walls

Hi all, I'm literally self building a small detached house and doing 95% of the work myself being a competent jack of all trades. I did have a plumber lined up for first fix (because no-one likes to take on other peoples pipework do they!) but he's let me down and most local plumbers I've spoke...

Normally i never need to do this as i allways hide them within the wall. but i have a job coming in that i need to drop 10mm in the corner of each room to fit the rads in the middle of each room, whats the best way 25 x40 mm trucking in the corner then bring the 10 out the bottom of the...

Since I moved to cornwall I have managed to avoid these massive great granite walls until today! I am using a little cheap Bosch and it's not doing to great. I have always managed to get through walls by upping the size of drill bit so 10mm first 18mm 25mm 30mm but even that is a struggle for...

If you go to five minutes into the video you'll see the wall is a mile out of square. I'd have called the plasterer back in. What would you have done? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUHj8OIt2Fs

Hi Guys, I've been asked to do a bathroom suite in a mobile/park home. they want the bath replaced with a shower enclosure. They also want a towel rad. What I'm worried about is getting a decent fixing in the walls for the enclosure and rad. Never worked on a one these before, so I'm not sure...

I hope someone can help me as this is driving me nuts...! I moved into a newbuild house a year ago & for the last few months have been experiencing a weird sewer gas smell. The developer's plumbing contractors are being a little defensive over it (probably because there have been numerous...

What are my options...... I have only ever surfaced mounted pipes on full installs. I have a client in a 1930s bungalow who wants a new heating system with all rad drops chased into the wall. So what do you guys do...... 10mm covered copper and just bend it out of the wall to the rad valve...

wife plus daughter and daughter in law have just dragged in a wet an muddy xmas tree. I left it covered in dust sheets, they took them off before dragging it in so now the ceiling and walls are covered in muddy marks when they stood it up. Still I really needed something to do tommorrow :(

Hi Friends So, got to put some 15mm pipe in a wall for shower feed and also rad. Wall is brick. Do I need to sleeve pipes? Also, after fitting is is best practice to sand / cement over even if tiles will go on top? Thanks all RCT

Been getting some quotes on getting new boiler and some radiators fitted. We had planed to get some pipe work chased into a wall whilst getting some of the work done. The wall we wanted to bury the pipes into is one of the main exterior walls of the house. Two out of the three fitters we have...

Hello, i live in an old terraced house (1890's i think). In between two of our downstairs rooms there is a really loud noise of water running. It sounds like someone is running a bath. We have a new boiler, but new radiators. I tried turning off the stop tap and tried turning it both ways and...

I need back to work asap, feels like months, only out of work about 3 weeks. Im after work Glasgow/Edinburgh area. Al

Hi all, I've purchased 3 x vertical rads (H:1800mm x 600mm). I couldn't stand looking at the surface mounted pipes running from ceiling to floor, so I decided to bury the pipework into the walls. I was advised to channel out a chase around 20/25mm in the wall, which I have done, this chase runs...

hi everybody, ive joined this forum hoping to get some sound advice from you guys. i think i may have a heating problem or i might just be dreaming it up.....hopefully you can help, ill try and give as much information as possible.... here goes... ok first up the house, 100 year old 2 bed end...

Anyone used thermaskirt on here ? is it easy to fit and does it heat a room sufficiently?? i know its not cheap

Hi all, How the devil do you fix anything heavy such as basins/shower enclosures etc to these walls. I'm on about the sort of things where light duty plasterboard fixings just won't cut it. From what I can see, the space in the 'cavity' is only about an inch or so and there isn't even enough...

Has anyone used these? Any good? looking to change around a bathroom layout and probably cant match the tiles for making good on one wall.

Hi All, I have had a conservatory buuilt with a radiator installed. The plumber installed plastic pipe behind the plasterboard. Are there any regulations that he should have adhered too, ie how do you find a plastic pipe in a wall once installed?

Are there any regulations concerning the use of CH systems in single skin constructed building? I have a detatched garage with a coach house above to heat and it seems the choices are electric heating of some sort or connecting it to the existing CH system in the house. The buidling itself is...

Can anyone advise me on fixings to mount a corner cloakroom basin on dry lining walls? I want it to be good and solid, you know how kids love to lean on and swing on them!!! Any advice on fixings and methods gratefully received! Thanks.