bathroom

I'm remodelling my first floor bathroom and lifted the chipboard floor to find a load of small stones. An internet search suggested it my be Vermiculite and that it might not be that good for me if I breath in the dust. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of this and if it is dangerous...

Hi All Helping an elderly neighbour of mine. When she uses the handwash basin in the bathroom (1st floor, back of house), quite a bit of water is leaking out from the exterior pipe that runs into a drain. I haven't been able to get onto a ladder to get a closer look, just got a few pics from...

Hi, I live in Glasgow in an old tenement building, top floor (2nd floor). I want to get my bathroom renovated, but I'm concerned about the ceiling and ventilation in the bathroom. On the ceiling I have wooden planks and believe there is a cavity between the ceiling and loft to aid...

Just started watching the following video, where it is claimed that the plastic bit in the string of pull cord switches is for insulation purposes and thus is a safety device. I can understand this if true, although is new news to me. Any truth to this, have you heard this before, and is there...

Hi there! I've recently managed to strip the majority of paint from a flaking and peeling bathroom ceiling that contained 2-3 paint layers in some areas. After stripping away the paint, I can see that the previous ‘painter’ painted over mould in some areas, however filler was added in areas to...

Dear All, I put ad on RatedPeople to renovate my old en-suite + new toilet/shower in Outbuilding. This tradesman came on 12th July and gave quotation + 5* ratings + reviews + previous work photos. I was impressed and he pushed that he can start now only because he is booked till October fully...

I am looking to install a a couple of niches in a bathroom and bedroom. I have a picture of the type I want but I can't find it. I tried searching for "bathroom niche" but all I can find are frames, which need to be tiled over. The one I want seems to be a complete unit, possibly oak veneer and...

We suspect that one of the toilets (en-suite) in our flat has been built without building regulations approval about 8 years ago (by previous owners). Our freeholder now understandably requires us to check the works have been done to a good and safe standard, and we’re having to apply for a...

Hi, we have a HiB bathroom cabinet with light, demisting, usb and shaver charger points. All of these have stopped working bar the shaver charging point. Its just over a year old. Any pointers as to what may have failed, seems odd that the shaver point still has power but nothing else has...

Hi I wonder if anyone can help. I have a problem with my bathroom light which has been fine for the last 4 years. the lightswitch is located outside of the room (important or not?). When switched on the light activates as does the fan as they are on the same circuit. Most recently when the...

Hi all, I am moving some downlights in the Grandparents bathroom to inside a new shower cubicle. Old mr16 downlights from zone 2 have got to go. In the situation we are having i cant find any 12v ip65 downlights anywhere. toolstation had a clearance and not to be restocked. 3 options i thought...

Hi everyone, I’m currently renovating a small shower room (2m x 1.7m) and have taken it back to brick. I’m getting different information in relation to the best way to go about plastering. The walls will be half tiled and half painted, with the tiles being approx 30x10 in brick formation...

I’m stripping our bathroom and found that behind all the layers of skin and tile over the years, we have lime plaster on the external solid wall. My initial plan was to just leave it be, but annoyingly it is blown from about 300mm above where the top of the new bath is going to be. The wall is...

Hi all I’m hoping somebody can help? We have a towel radiator in the bathroom (pictured) which is leaking from the top right valve. Obviously with current COVID restrictions we thought we would have a go ourselves. Can you please advise the steps we would need to take ie what do we need to turn...

Hi after some advice on what would be best to solve the hairline cracks which keep appearing in our spare bedroom. I sanded them down the other year and filled but they've come back,i think i tried caulk last year.The worst is the spare bedroom where the crack goes the entire length of the wall...

Hugely annoying issue which stops this shower from working and I wonder if anyone can help as I have no bath and no other shower :( There is a dual controller for the ceiling fed or hand held parts of this digital shower which has two buttons on it (to select ceiling or hand shower) and...

A little while ago I had my conventional boiler upgraded to a combi. Since then I’ve encountered several problems with my plumbing. One issue is that since the upgrade, my mixer tap in the bathroom has stopped giving hot water. I pointed this out to the plumbers that upgraded my boiler before...

New tiles on bathroom floor, a couple of days old. The floor tiles are not perfectly level but very close. I've noticed the grout is several mm below tile level, between tiles and at some wall area. It is deeply ressessed where the wall and floor tiles meet and missing behind soil pipe. Also...

Hi all, Newbie poster here, renovating my bathroom. Currently I have 2 hot & 3 cold supply lines, bath, sink & toilet. I'm adding a shower to the room so need an additional hot & cold supply for the shower riser, boiler is a combi. Is it as simple as splitting the supply into the sink...

Hello people im re doing my entire bathroom and i have a plumber coming next week to fit new bath and floor standing vanity unit and sink.the room is stripped,im in a position to quickstep laminate floor in this room.i dont know weather to floor the entire room now or wait till the plumber has...