bathroom

Hi. Quick question about bathrooms and tiling! I am currently working on the walls of a new bathroom! I will use moisture resistant plasterboard in the ceiling and tile backer boards on the stud walls! I would like to dot n dab a 40mm insulated plasterboard against a block wall. Can I use...

Hi folks, So, we have just inherited our late mother-in-laws bungalow which needed modernising, especially the bathroom. Everything is stripped out and walls back to plaster. I have a couple of questions if I may, firstly i'll explain what we are trying to do - it's will be a rental. On a...

Sorry double posting this as put in the wrong group initially so admins please feel free to shift where most appropriate. Hi We've been in a new build for 2 Years 3 months, within warranty time we've had them out for mould and condensation issues in the main bedroom, and damp patches in the...

Hi We've been in a new build for 2 Years 3 months, within warranty time we've had them out for mould and condensation issues in the main bedroom, and damp patches in the ensuite multiple times in same area (just kept painting over and stain blocking) Wednesday we noticed a watermark on...

hi all new member in need of some advice. we had out bathroom redone a few months back and to cut a long story, he didn't do a brill job. recently noticed water was seeping through around the shower tray so decided i would do the silicon. after clearing the old silicon, i noticed under one...

I had a new bathroom fitted about 18 months ago and had a new radiator and extractor fan fitted. The fan is about 150mm above the tall radiator/towel rail. I was never convinced that the bathroom warmed up very well and when my wife voiced the same opinion recently I realised that this was...

Currently renovating my bathroom, and while ripping the tiles out ( 2 layers of tiles) I noticed the internal walls are not the standard stud-work and plasterboard. They are very thin like a cardboard material down the middle so I have nothing to mechanically fix new plasterboard to. My initial...

Hi all, A builder gave my girlfriend a fixed price to do some work to her bathroom. Then once he took out the bath and sink, he changed the price. He initially told her the bathroom work would take 3 days, but it has now taken longer than that. Seems he is just holding her to ransom in terms...

We need to repair a couple of holes in chipboard flooring which is laid on engineered i-joists. Do you have any advice on how to support the square edges of the new chipboard pieces given the nature of i-joists? Unfortunately it is unclear to us how to attach support/noggins to these joists...

Hiya! My bathroom currently has 6 x 20w halogen (GU5.3 mr16) 12v downlights which are powered via 2 drivers, 3 lights per driver. 3 of the lights have been out for a while so after investigation it looks like one of the drivers has failed. These were installed by the previous owner. I want to...

Hi guys! Our bathroom doesn't have windows, so we need to keep the light and fan on after every shower. Luckily we never take long showers. But even we are being careful, we have mould between tiles as you can see in the pictures. I tried with white vinegar and bicarbonate, it helped a bit but...

Hi, We are looking to remove our square bath after purchasing a new property. The taps are against the far wall so we can't see if there is any isolating valves or get to the other side to see them. We don't want to go through the bedroom wall to access the pipes if we can avoid. Does anyone...

This is only kinda plumbing, and very basic - I do apologise for that. I have a wall-mounted 10cm timer extractor fan in an upstairs bathroom. In the trio of storms we had a couple of years ago the driving rain must have come inside as water marks have appeared all over the wall, and remained -...

I have 5 of these (see below) in my bathroom with the 90° lenses, and one has now failed and needs replacing. https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTFRD12DL.html I am having difficulty in finding a integrated fire rated LED down light that is both 90° beam angle and 5500K in colour...

I am a time-deprived DIY person near Gloucester. I want to refurbish a (very small) en-suite. I am prepared to do work myself - but, particularly with plumbing, and tiling, I suspect a professional would do a better job (and do it *much* quicker). My problems are: While I've visited retail...

Getting my bathroom redone has turned out to be a cursed project. Every few days something else goes wrong. The new pipes that lead to the bath taps started leaking overnight, dripping through the ceiling below. Fortunately ? the floorboards are still partly up so I could see where the leak is...

Hi, Will be taking up my floorboards in an upstairs bathroom and fitting caberflooring of which needs to be screeded to be made level as it's about 11mm out. I've bought Mapei Ultraplan 3240 Self-Levelling Compound 25kg...

Hey all! I'm new to plastering. I'm renovating some large property by myself and learning a lot of plumbing, some minor electricity, woodworking, metalworking, glasswork ext. It's going great as I'm putting 24h a day researching how to and working :) I'm getting really better at plastering...

Hi all, I’d like to get a vanity cupboard installed under my current sink - if not possible would like to get a new sink with a vanity unit attached… Is this possible with the current set up whereby there’s boxing in work covering the pipe work from I believe the bath and also the sink itself...

I have nearly finished my downstairs guest toilet/bathroom and would like to give it a nice touch with ceiling coving. I know it’s not an issue reading previous articles on here but I am unsure which one is the most recommended due to humidity? I don’t want to have too much mess if I can avoid...