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I'm about to fit a close coupled back to wall toilet. The toilet outlet is 169mm from the wall and the wall waste protrudes 90mm leaving just over 3 inches gap I don't know how far the flexible connector pushes on and in each end Can anyone suggest a suitable size (length) considering I'll have...

hi I'm thinking of building a walk in shower which is downstairs with an existing cement screeded floor. I'll have to break up some of the screed to fit a lower waste to a small plastic tank buried below the screed and but I'll have to breach the pvc membrane Any thoughts on how to repair the...

i need a bit of advice on purchasing a new shower mixer A long time ago I bought an Mira Excel, this was round but white plastic and superb flow I've since had a couple of chrome bar mixers but the performance is no where near the Excel and the Mrs isn't happy Any one know of a high flow mixer...

Im changing a bath soon and have ripped,off all the old tiles. This has left the wall slightly damaged and I noticed a bit of water damage to the plaster in one small spot Before I install my bath will I need to prepare the wall or will the new tiles with good adhesive do the trick Cheers

Hi I'm looking to lay vinyl flooring on old & gappy t&g floor boards. I've seen 6 mm concrete boards in tile shops. Would this be ok to lay on top of the floorboards rather than ripping up the floor and laying mdf sheets I think the concrete boards can be made waterproof but wondering how...

A couple of weeks ago I had a downstairs TRV leak so I drained down and changed it While it was drained I changed a couple of dodgy looking bottle air vents, put in chemicals and topped up. When I turned the mains on nothing happened for a while, I played with the temp control knob and things...

A question to you experienced guys out there I'm about to change my standard bath to a P shaped bath for showering. I noticed that there are 15mm feeds to the hot and cold taps, this is on a conventional gravity fed system As I rarely use the bath as such , only showering, is it worth changing...

Hi Guys, some advice needed here I had an extension built above my adjoining garage to the depth of the house a while ago, this gave me 2 rooms with a narrow passageway between the 2. I fitted rads in the 2 rooms but non in neither the new or existing upstairs landings, I have a rad in the...

Hi All, my first post. I need to cut a small opening in the gable end in the attic space to allow me to enter my extension roof space I had built a long time ago so I can top up the insulation Will I need to support above the opening considering I can't get to the other side? If so how can I...