such a poor flushing toilet in place at the moment - blocks every week - that I've been...

Forgive if this is the wrong forum. I have a few structural timber beams outside about 8"x8" in cross section. They've been gunged up with some sort of black matt paint which is now flaking off and looking really tatty. Most seems easy to remove but as I scrape it off I'm finding some...

Well, it's been a year and the whole ground floor has been restored. Pine boards in some rooms, parquet in the hall. All sanded and renovated/restored and finished with HWO. Would it be best to clean floors with a barely damp mop using, eg Osmo wash and care or the Blanchon equivalent...