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Afternoon all, I've got a tiled alcove in the bathroom below: The wife is wanting to put shelves up in it. Not really sure on the best approach. We're thinking 2 shelves, not taking too much stuff, just shampoo etc. As you can see the location is above a bath. However, despite the shower...

I've got 5 Velux windows that need revarnished. They weren't well looked after previously and the varnish flaked off i nthe corners when condensation ran down. I've sorted out the condensation issue for the most part but I'm going to sand them down and varnish them. Does anyone have a...

I've got some old water heating solar panels on the roof of my house. We've been here for 5 years and they have never worked. We've called multiple companies to look at getting them going again but nobody was interested in it, and at this point I've lost interest in it too. We've got a...

I'm looking to put a piece of exposed pipe into my bathroom on one of those raised toilet cisterns. Having a look at the spacing from the wall to the pipe clips compared to the inlet on the cistern, it looks like there will be a very small offset required (say 10mm). The feed will be 15mm...

Evening chaps. Doing up my bathroom (still) and after making a complete mess of the tiling I've now got the area above the tiles to contend with. The plan is to either paper it or to just paint it. It's plasterboard that has been taped and sanded flat. It looks pretty good from the ground...

Going to be laying vinyl click lock tiles over 12mm ply in a bathroom. The ply is WBP. I'm wondering what I should seal it with. The tiles are a floating floor so don't need adhesive. Would sbr do or does it need something like Thomson water seal?

Hello all, I'm putting vinyl click lock tiles in a bathroom (they tick many boxes for the wife, me id prefer lino). Since this is like laminate you can secure through it as it needs to expand and contract. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to deal with the toilet? Am I going to have to cut...

Hello all, Bought a freestanding bath with an exposed chrome waste. From the manufacturers website (Burlington) it looked like the P trap would be able to be aligned directly towards the taps and then into the wall where it could connect to a waste. However, what the instructions really meant...

I'm looking to insulate an external wall whixh previously had plasterboard on battens. Due to space restrictions in the room and cost, what I'm planning will be 50mm omnifit mineral wool insulation between the battens and 20mm kingspan over the top of the battens. The room will be used as a...

So, bathroom renovation continues. It appears that the lad who boxed the room originally had a staright edge that was just a bit too short and he managed to gef one of the corners with a bit of a bend. Doesn't look like anything has moved the rest of the wall follows the floorboards, just kind...

Evening chaps. I'm going to be tiling a wall which will have a shower in place. I'm using 10x20cm metro tiles. The shower tray is 40mm high and will sit on about 8mm of weak cement. From what I've read, I'm best off having more than half a tile along the bottom of the wall to account for the...

A bit of an adventure this one. Renovating the bathroom. The original plan was to rip it out and replace. However, as it went on and on, the job became bigger and bigger. Initial Plan: Rip out and install a shower, replace sink toilet and bath. Original layout: Weird Little Plinth...

Going to be installing an offset quadrant shower in the bathroom. Walls are going to be tiled with the tiles going on to plasterboard (which will be suitably primed). Mapei products will be getting used for it. I know there is a lot going against tiling a shower onto plasterboard, but I've...

Evening chaps, couple quick questions. I'm doing up the bathroom and have an unvented cylinder. Not sure on the make, but it's about 15 year old and works okay. Had it checked by a plumber and everything works as it should apparently. The only annomaly is that the flow can be a bit low, but...

I'm looking to renovate my bathroom and am installing 25mm insulation board and 12.5 mm plasterboard on top. I've been advised by the supplier that illI be okay to install the insulation on top of the existing plasterboard, securing to the existing battens through the plasterboard. However the...

I'm looking to install a grohe rain shower duo because my wife wants to be able to clean her flaps at the same time as having the rain shower on (seriously). Looking at the indtallation video Right at the start they show a 1/2" extension which is then trimmed to match the wall thickness. Ive...

Was ripping out the bathroom and wanted to put a new bit of 22mm copper pipe onto an old compression fitting. I picked up the wrong compression nut of fitting I'd bought and it would go on. After having a look I found the one that came off the fitting and it had a different number of...

I'm putting a new low profile shower in my bathroom. The floor is fairly uneven but in good condition. As I'm laying vinyl click lock tiles (tarkett) I'm going to be putting plywood on top. However I've also got to put a shower in which illI need to put on plywood to level it out too. My...

Hello all, I'm in the process of renovating my bathroom and in the process of removing the walls I've found that the soil pipe isn't where I'd like it to be. It drops down vertically from the floor above but dows a bend at the floor level in the bathroom: It then carries on vertically through...

Anyone got recommendations for shower enclosures? Specifically 1100 X 800 offset quadrant. We can't fit a 1200 in without doing some major wall moving and I think a 1000 would be a bit small for the shower we're getting. So, aye I'm looking for an awkward size lol. There is an absolute tonne...