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That's a polite way to tell me to stick with PTFE, right? :)

well, I'm just a guy trying to do the best possible job within a limited budget. I didn't buy the stuff from that particular site, but from a different one with a very similar name (and I'm quite sure the implied criticism would apply to them as well!) Appreciate the tips, though, especially...

Dear friends, once again this novice DIY'er must fall on the mercy of the experts! I'm building a shower and will install the mixer and arm inside a stud wall, with hardiebacker 12mm and tiles on the side facing into the shower cubicle. All is going well so far in that I have the wall built...

Hugh - this is very good advice. My initial plan was to tile around the plinth, but you've made me think that it would be silly to do that since access would forever more be impossible. I now think I will install tile backer board and simply paint it, leaving a suitable gap that I can get an arm...

Thanks - it's all useful info except my shower tray does not have an up stand (I did not see any for sale that did) so I thus need to make another plan. Another challenge is that only one of the walls is stud, the other is brick, so I don't believe I can pin a vapour barrier to a brick wall (or...

Thanks Nige! AquaStrap any good? Plan is to fit hardie backer to both walls, then tank the whole area (i.e. tank on top of the hardie backer and the plywood base). I will install the tray with Aquastrap on top of that (belt and braces, so you essentially have a second waterproof layer) and...

Hi all - first time poster here, so hoping to learn a lot from the community. I'm in the middle of a complete bathroom remodel. Not the first one I've done, but this one is significantly more complex than my previous project since I'm putting in a shower where there wasn't one before. The...