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Hello everyone, I'd really appreciate some advice. I did some tiling in our bathroom just under a year ago but left it half-completed. We don't use that bathroom and life got in the way. I'm now coming back to it and am starting to doubt myself!! The problem is about the shower area. I had...

Hi Madrab, Thanks for your reply. Yes, it's the cracking that I'm worried about. When I took out the old toilet, I found that the installer had cracked the ceramic when tightening the floor bolts. I don't want that to happen again, so any idea how firmly I can get away with? I'm not sure I...

Thanks for your reply. I'm confident that the brackets to the floor are tight, but how tight to do the side screws need to be? They're just nipped up at the moment so I could make them tighter if someone sits on it, but would this damage the ceramic? It's a concrete floor underneath.

I've just installed a Rak toilet pan but am having problems securing it. I've tightened the two nylon brackets to the floor and fitted the pan on top, tightening up the pan's two side-mounted screws. The side-mounted screws are tight, but I'm reluctant to tighten them further incase they...

Hi there, Thanks for your reply. It is for letting out - but we're the people renting it! :) We're in Germany where the law is heavily in favour of the tenant, and have a secure open-ended lease. It's our letting agent that are dragging their feet... Should I push for taps and the...

Hmm...thanks for your input! Hadn't thought about that. All I'd considered so far was that the water might in some way damage the plasterboard (despite the waterproofing). Do the tiles really add so much strength for the taps? Also received another reply on a different forum re: the shower...

I have a representative from our letting agent coming in an hour and a half. Our flat is a renovation job but the letting agent has taken on some of the work - including a new bathroom. We have to just do tiling. Their side of the work is running considerably behind schedule so there are a lot...