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I've been fitting a lot more square edged porcelain tiles recently & struggling to get a neat grout joint. Traditional ceramic tiles usually have a lot of suction & the grout stiffens up quickly, allowing it to be smoothed to a good finish with the sponge. Porcelain tiles have little or no...

Well, I decided to remove the screed, (it's going to provide hardcore for a driveway) This is the concrete below, it's a bit thin! This was a kitchen with a back door, with a very heavy concrete lintel above. When I removed the lintel, I just broke the bricks supporting it & levered it out...

This is a very old thread, but I am in a similar position. 1960s bungalow, the old kitchen floor is 60mm screed on 60mm concrete on a sand & gravel base. The only dpm is a thin layer of bitumen paint on top of the concrete. The screed was very damp when the floor covering was removed, but has...

I have a client that wants two electric showers with a 60A main fuse. Obvious risk of blowing the main fuse. Options Just say no Do it but explain that both showers must not be used at the same time (good lucknon that one) As above but run both showers off one 45/50A breaker such that, if they...

Yes, I know that, but the damage is already done, ideally I would sandblast the whole building back to bare brick but as I said, this is not feasible.

One 3kw instant heater could feed two hand basins, if it is supplied by mains pressure, run the supplies to the basins in 10mm plastic microbore, the flow will be adequate and less volume in the pipe will mean less time to get hot water at the tap and less waste. I plumbed up 3 holiday cottages...

Hi guys, my latest renovation project is built from solid 9" Victorian brick that has been painted with brick red masonry paint, though it is quite thick and flexible where it is peeling off and I suspect it may be a "coating" rather than masonry paint (is there a difference?) As I say, it is...