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Hi, I've been refitting my bathroom - part of this is to install a shower with a concealed valve. I've channeld the pipework into the thermalite block, and then overboared with Marmox. problem is, using the Grohe shower outlet elbow, and once the tiles are on (which I haven't done yet)...

Hi, Fitting a new bathroom - I'm doing all the really dirty work, and my plumber pal is doing all the clever stuff, but I have a question regarding aquapanel. We're putting a bath with shower over in, the room has one block external wall, another block wall separating it from the garage...

Well, I was in a well known DIY store, and looking for floor tiles with the wonderful Mrs Robster, except that this particular store has decided not to put the price-per-metre on the shelf, just the pack price. I ask a sales assistant how I find out the coverage and/or the price per metre...

Hello all, I have a converted attached garage that I have used for a study for the last 10 years without a problem, but I recently decided it needed redecorating.... Cue my wife getting a new job and also having to work from home too....now, I'm filled with dread with Mrs Robster sitting...

Hi, I'm about to embark on laying an engineered wood floor, and have a few questions I hope some of you may be able to advise me on. The floor is question is over two rooms (hallway and dining room) and covers about 28 meters. The existing floor is 18mm floating chipboard over 25mm...

Hi, I live in a late 1980s detatched house. Cavity walls, external wall is rendered concrete block, and internal wall is thermalite block contruction. I painted the house about three years ago, and noticed a hairline crack on the external wall. Just dug it out and filled it, and it seemed...

Fitting a new kitchen, and got to the worktop stage. Nervously set the router up to make my first cut on the brand new worktop - and the cut goes perectly - get to the end of the run, and proudly survey my work, then put the still spinning router flat down on the new worktop....aghhhh!!!!

Hi, I need to replace a floating floor (about 20SqM) so that it can be tiled. The current floor is 18mm T&G chipboard on 22mm polystyrene insulation. Between the chipboard and the polystyrene is a Damp Proof Membrane (poly sheet). The insulation sits directly on the concrete subtrate. I...