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    Fitting to a soil pipe boss

    Sorry, this might be a bit of a 'doh' question. I want to fit a sink waste into a spare boss on my toilet soil pipe. The boss sits on the top face of the pipe and is, as manufactured, I.e. Sealed and not broken through. I have bought a rubber 32mm boss adaptor but what is the best way of...
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    Aligning floor and wall grout lines

    Hi all. I have a rectangular travatine tile that I want to use on my wall and floor (305 x 458). I intend to use a brick bond pattern on wall and floor. On the long wall, there will be no problem, aligning the grout joints, as the wall tile and floor tile will both run be in the same...
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    Hardiebacker or tile straight on to breezeblock?

    Hi all Im refurbing our en-suite and converting to a wc / wetroom. Ive removed all old tiling and plasterboard and refitted 12mm backerboard to take new Travetine tiles. The back wall of the wetroom i'm installing is an internal breezeblock wall. I knocked of the old tiles, which were set on...
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    Inserting a drain inlet in 4" soil pipe

    Hi I'm renovating our ensuite bathroom. I am installing a wetroom and need to create a lower point of entry into the soil down pipe. As you can see in the photo, the bottom of the pipe is encased in concrete (I live in a three storey apartment block). I will be removing the concrete as...
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    20mm flooring chipboard

    Hi all. I'm repairing some rotted out sub floor chipboard. The property was built in 1989 and I'm a bit surprised that it isn't 18 or 22mm. So two things. Anyone got any ideas about where to get 20mm, or if I replace it with 18mm where would I get 2mm packing to lay along the joists...
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    Can't get to the rose terminal

    Hello, newby calling. I'm doing a total refurb of our ensuite. We moved in four weeks ago, and this is first project. Floor to ceiling tiling and lovely pink suite is stripped out and back to stud walls. Property was built in 1989. Now the rebuild and lighting first. Want to put in...
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