Nickfromwales

Patch is not a word you want to use with any frequency when applying a waterproof membrane

Not at all, of course fit the flashing ! CT1 will sort any suspect areas out after the final install is complete. A bit of reinforcement in the obvious ares where / if necessary.

Which is why CT1 was invented

I'll post in a bit re the hot return, but you don't necessarily have to redo all the runs, there is a middle ground If you have PV then a hot water cylinder is a no-brainer. Attics no problem. You can get a horizontal. This house had 4kwp PV.

Who's telling you that? Do you already have PV?

One layer on front, don't do a sandwich.

No way to cook the motor, it would shut off if I'd didn't like what it was doing. More consistent drilling speed, better ( seemingly ) battery life, and the single battery sds was lighter than the 36v but I'd say not any less powerful. I don't know if the 2x18v ( aka 36v ) drill was supposed to be a big boys drill, but I very much do NOT rate it. Where my BL one would just stop, the 36v has now developed a bit of slack in the gearbox and now needs overhauling to stop it crunching, like it's missing a tooth on a gear. BL also never need the brushes or armature replacing so your only ever into triggers then too. '''Tis the future my man. My kit will now be upgraded bit by bit to BL whilst my brushed stuff is still working, serviceable and saleable. May well start with that BL 2x 5ah kit.

I'd go brushless and add a battery. I sold my single battery, brushless, drop-handled SDS 18v when a brushed 36v ( 2x18v battery ) one was offered to me nearly new, and regret it deeply. The brushless performance was measurably better, even with one less battery.

Game, set and match .

Just bring it across the face of everything so all the pipework is behind it, otherwise your pipework will be cutting through it a few times. 04th June today, so 6 months + 2 week contingent to be done by ~ December. Let's get cracking!

Alpha iirc we're one of the earliest manufacturers who promoted flue heat recovery. Firstly they were a sit-on-top box but now are integrated. It's all still quite new, so I'm waiting for a bit of feedback before heading down that route TBH.

I feel an abuse of power coming on. .

6mm for a door like that is not a good idea. 8mm minimum afaic. The sheds sell framed side panels as thin as 4mm and 6mm, but that is THIN. Too thin for a swung door IMO. Playing 8 million cube pick-up with bare feet won't be good.

He'll be along in his own good time. . In the meantime, it looks like we need a distraction........

Ok, so I like a bit of entertainment.....sue me

Been done plenty of times, with the likes of Merlyn and Roman. Hinged panels and no mechanical ( anti-gravity ) contact with the floor. Agreed, if you buy one of the better ones but then fix it to thin air it won't stay there for long.

I'd keep your head down for the next 15 mins It all begins here.....

And that was just the agent

If you want to shower your builder then perhaps a chat about his personal hygiene should be further up your list . I have never done, or rather been asked to do, a bespoke glass panel that swings....such as @ProDave's planned arrangement. They've always been manufacturer supplied to suit other than wetroom panels. If the glass Co weren't up for fitting the hinges to the glass I'd never even start the process, as when they cut and drill the glass it's yours, right or wrong, if you've given them the dimensions / templates etc. That just cost me £160 for a bespoke mirror where I held the tape measure at 100mm from the beginning ( to get an accurate mm perfect measurement thus discounting the wobbly metal tape measure end bit ) but then forgot to take the 100mm back off in my drawing. Feck. Yes, all panels otherwise get clear CT1'd to the floor / tray intersection which normally suffices. Most tray / glass combos direct from the manufacturer will instruct you to do the same, or they will give you a small chromed horse-shoe shaped retainer that gets screwed to the floor or tray and stops the end of the glass from moving. In this situation I'd go for a fixed panel about 600-700mm and a hinged door off the end opposite the shower, or an 800mm panel and a 300mm flapper panel. These were essentially bifold flappers, and joined with a magnetic strip to form a cubicle. Been in two years with no complaints, and that shower gets used about 6-8 times a day, every day. Or to be more precise, anything cheap and unfit for purpose . The glass bifolds in that pic were £500 a side and you could tell. Rock solid, accurate rise and fall hinges that positively 'parked' in the open and closed position etc etc. If you want to go cheap, do it elsewhere. The shower and the cubicles take an unrelenting beating all of their life. Don't buy some Chinese crap and then go crying about it .

They do move if you haven't put a dedicated pair of 4x2's in where the screen gets fixed . Results are achieved by design, how else do you think bifold doors stay on .

For every 1 tidy tradesperson there are 10 piss-taking arseholes who own tools but don't know how to use them. My biggest frustration ( on the customers behalf ) is trades who have no concept of follow on trade to trade continuity, and whom just do the job to suit getting back in the van the quickest. Plumbers who clip pipes and fit sinks to untiled or even unplastered walls, electricians who run 25 vertical chases in a kitchen first fix so you can't even DREAM of fitting a wall bracket as the spark doesn't have any concept of 300 / 400 / 600 mm modular units and the safe bit in the middle, plasterer's who put more plaster at the edges and bottoms of the walls than is in the middle, just cos it's easier not to lay on evenly when bending or reaching, the list goes on. I feel for those who don't know what to ask or what signs to look out for in order to spot a wanker before they can do any more harm. I get VERY pissed off when I get called out to a £20k wetroom ( that's falling apart because it's been fitted by a blind, pissed psycho with a £15 B&Q degree ) and offer to redo the whole room, supply and fit, for less than £6k, and the husband ( accountant ) and the wife ( solicitor ) look at ME as if I'm trying to rob them, JUST BECAUSE THE LAST PRICK ACTUALLY DID ROB THEM, and send me packing. So yes, trades can be @@@@@ and your rant is with merit. Fill your boots lad, fill your boots.

The question is do you give the hinges to the glass Co for them to template and drill? Youll need a small gap as the glass can NEVER touch the floor. Also you ideally would want the shower tray / wet area to be outside of the glass so the inevitable splashes that would get underneath still find their way, naturally, to the drain. You could fit a small deflector trim at the bottom of the glass which would reduce that significantly, and they're cheaply and readily available so you can change it later if it gets worn.

Nice way to approach the elderly. Would have been nice to record that and go to the media with it. ?

Bugger. Was just about to merge this with the amputated toe thread ☹️

Me too. Letters, then calls, and then a bombardment of texts.....how did they get my bloody mobile number !?!