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Measuring and experimenting with different layouts and planning meticulously definitely pays off when it comes to bathroom design. The requirements of a small en suite or cloakroom will be very different from those for a big family bathroom so keep in mind the number of people using the room and when. Sketching a scale plan will help to plot a rough layout: remember to include immovable features such as doorways, windows or chimneybreasts. In any bathroom project, it’s important to think about the focus of a room and where to place everything to make the best use of the space. Plan your heating and lighting early , too, as these will need to be installed before the flooring and sanitaryware. Other things to consider are water pressure, your hot water system and where the soil stack is situated, which will affect your plumbing choices and where to place fixtures and fittings. If installing a wet room, where the shower water drains away through a tiled floor, flooring will also need...

Key areas of insight include: Internet market size by product sector - overall growth rates in recent years and forecasts to 2020. The UK has the highest rate of online purchasing in Europe, driven by faster broadband internet access and increased confidence to buy online. Almost 40 million UK users access the internet every day. With the roll-out of the 4G network across the UK, the number of consumers using a mobile device has nearly doubled in the last five years. Around one third of users now regard their smartphone as the most important means for going online. The market has continued to consolidate with the leading specialist players taking greater market share . However, there remain a large number of smaller specialists operating in addition to multi-channel non-specialists. Key online players - market shares of leaders - split by specialists and non-specialists. Detailed market data and insight on the internet plumbing and heating market by AMA Research, a leading UK...

At the Torresdale home of Paul and Heather Owens, the renovation is well underway: a two-story addition with a bathroom that meets disability access standards . It even has an elevator. All that work is necessary because a year ago, another elevator — this one in Center City — lifted off at high speed, rose 15 stories , and exploded into the concrete ceiling of its shaft at the top of Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center . MARGO REED / Staff Photographer Paul Owens of the Sheriff’s Office and his wife, Heather, stand behind their home, which is being renovated to accommodate his disability.  Owens, then a sergeant in the Sheriff’s Office, was alone in Car 2B as it sped at more than twice its rated speed of 350 feet a minute. “I grabbed the railing, and I just remember holding on,” Owens, 49, said last week at his home, his first interview since the accident. “After that, I don’t remember anything until I woke up in the hospital.” ...