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Hello, I have read as number of the posts on here concerning rendering over concrete lintels and followed some of Roughcaster's advice about 'stippling' a cement/pva slurry. This worked really well to hold my stop beads up (around a fire place opening) but I'd like to know what to do...

Hi, I've built some bathroom cabinets out of birch plywood and wood like to seal/oil the interior faces and also the exposed edges. I'm hoping that the 'stripey' edges will look strong and distinctive whilst the interior faces just need protecting. Can I use some kind of oil, or is there a...

Hi, I'm building a steam shower and have installed kerdi DS on the surfaces in the cubicle. The shop which sold me the kerdi recommended keraflex to adhere the porcelain tiles , large format, to the kerdi. I have since read that I should be using unmodified thin set. Does anyone have...

Hi, I have bought myself a shower fixing plate to attach my exposed thermostatic valve to. My concern is that the 90° connector supplied is a compression fitting onto the 15mm copper and not a solder. The connector is designed so that it can be screwed to the fixing plate thus won't suffer any...

I have rendered two small walls in my bathroom which I intend to adhere Kerdi membrane to followed by tiles, the room will be a steam shower cubicle with the kerdi providing the membrane. The render thus won't be providing any waterproofing function as it is under the kerdi. The render is...