walls

Hi All, I need to fix some u channel onto a tiles fixed onto dotted and dabbed plasterboard onto original plaster and brick. The u channel is going to hold a 10mm glass screen. How do I fix the u channel? I'm thinking some sort of resin anchor but I'm just an ignorant amateur bodger. I'm...

Hi guys quick question. We have had this loud vibrating noise in our walls. This has been happening for the past two weeks but this week it has become extremely loud. It happens after the central heating has been turned on. The noise lasts for hours and randomly stops. If I flush the toilet the...

Evening all, I have to post this and get it off my chest. Recently I seem to be doing a great deal of unvented hot water cylinders and working in higher end properties with them already installed. About 1 in 4 expansion vessels are inappropriately secured to the wall i.e... plasterboard fixings...

Hello guys, i wanted to know if anyone of you has ever installed glass wall panels for a shower enclosure? If so how did you do it and what brands did you use ? How did you drill the holes for the shower heads etc . kind regards ron

Hey guys! Recently we have had a bunch of ceilings re-plastered in our house by the son of a good friend of my dads, he has worked for his Dad for multiple years renovating houses so it was mentioned to us that he could replace multiple radiators that we wanted doing. Since returning from...

Hi guys and gals.<br><br>This is my very first post on here and I hope you can help. Sorry in advance for the length of this post!<br><br>I've &nbsp;had the bathroom renovated and the lounge and kitchen are now being done. &nbsp;The guys (two) have been finishing the plastering after first fix...

How's best to fit them on plasterboard walls? No studs found. Underneath a window. Double panel. 1600 x 300

I asked the plaster to solid daub a few areas were I need a good fixing however they haven't. I'll be using long screws to get to the breeze block behind. Any tips on not crushing the plasterboard though. Guess using a hand held screwdriver over a drill driver will help.

Hello all, So I'm looking to sort out the central heating, I've done some calculation using a calculator at bestheating website and it has given me the following figures room Height Length Width Window Area BTU Watts Bedroom1 2.32 2.63 2.44 1.44 1666 487 2 outer walls Bedroom2 2.32 3.45...

I have a job coming up where I have got to install 2 upright rads to dot & dab/ dry lined walls. I am looking for advice on which is the best type of fixing for this job, I have installed a few upright rads but always on brick or block walls. I have seen a product online called Dryline Pro which...

Hello forum. First time user here (and now registered)! Can someone please advise the best/recommended method to protect 15mm copper pipes that I will be setting back into a wall to feed radiators in my house. I've already chased the walls, which are standard concrete blocks, but I'm aware of...

First time on the forum and looking for a bit of advice. We have converted a large workshop area attached to our house and looking to plumb in the central heating. I'm planning to put in a flow and return system with 22mm main pipe and 15mm Spurs to the radiators. The main pipes will run above...

Hi all, new here, just after a little advice. I have recently taken on this ground floor flat, which was built I believe in the 1960s and has not been decorated since I believe the 1970s. Now, it is/was a council flat, and has a solid concrete floor, and solid walls (plaster over brick). It...

Hi there, We had a new combi boiler installed and decided to change the radiators at the same time. I went on to numerous websites calculating the appropriate Btu's and sent these to the plumber who agreed they were correct and stated he would base the radiators on these calculations. We...

Have a job coming up where customer has converted bungalo into 2 stories and now wants all first fix put in so floor can go down. At the moment the building is a skeleton. I have never done plumbing in essentially a new build and was wondering how's best to 1st fix rad tails so they remain...

Good evening all. I have a client who has just bought a pretty big house. Lots or rads. Any way, the bottom floor is concrete and all pipes drop down walls and along skirtings. She hates it. She wants them hidden. I said we could batten the skirting out and run behind there. She doesn't like...

Can finish plaster/ plaster skim corrode copper, if any is dropped on a pipe and not cleaned off?

Say for hanging rads on solid wall nicely plastered and painted?

Hi I have a new build to first fix were the joist run parallel to the external walls, most rads are on external walls. The joists are about 50mm from the wall though to 125mm. So bang in the distances I would want to bring my 15mm copper storks up to the rads, from a 15mm plastic elbow and...

Hi Friends How are we all? So, an old lady wants me to put her curtain rail back up. The walls are so soft to drill & others have tried & failed at this task. What fixings would you recommend please? It's a brick wall on a 1930's house. Thanks Rct