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    3 way diverter value "chugging"

    So we've renovated our bathroom and have had installed the below (or very similar) 3 way diverter value from Crosswater. One lever controls the overhead shower, the middle one the temp and the last one pivots both ways, one for the bath filler and one for the shower wand. Unfortunately after...
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    Some kind of render, what is it, how to get off?

    Hi See photos below, any idea what kind of render this is? We want to remove it, ideally back down to the brickwork but we understand the brick might be so damaged it would require re-rendering, which is fine, we would do a more modern smoother render. We just want this horrible stuff...
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    Electric meter upside down ok?

    Quick question; We've had some rewiring down and in the process shifted the consumer unit and electric meter. The meter has four large cables coming from/going to the bottom of, all of which approach it from above. We're trying to get the cables right over into the corner and out of the way...
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    What to do with low shower ceiling?

    We've just had our loft converted and are in the process of decorating now. In the bathroom the head height is only 2.03m. In the shower even less due to the shower tray. Clearly the ceiling in the shower is going to get directly wet, not just damp from steam but directly splashed, pretty much...
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    Radiator explaination, cheap v expensive, BTU v boiler temp?

    So we're doing our loft as well as forward planning for renovating the rest of the house. Time has come to choose radiators / heated towel rails for the two new bedrooms and the bathroom. I'm just after a very brief explanation of rads (or pointer to good articles explaining), in...
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    Minimum shower enclosure ceiling clearance?

    Hi We're getting out loft conversion done with a new bathroom up there. Is there a minimum (regulatory or recommended) distance between the top of a shower enclosure and the ceiling? The room is 2.03m from floorboard to ceiling plasterboard. The enclosure we've ordered is 1.9m. I...
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    New loft roof overhanging party wall.

    So we're half way through getting our loft built by one of the big loft companies. We've just had the roof done in that fiberglass stuff and the neighbour has noticed the roof overhangs onto his half of the party wall. Its best to see the photo attached, which the neighbour has provided...
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