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So Spigot -> Straight Connector -> MKL1 -> Flexi/Other Is that right or do I not need the Straight connector...only specs don't really help

Am i right in thinking i'd have to go from a straight pan connector to one of these then to the flexi?

Hi folks, Bit of a "i should probably know" question but ultimately we've refitted the bathroom downstairs, unfortunately our light fitting smashed the old toilet when muggins here forgot to catch it when he was taking it down. Anyway, to cut a long story short, we've now got a closed back...

Sorry guys, I meant how would I measure out the shape of the curve on the board...is there a best way to do that? I've already cut a couple of boards down as did downstairs bathroom but thinking more about the shape at the top.

Hi guys, Currently in the midst of a shower room renovation in a loft conversion. I'm a software engineer by trade but mucking in on some of the DIY jobs. We are fitting the Bathroom panels at the moment and because it's a loft room they have curved out the ceiling. I was wondering what the...

Hi folks, So, we have just inherited our late mother-in-laws bungalow which needed modernising, especially the bathroom. Everything is stripped out and walls back to plaster. I have a couple of questions if I may, firstly i'll explain what we are trying to do - it's will be a rental. On a...

Hi John, Plenty of headroom, would make an awesome cinema room lol! Will have a look at what decking planks I have left from the summer project, thanks for the help :-) Sam

Thanks for the reply guys, @JohnD - so if I was to go the decking board route, are you saying to lay them flat across the current joists? Would this impact insulation properties..or squashing insulation? Or are you suggesting, lay the boards, then the loft legs then boarding? @Tigercubrider -...

Hi folks, Needing some help here, I stupidly mentioned to the Mrs about boarding the loft out for storage purposes and now she wants to get on with it. I've just been up there to take measurements and all was going well until I saw the thickness of the joists, they are only 1inch thick x 5.5...

Hi Folks, So I'm in the process of replacing a windowsill in our kitchen which had basically every dent, chunk etc missing from it. It was a wooden sill which was coming away anyway. I have taken the sill up today and noticed that below it is basically...bricks and mortar, however the...

Morning folks, Just after some advice, I'm more comfortable with the internal DIY but as the weather improved a couple of weeks ago the missus decided she wanted to change our garden and as such wanted to put stone chippings down on the first third of the garden surrounding the pond. We are...

Hey guys, Thanks for the responses @flameport unfortunately the walls were already plastered and painted before, I've removed a lot of the flakey paint. Onto the comment regarding pva and feel free to correct me but upon reading several posts on this forum it advises against the use of PVA in...

Hi Folks, Got a couple of questions relating to a DIY Shower Room - I posted a couple of weeks back about the state of the plastered walls, these have now been dealt with and are now sound. So I have a couple of questions, I am putting a 1200x800 shower base across the back wall and will be...

Hi folks, Im after a little advice. We've started renovating our old stinky shower room and ripped everything out. The walls used to be tiled up about halfway, these have since been removed and the adhesive has painstakingly been removed too. As we are on a bit of a budget and it's not the...

Hi folks, just wanting some advice on some fixings for floating shelves. They will only be carrying decorative items up to about 8kg in weight. There will be 3 shelves either side of the chimney breast. One side of chimney breast is 110cm and the other 102cm. I was thinking of going down the...

Thanks for the help. I've literally taken a section to wickes, b&q, howarth building and numerous other no-one has the same height skirting, I agree it's a common shape but the dimensions are all different to that of standard 'stock'