bathroom

I’m in the process of install a mixer shower and trying to decide to use copper or plastic push fit pipes feeding into the shower plate. The house has plastic pipes in most places. Does it matter which one I use?

I'm having a toilet installed in a large cupboard under the stairs to have a second loo which is much needed in this house, got quotes from several plumbers that it should be possible with a tiny WC and tiny sink on top of it. One recommended this combined loo and sink...

Where do you typically position mixer showers? I'm installing a 760mm shower tray against an 800mm wall and want to place the mixer bar exactly in the middle between the shower screen and the opposite wall. Given that I’m at the first fix plumbing stage before plastering and tiling, what’s the...

I’m planning to install a shower tray in my bathroom, which will require cutting into the chipboard flooring to route the hot, cold, and waste pipes. I’ve identified where the chipboard is nailed to the joists, which run north-south (circled in red in the attached image). Could anyone advise on...

I’m installing a shower tray on a wooden frame and need advice on routing the hot and cold water pipes to a thermostatic shower. Should these pipes be routed under the floor, or can they be routed within the frame itself, entering the wall directly through the wooden base plate?

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’s the best to tile a bathroom chipboard floor? I’m thinking of using tile backer board?

How to plumb a heated towel rail to these pipes?

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...

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...

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

Hello, I’m trying to cap off some bathroom pipes but need to turn off the water supply first. The steps I’m taking are: 1. Switch off water stopcock under sink 2. Switch off Worcester combo boiler from the switch (as shown on the left of the image) 3. Run taps to drain water from system 4...

Hello, I'm currently renovating my house and we've reached the bathroom stage. We've had several plumbers come by to quote for removing the bathtub and installing a thermostatic shower/shower tray. Unfortunately, none of them have followed through with quotes or showed up for the job. Given...

Hi all, I saw a cool idea recently for a frosted "porthole" within a bathroom door to be able to easily if someone was in there with the light on. Anyone know where this can be bought from? Searching door portholes online give a load of results for normal/fullsize portholes - whereas I only...

Hi all, Renovating my first home and I’ve run into an issue. Ordered a load of wall panels for the shower over bath but they turned up damaged. Really need to get moving on the bathroom so looking for other solutions. I don’t think paint alone will cut it and there’s a new partition wall so...

Hello, I'm currently renovating my house and we've reached the bathroom stage. We've had several plumbers come by to quote for removing the bathtub and installing a thermostatic shower. Unfortunately, none of them have followed through with quotes or showed up for the job. Given the situation...

Hi all We've remodelled our ensuite and all was going well until I needed to remove our shaver socket and thinking it ran off the ceiling rose, it doesn't. I've located where it enters the room from an inaccessible roof void and assume it comes off another light but not entirely certain when I...

I noticed a pool of water on the floor under the toilet cistern in the house we recently moved into. I've had a look and there is water dripping down from the copper pipe joint that fixes to the screw thread of the cistern. Is this likely to be an issue with the cistern or the copper pipe...

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...