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Had a similar problem a couple of years ago. Do not do as I did and use paint from a DIY 'superstore', it took me 7 coats, yes 7 coats, to cover it. It may be a little dearer but buy white trade emulsion. (I only use dulux) The pigment, I have since found out is a lot lot stronger and it...

Hi I am looking for recommendations for a 115mm diamond wheel for my angle grinder. The tiles I am cutting are 10mm thick porcelain 820 x 410mm and will have to cut a couple along the 820 length http://www.verde1999.com/img/news/20101109_084019_Verde1999_Jorstone_Cat_Low.pdf Thanks

What is it best to bed a stone resin shower tray with ? Thanks

I now have 15 fixings per 1250 x 600 board and yes they are through the dots under the board to avoid cracking. i think that should be enough to hold the weight.

This job seems to go from bad to worse, I have just cut the marmox to set the lipped shower tray into the wall and the dots of adhesive behind seem to come away very easily !! I spent all day yesterday putting the Marmox fixings throughout the whole room (9 per board) but based on my findings...

1. I was going to use 10 mm Marmox so at best I would gain 4mm 2. It is a shower room being tiled and the UFH is as asecondary heat source. We have it in the kitchen and even though it may be expensive to run we really do find it very good. 3. The tiles are a 10mm thick porcelain which are...

Hi It seems that the plasterer didn't do as good a job as I'd thought. After discussion about heights before the work starting it has ended up 15 mm too high and I need to try and claw back at least 10mm.This will take it to 2-3mm below the height of the wooden threshold. To that end a...

It seems then, that it will have to be a compression fitting which should 'take up the slack' on the fast flow waste end of the connection. Just had a thought. What about, If I were to run a bead of dow 785 on the outside of the spigot (inside of the compression fitting), keeping well clear...

Hi I have recently purchased a Matki illusion corner shower cubicle.It was supplied with a fast flow waste made for the tray that has a 40mm (1.5") spigot for connection. I want to connect using a solvent weld straight coupler, rather than compression, to try and minimise the chance of it...

Do you think the best option would be to start tiling ,possibly back buttering to take up the small bow, and see how they go on the wall ? (rather than the filling / damping option) I would consider myself to be a very competent 'DIYer'

Thats great Richard, Thanks for such a comprehensive reply. What are you thoughts in response to my question concerning using a primer ? Thanks

Thanks for the reply Richard. The only concern I have is that if I use a rapid set I wont be able to keep up with it when laying the tiles (thats why I chose what I did) If I filled the bowing and let it dry first what would I have to prime it with ? Thanks

Thanks for that. I had chosen the Marmox originally based on the weight of the tiles + addy and posted prior to the Marmox going up and this coming weekend I intend to mechanically fix as well (9 per board 1250 x 600). The adhesive I got the plasterer to use was ...

They all have a 'dip' in the middle to a maximum of approx 5mm

Hi I have just had a shower room boarded out with dotted & dabbed 12.5mm Marmox as the chased back walls were very uneven. The plasterer has done a pretty good job but some of the boards have a bow across the width (600mm). I will be doing the tiling and the tiles we have chosen are 820mm X...

Thanks for the link but my pump does not have the pressure vessel and hence no bleed valve, however, I have turned the pump off and opened the shower valve (existing shower) and opened the service valves (new shower pipework) to try to bleed the pump. This unfortunately was not successful and I...

Hi Thanks for that I cant seem to find a bleed screw on the pump ? The second shower just has the pipes off and is not functioning yet.

Hi I have a stuart turner 3 bar twin supplying hot & cold to a shower and hot throughout the bungalow. I recently did some prep work ready for a 2nd shower installation ( chasing pipes into walls and connecting to the supply etc) and ever since the hot water supply has been a little erratic...

Thanks for you help with this. One final question, I was going to use 12.5mm but as it will be both dot & dabbed and onto solid walls will 6mm be ok to use ?

As I screwing to brick / blockwork could you recommend a screw type as most seem to be for timber / metal. Thanks