bathroom

The waste hole for my shower tray is located in the middle, but the existing waste pipe is not aligned with it. Should I route the waste pipe under the floor to match the position of the waste hole, or is it possible to reroute it above the floor, given that the tray will be installed on a...

I’ve removed my bathtub and currently have the hot and cold water pipes coming out of the floor. I’m planning to install a shower tray and a thermostatic shower. However, I’m unsure what to do with the exposed pipes. Should I cut into the floor and move the pipes behind the wall, or would it be...

What is the best way to lay tiles on chipboard flooring in a bathroom?

I’m renovating my bathroom and installing tile backer board on several walls where tiles were removed. These walls are in and around the shower. There are two other adjoining walls with moisture resistant plasterboard. Should I remove the plasterboard from these walls as well, or can I leave...

How to plumb a heated towel rail to these pipes?

How to plumb a heated towel rail to these pipes?

Hello - I have hit a bit of a problem renovating my bathroom, the subfloor is rotten by the wall and the damaged piece of subfloor runs underneath the stud wall (isn’t damaged on the other side of the wall) would anyone be able to recommend the best way to fix this? it’s eventually going to be...

Hello everyone, I'm in the early stages of planning a kitchen extension to the back of my Edwardian mid-terraced house, which will inevitably impact the bathroom above it. The floor of my bathroom is sunken - ie there are two steps down from the door to the bathroom floor. In the course of my...

We are having the upstairs bathroom redone in our Victorian terrace. During the stripping back, a large chunk of plaster fell from one of the outside walls. It revealed what we initially thought were plant roots that had been growing in a cavity where the plaster had come away. We're now having...

Hi, I have recently moved house and I want to screw in a large set of bookcases into my bedroom wall. The problem is that through the wall is the bathroom and I am worried about hitting any pipes. I dont have any family members to ask for advice and so I thought I would ask here to make sure. As...

Hi Recently our bathroom shower has been leaking water into the hallway below (just a tiny bit of water randomly not everytime we shower). This happened over a year ago and we had a guy redo the sealant and it stopped. Today I finally got round to redoing the sealant. But as I started to remove...

Hello I’m rebuilding old stud walls in my bathroom, which will then be painted. I’m wondering if I need to plaster them, or I can paint straight on tape and jointed moisture resistant plaster board? If so, is there any special compound or tape I need to use? Or is there another way? Thanks

I have a 1933 house and had a new bathroom put in several years ago. It's been fine up until a while ago when I noticed a creaking sound when standing in the bath. Lately there's a couple areas on the tiled floor where it sounds like you're standing on a squeaky floor board and I can feel slight...

In view of the problems we've already had with the bathroom in the house we moved into last year, we're considering a partial re-jigging of the bathroom - refitting the bath and shower. The house is a fairly typical 3-bed layout upstairs: two large bedrooms along the party wall; a smaller...

Hi everyone! I’m replacing a broken extractor fan. It has three wires - T, N and L I understand this is because the old fan had a timer. My new fan only has N and L as it doesn’t have a timer. Do I need to: A) Put the mains N to the fan N and mains L to fan L, THEN put the mains T wire in...

Hi there, I have an inbuilt bathroom cabinet / shelving with a mirrored door. When I opened it the other day, the bottom hinge detached from the mirror. The other two are quite secure but also the door appears to have dropped slightly since. I’m unsure how best to reattach it. I think I will...

Hi all Our house currently has one bathroom, with the soil pipe directly next to it. We are hoping to create a small ensuite in the largest bedroom (toilet, shower, sink). The challenge is that this is on the opposite side of the house to where the existing soil pipe is. I'm not sure whether...

Heya, I want to insulate the ceiling in the bathroom, which is also the roof at the top of the building. Wondering what's the best option or if there's any special considerations for this scenario? Does there need to be a vapour barrier? (or use foil backed plasterboard?) The rafters are 100mm...

Hey all, Currently undertaking a complete bathroom renovation, stripping everything back and starting from the bottom up. It's an older wimpy no-fines house so the walls/structure isn't the typical brick or blockworks. The plan is to take down all of the plasterboard walls (the horrific...

Im about to rip out my bathroom for a new install. I dont know the state of the walls prior to removing as theres tile on tile. Preferably i would like to remove everything back to brickwork and start from scratch. Im looking for best way to prep walls and floor for tiling on both. Walls- am...