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I am trying to fit a concealed shower valve into this wall but i have some doubts about the sealing around the control knobs when the whole thing comes together. As per photos the decorative rings that go between the cover plate and the threaded piston things has internal rubber O ring which...

Has anyone had first hand / long term experience with SBS foam boards for tiling ? I am currently trying to tile a shower enclosure (3 walls) Mainly due to uneven walls i have used 10mm STS tiling foam boards on all walls. I am reading mixed views about priming and tanking these before tiling...

Hi All , I am trying to fit a concealed shower valve into a stud wall which i have access to the rear of only. I have all the bits that came with the system (2nd hand ) but quiet confused as to how the front decorative panel gets secured in its place. Made this plywood template to act as the...

Hi All , I am installing a concealed mixer valve with a separate hand held shower head. I am a bit surprised to see the fitment on the hand held shower head supply though . Instead of the usual screw on type ,it is a push on fit (similar to a garden hose connection ) with a grub screw from...

I have got a garage built with breeze blocks (single skin) and one of the side walls get a lot of rain in driving wind in the winter. This wall is not so visible as it is partially blocked by neighbour`s fence hence working space is tight & it does not need to look pretty however it needs to be...

I have just had my double pitch garage built using breeze blocks at the end of the garden (mid terraced house ) On one side I have a fence on the other side I have a garage wall. I have roughly around 40-50cm for on either side for rendering or cladding. I am mainly trying to achieve weather...

Hi All , I am looking for a bit of advice on this area where i want to fit a shower tray and tile the solid walls seen in photo. I have already removed the loose plaster and re-rendered a scratch coat on. Now the walls are still very uneven and to completely level them i need to fill more at...

I am currently in the process of building a double pitch roof ,double garage 5m x 6.3m and thinking of using standing seam roofing system opposed to standard roof slates (man made stuff) mainly because this stuff looks good and it appears to be easier to install. I am based in South Wales...

We had a section of the stone/brick solid wall built old house (walls 50cm thick ) with a damp quarry tiled floor. Upon removing the tiles i found rubble and ash underneath and going deeper there is soil and clay as per photos . The breeze blocked section in the photos used to be a door and...

Got a house with solid stone/ brick walls which are around 45cm thick. There were some damp problems related to outside ground levels causing the damp to rise up the walls. i have resolved this by digging a trench around the house so i dont expect any major damp climbing up those walls again...

Hi all , I am currently trying to convert our front bedroom into a bathroom upstairs. It’s a semi detached property with side path to the back of the property which is where the first man hole is , this leads to the second man hole at the entrance of the property. Based on the location of the 2...

Hi all , I have 2 timber lintels above doors on the ground floor of my house with solid 1.5 foot thick walls. Over the years there has been some damp issues in the house which have also affected the ends of the timber lintels as they look rotten at ends. My question is at which point do you...

Apologies for the long winded thread :( We have recently purchased an old house with thick (45cm thick ) solid stone walls. The main structure of the house is as you can see in the photo. My question is in regards to the extension roof structure. There is a purlin (3" x 8" i believe) going...

I have just had an old timber window replaced by a upvc window. Upon removal of the old timber window , i have seen the lintel above to be a timber type one (old stone house) Now when sealing the gaps between the UPVC window frame and the gap i was planning on using expanding foam as all 3 sides...

I am using lecol 5500 to lay my parquet but i had to put some of the parquet through my table saw in order to loose the layer of bitumen in about 30 blocks where I will be laying directly on to the concrete. my question is , these blocks don’t seem to be perfectly flat at the bottom as they were...

Hi All , I am new to the forum. Bought an Edwardian house that needs a lot of work sometime ago and I am trying to do it up as I go along. Unfortunately I have met some bad "builders" as well as good ones over the last few years and eventually came to the idea of doing it myself as much as I can...