Nickfromwales

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 !?!

Isn't that their problem not yours? Yes, sorry, just re-read this. So is the short & narrow connecting piece 22mm / 3/4"? If so I doubt you'll get much better, as the size of the tapping at the main will be no bigger.

If you ever do try to drill through toughened glass, please video it for my sick pleasure .

Happy days. You are now fully qualified. But now I've forgotten what the question was

Glass on 2 sides, or tiles 3-sides round with glass on the front only ?

Some waffle here.

Looks like 32mm MDPE x 15mm / 1/2" to the meter. Not usually a problem as the issue is the resistance of the ongoing pipe to the property.

Cracking price for brushless and 2 x 5 ah.

Its been said a few times here that a difference of 100mm or so in ridge height would not be argued by Planners.

Never heard of S size before tbh. If its a basin tap, its usually fit ( proportionate ) for a basin. If you dont want to limit the choice of taps, just order what you like with the rod at the back, and then bin it for a pop up or flip-coin waste. A drop of clear CT1 into the 'rod hole' stops water dripping down it during cleaning.

Nice blog, and an equally nice build for a renovation

Is that a tee your referring to? 25mm 'centre' eg 32mm through bore and a 25mm branch coming off at 90o would be called by the two ends first, then the centre, so 32x32x25 If your saying the supply pipe reduces in size then increases again, that needs sorting.

Cool. Now all you have to do is wipe that chuffing rise and fall malarky out of your mind and crack the feck on with boarding and tiling. If you stay focussed it can be done for xmas........THIS xmas. Imagine going in there JUST to jump in the bath with a beer and the bluetooth. FOCUS damnit. FOCUS!!!!

Here you go Dave 4 Lpm will have the girls out of the shower in no time at all

Some BS survey once quoted "Music in the workplace saw an increase in productivity of ~13%", so the radio should therefore reduce your slab to around 153m2 "Step away from the vibrating doo-dah".....Just pour and relax. Gravity, and the correct mix is your friend. ?

Could read...... "Maybe a vibrating plate would help f**k things up???"

Youll need one person mixing the slurry into a half full bucket, whilst you pour one. That'll take the ache out of backache. A bit anyhoo

Ok, and agree that there are problematic porcelains out there too. Its down to doing the legwork tbh. The Jura will let you know when its in need of sealing again usually, as the tile will start to absorb and retain surface moisture much more than when its sealed and the sealer is "intact". Nowt wrong with sealing once a year etc as tbh its just a lint-free cloth and a bit of elbow grease. An average bathroom floor should be cleaned and re-sealed in less than an hour or two. A good exchange here Lithofin And product info here