I don't know whether people realise that it is nigh on impossible to keep most plants, that would normally grow at least 3 metres wide, as in the case of Pittosporums, narrow. You will have weekly pruning to consider if they are healthy and growing well. So I would not recommend Pittosporums for your spot unless you want the work. And Pittosporums have tiny leaves that are shocking around pools as they drop small leaves all year.

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GWA/Caroma make a range of toilet suites that have a flexible floor connection called flexilink for people retrofitting new toilet suites to old floor holes so I would suggest that you check out their flush to wall styles. The location of your wall tap may conflict with most flush to wall styles. Some plumbers may even install the suite off-centre to avoid relocating the wall tap! Your plumber would probably be happy to install your toilet hard against the existing skirting tiles and fill the gap around the edge with a bead of silicone, however I wouldn't be happy as it will look clumsy, get dirty and make it harder to remove the cistern lid. If it was my job I would do it properly, remove the plasterboard and tiles for the back wall, relocate the wall tap, add some noggins so that the back of the toilet cistern had something better to fix into than plasterboard, replaster, install toilet then retile skirting. Or retile the whole wall to above the top of the cistern, or even the ceiling, to provide a flush finish tiled finish for any future toilet suite changeovers. If you are spending good money on a flush to wall toilet and a plumber to install it then it is better to do it right without any regrets about gaps or dirty silicone. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls and Dr Retro Virtual Visits

We have a gas fireplace (fake) and are looking at putting an OLED 65 inch tv above this. Currently we have no mantle - will this be safe?