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    Insulated tile backerboard rather than plasterboard

    I'm renovating my bathroom and have put 40mm insulated tile backerboard onto the two exterior walls (one has no cavity, the other does but it's tiny). I've also lifted the ceiling up considerably by vaulting it, so that it is well above the height of the loft space. I have to plaster the...
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    Toilet pan connector question

    I took a deep breath and yanked it out while Screwfix is still open, it was the old connector still in the soil pipe, a previous plumber had hacksawed it off to create an extension for the new connector. Replaced both with a McAlpine flexible connector.
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    Toilet pan connector question

    Hi all, I need to move my toilet pan away from the wall by 40mm. It has an offset connector at the moment, mated to something....I'm not sure what you'd call it. That something is cracking. My question is, what do I need to get to replace it, and can I get a longer one that will enable me to...
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    Bathroom insulation

    Hi there, I'm renovating my bathroom and would like some advice. My bathroom is in a small original upstairs extension on the back of a terraced house. Two of the walls are exterior. It's those two walls I need advice for. As one has a cavity, and the other doesn't, and as I don't really...
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    Bathroom ceiling joists question

    Party wall is two bricks thick, I investigated further and the ceiling joists weren't supporting anything other than the ceiling. I've replaced it all now with slightly bigger timbers nailed (with brackets) to a large horizontal timber screwed to the wall. Almost finished insulating and...
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    Bathroom ceiling joists question

    They're all loose and don't go very deep into the wall. Video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k9zX8lQyW87atlUCl7BhlUA6IWJYUX_C/view?usp=sharing
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    Bathroom ceiling joists question

    Good evening, I am improving my bathroom by removing a false ceiling, and the old and sagging ceiling above it. I've already done that, and am left with just the ceiling joists in situ, and the void above them. I have a 1910 terraced house, the bathroom is in an original extension off the...
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