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I don't know.
Solid concrete floor with board on top.
If it's shifting because of movement I'm fucked.

It's more likely the grout dissolved and the glue did too.

Anyone want a 9ft wooden banister. Assume it came out of my Edwardian house when it was converted into two flats in the late 80s so has probably been in the loft for 30 years. Obviously needs a fair bit of TLC but seems a shame to chop it up and bin it.

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Grip-It fixings in black monday sale on amazon 44% off

Have used this extensively over the last few months in my house, they are really good, and that is a lot cheaper than any price I have seen.

All I saw was the hardboard. Had a similar issue with a wooden bathroom floor, tried a flexible grout but that failed too. Ended up replacing the tiles, and using BAL single part flexible adhesive and then BAL rapid mat.

Has anyone here ever tried restoring a pretty manky granite worksurface? Not sure if I just need to reseal it, or whether it perhaps needs grinding/heavily polishing in some peculiar way.

bathroom is getting done >2 years. It'll get the flooring done then...

If it's oils that have soaked into it you can use a number of techniques to try and dissolve the oils and then lift it out of the stone (sometimes impossible). If the surface has broken up it will depend on the type of granite. You might be able to polish it with a mixture of very fine grits (400 upwards) but it won't be easy. Resealing is required maintenance, depends on use but annually is not a bad idea.

Total kitchen beginner here. Can anyone suggest to me what material this worktop is? There's no visible joint at the L, is it one piece?

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@Hovis Could be Corian or something similar.

Thank you... It is general little white areas of discoloration... I am also not 100% convinced that it is granite :-) I don`t /think/ that it is synthetic

Interesting, thanks, never heard of that. Looks like it could be that. Is it possible to have a seamless L bend with laminate?

that is the strangest sink situation I have ever seen. Is that normal to expose the side of a top mounted sink like that?

Looks like a Butler/Belfast, no? In which case - pretty normal. Sometimes you can cut the work surface out at the front but most people leave a lip.

I've figured why the electrician has taken so long to come back to me - he's struggling to find a product that meets the spec.

Can anyone recommend the following:

Window mounted bathroom extractor fan, to fit 6 inch opening, with humidity stat and pull cord override.

Electrician says the only ones available are for kitchens and they look bad. I'm not convinced it's a problem- a fan is a fan is a fan, no?

Yeah, they're really good (so much so I invested in them ;p). Thought it was cheap so bought some to keep in the toolbox.

If you have stud walls in the house, then they're massively useful

Never seen one installed with a section of surface in front like that, looks so odd. Like a modesty panel in front of it has fallen off

https://www.airflow.com/Product-Detail/axial_fan17/240V-iCON-Modules/72687103/HTM-Module

Looking at putting a bike box out front at ours. Problem is there's a drain access point just where we'd want to put the concrete plinth to mount it.

We'll be drilling out existing concrete slabs and putting tiles down. Does anyone know how complicated a job it will be (for an actual builder) to move that access point?

Caulking - what should I be using, and do I just fill around the bits highlighted?

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Expanding foam.

Frame sealant, lots of types available, different colours or clear. If you find an acrylic one you can paint it, silicone will repel paint. If you use masking tape either side of the joint it will save you smearing it all over the mortar/woodwork. If you're painting the door afterwards you could try Zinnser 1 coat exterior gloss to make the job easier. I use 2 coats of it generally and it's held up well over the last few years, gloss is easier to clean and lasts longer.

If you are just going to stick a couple of tiles down, I think I have some bal single part left and a sucker to hold the tile till you get the height right. Have mapei flexible grout in a sandstone colour too.

Look on the Vent axia, expelair and manrose websites.