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I would agree that taking the old tiles off is always the best option as you don't know how well the are fixed on, also I think you will find that the adhesive will require much longer to dry on the water proof surface of the old tiles, this will make it probably days before you should consider...

As a firefighter, we user chinagraph pencils, and they will write in the rain or when you have an over excited colleague with a hose! However they are not very thin, and also they break very easily.

smart arse, is it something to do with the Brut ?

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Cheap solution, you will need to drain down the system so turn off the water supply and locate a suitable drain tap on the ground floor usually near a radiator outlet. Using a hose drain the entire system. Once drained close the drain tap and turn on the water supply. This will start to fill...

a good hand saw, laminate side up will do this fine. I find it is better to put a bit more effort in and use a hand saw is much better that a power tool on laminated board. I have always been fine with a standard contractors saw. A fine toothed saw will possibly reduce the risk of chipping...

I too have done exactly this, and found no need to fix the slabs down at all. Just be careful not to walk on the insulation, lay a spare board down to walk on, also when gluing the boards together ensure the tongue and groove is tight. The inspector I had insisted the insulation slabs were...

the new bathroom is on the first floor, the hot water cylinder is also in the first floor at the same as bathroom. This is fed from the header tank in the loft about 500mm above the first floor cieling.

dont know if these can be used on a combi boiler, but I wanted to fit a shower without a pumped hot water system. I was recommended a 'Trevi' 'Boost', this uses mains pressure cold feed and with a fancy bit of magic inside it, using the cold preasure it gives a boosted hot. Dont know how it...

This may appear obvious, but in my property this was exactly the same, no matter what the thermostat was set to the boiler carried on, yes it was this simple, the thermostat was not connected to the boiler at all!!!!! When I checked it there was mains power to the thermostat, wether the...

the cold water is fed from the mains, and only hot from the header tank. The new pipework on the hot is 22mm and I dont think there is a blokage as this same pipe continues downstairs in 15mm tube to the new utility room below, and the presure is fine here, this obviously has the benefit of a...

have tried removing the tap and just running it, and flow seems fine. The taps do have a temperature and flow restrictor, but I have set these to max and still it is more dribble than gush. With the tap removed the flow seems fine but still the presure is very low, I guess at the moment there is...

I have recently extended and built a second bathroom. In the new bathroom the 'one who must be obeyed' has chosen some fancy expensive mixer taps. The result is that with the extra distance travelled there is very little hot water pressure. I don't think it is a flow problem as the taps...

You are lucky as at the moment it has become fashionable to fit deep skirt boards, so remove the old skirting, this will probably pull big lumps off including the rendering. Re render the walls where needed ( sharp sand and cement mix 4 to 1, fairly dry ) put onto wall leaving about 2 or 3mm for...

To stop the tiles slipping down, fix a batten to the wall, ideally a piece of wood as used in door jams, but anything will do but ensure it is straight! Once you have ensured this is level, you can fit the tiles onto it without worry and remove it once the adhesive has set. A word of...