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Hi all, A plasterer recently performed quite extensive repair/infill work on some of our partition walls and elements of the ceiling. He used PVA when skimming. It's nice and smooth but not overly polished. The PVA extends to around 6" outside of the repaired areas and there is bare skim...

Afternoon, Following extensive water damage thanks to the original construction company tiling straight on to bare plasterboard in the shower area, I'm facing a bit of a tricky situation. I need to remove a single side of the 9mm plasterboard from the paramount board and then remove the...

Hello gents, Shower trays seem to be one of those items that aren't discussed too often. Without talking billionaires row or trays made from meteorites/diamonds, in a money no object scenario, what brand would you be looking at for a super premium shower tray that will last? So far Ive seen...

Afternoon, I'm hoping someone can offer some guidance. We have stripped out the bathroom in preparation for making it into a wet room, but the subfloor needs removing to access the pipework properly. We have also seen water damage to a partition wall bottom plate and the flooring itself, so...

Hello all, Looking at putting in underfloor heating in the en-suite. Electric heating is compatible with the uncoupling membrane, or at least is an option. It requires it's own circuit which means that unless I can repurpose an existing circuit, I'll need to get qualified person in to do it...

Hello chaps, Our old bathroom fan of 72m3/hr died a few days ago so I've replaced it with a Vent-Axia Silhouette 100T, which has an extraction rate marginally higher at 108m3/hr. The bathroom is in the middle of the house with no windows and no external walls. Unfortunately, the builders used...

I've got one or two tools made by CK, mainly for light electrical work. Always thought they were decent quality, if not the absolute best. Just picked up a pair of automatic wire strippers, model 95001. They feel rather cheap and it was a bit of a surprise. Slippery/shiny plastic grips, a...

I haven't seen a for sale section on the forum so I'm presuming this isn't allowed. Are we allowed to give items away if a person only pays for sensible postage and packing? Thanks

Hello all, Hoping for some insight onto why this particular cable run might be as it is in our house. It's a 2005 build and pretty poor quality mostly. I'm removing some plasterboard and when I knocked an inspection hole through I found a live twin and earth behind, tacked onto the blockwork...

Hello, If nobody minds, I'd like some advice from those in the know about safety when using an angle grinder. I have a 115mm unit. When using it, I wear a leather apron (woodworking type), face shield, hearing protection and grippy work gloves. I typically use it to cut travertine or...

Hello everyone, This is just a general interest post. Redoing the ensuite and when I started to take off the tiles, I found they barely had any adhesive at all, to the point where I could pull them off by hand if I'd wanted to. How they have remained fixed at all is beyond me. There was no...

Hi everyone, I'm refitting an ensuite at home and just wanted to ask for some advice if thats OK. We have two electrical fittings in the bathroom. A shaver socket and a down light. The down light is of the enclosed type and is directly above the shower enclosure. The shaver socket is some...

Do we have any cigar experts on here by any chance? I need to buy a box of cigars as I'm having friends around for Christmas. I've got my hand on some fine speyside malt and need the perfect cigar to match. As a youngster I liked Cohiba, but can't remember which type and I've no idea if they...

Hi all, I hope this is the right place for my first post. I'm hopeful someone may be able to assist me. I've just acquired a Nest 3rd Gen which I'd like to install. The house was built in 2005 and has an Ideal Icos boiler, Drayton Lifestyle LP722 programmer and what I think is a Drayton RTS1...