Nickfromwales

Wouldn't hurt TBH. Easier to do too.

I'd say that's a 3mm groutline and then the radius opening up.

It was until I tried cutting the first two tiles. .

Usually it's the only way. That was 1780mm wide, 1417 high at the left and 1410 high on the right so had a 7mm fall over the width, ( ceiling running out ).

Yup. A very large and well known kitchen supply company, that begins with an M, did a £30k kitchen at a customers house. They connected a new large 5-burner hob where the old range cooker was, so in essence, a like for like swap, downsizing the required volume of gas at that location. Electric ovens fitted in a tower opposite. Less gas being consumed, so the gas fitter ( IF one actually came to the job, which I doubt, ) clearly thought hey-Ho, no need to do any checks, gas rates etc, just for and FO. I called my GSR mate out as there was a U6 domestic meter there, and it was feeding :- 1x Baxi 40kw combi boiler ( main house ) 1x Ariston 28kw combi boiler ( garage / annex flat / beds it ) 1x Potterton 28kw combi boiler ( laundry room / annex 2 ) 1x 1200mm 22kw all gas range cooker 1x 9kw gas fire. Nearly twice what a U6 will allow to be connected to it. The 'gas fitter' also knew that there was a second kitchenette being constructed at the time ( so the new £30k kitchen could stay 'for display purposes only' ! ) and that that was also having a new 5-burner hob, further increasing the gas consumption. The house had been added to / extended / converted in every conceivable direction, with just any local idiot being employed to do the various bits of work. Not one of them ever stopped to say there should be a much bigger gas meter installed, and my mate just capped the meter until the rectification / upgrades to the gas were agreed. When this was pointed out, the customer was happy to remove one of the two satellite boilers and fit one big unified system. No electricity was involved, but also, truly shocking.

That's an Impey linear 2. Handset is going into a holster, not a riser rail. I haven't drilled the tile for it yet as the glass screen is still in Bristol being toughened. . Customer wants to see the screen in position before deciding the final location of the handset. I was shitting bricks fitting the 1780x1410mm mirror, with 3 pairs of holes in the left hand side for floating shelves It has two large demister pads on the back too so gluing it, holding it in position, connecting and feeding the cable into the wall as we went was a nerve-wracking event to say the least. My sparky mate and I breathed a sigh of relief when that was up and supported ( by the temporary screws, washers and open 20mm grommets you can see ). Used 5 tubes of mirror goop so it's nearly completely covered behind, less where the demister pads are. In the reflection you can see the Lithe Audio ceiling mounted speaker. Fantastic sound, loads of bass, and change of £170. Beofre anyone asks, the right hand pendant diffuser sadly didn't make it. RIP.

I've just finished this bathroom.... As its rectified edge porcelain, I used 2mm spacers. Was really peeved when I found every other floor tile had a 1-2mm 'hump' in the middle of each 600mm edge . Had to sit tiles alongside each other, dry, to ascertain which 'complimented' each other best prior to sticking them down, numbering them accordingly for reference. What an absolute bastard of a floor to lay. Grade 5 porcelain and a brand new £68 Rubi blade in my radial wet saw didn't last the job out. Not a single tile in that room would cut on my £360 Rubi scribe and snap cutter. Every cut, wet and slow. ??

The tiles he has are the large format mosaic-effect tiles with dummy grout lines pre-inserted. You don't even grout over them.

We have a saying..."they know enough to be dangerous". The 'best' thing I've seen to date, however, is a staff member in B&Q giving a young couple advice on how to connect the gas to their newly purchased kitchen hob. He got a flexible rubber hose, told them to fit that into the bayonet, then screwed a couple of fittings to the end of the hose and told them to connect that to the hob and they're away. . I then proceeded to interject and inform him that what he'd just told them to do was not only downright dangerous, and illegal, but also completely contrary to current regs / legislation. He didn't have much to say after that and I explained to the couple why etc, to which they put the stuff back. Another member of staff there, a good friend, is still Gas Safe registered, and doles out the correct advice....."don't touch it unless your a GSR fitter, simple". @iSelfBuild This is a very good thread, fortifying the need for periodic electrical testing / condition report requirements etc. @ProDave, do you think annual domestic testing will ever be legislation ? It seems madness that it isn't already. Funny how an HMO gets more scrutiny than say a domestic dwelling sleeping 5-6 family members

Fluke volts-stick for me too, but they should only be used to determine power present, not circuit dead. It sends a shiver down my spine thinking about DIY vs electricity. Last couple of kitchens I've done have had flexible 3-core cables 1.5mm2 feeding sockets with the source of power being the incoming side of the 6mm2 cooker feed at the cooker switch. 32amps available down an ~18amp rated cable, with the best ones where that small cable is later extended to feed another socket, found almost always where a kitchen had been DIY upgraded, new appliances added, but no electrical involved "because the FiL can fit a plug so we asked him to do it" . Literally, shocking.

Maybe I should be more subtle ? They're prob more like 4mm, with the wider appearance created by the rolled / radius'd edge of the tile that it's trying to mimic. Maybe put a couple of tiles down with blue tack and fit 3mm spacers, grout them and have a look. Clean them off before it cures.

? ? 5mm spacers should be abolished. Yuk. @Onoff, haven't you got a 'mosaic tile' going in? If so it'll have a pre-determined grout line, most prob 3mm. ?

You may have had lesser than 30ma ( milliamperes ) going through you, hence the RCD would not activate / trip. Rubber soled shoes, wooden floors etc all add significant resistance to earth, so you had an electric shock, but not enough potential to see you off .

Good idea to ping a comprehensive link ? As a quick fire safety point, one often overlooked, for anyone using a multimeter to check mains / where mains may be present: When you have the red and black leads, dont EVER put the red onto live first! That may back-energise the multimeter at 230v which will then be transmitted down the black lead thus making the black probe end live. You could inadvertently grab the end of the black lead and ZAP ?. Also, when removing the leads from the test points, always try to remove them both at the same time, unless your using the croc clip type where you remove the live first. Remember never to accidentally touch any metal casing either Note : Always assume both / either lead ends could become energised and don't let your guard down. Stay safe people .

Ouch. ? Did the RCD trip ?

It's very easy to get a house warm, but a bloody nightmare to keep it cool. Purely on the lesser amount of moving / complex components, I can't help but like Jason's setup. The CoP for DHW is an excellent bit of real life info, and equally impressive. Bigger house, bigger cylinder, ( if needs be of course ), and the figure should stay the same. A great blog entry Jason, many thanks. Nice to see all the neat copper work too

You've never had soup then ?

It's just the speed of tuning the mixes out that will kill it imo. Unless you have 2 mixers, someone loading the next mixer the second the first is full and turning them you'll never get any consistency. Given the importance of this mix I'd just buy it in, pay for the half hour extra wagon fee, and get the guy to dump into the barrows ( plural ). The mixes will need a long time to turn the concrete properly, so, unless it's a dumb slab, forget it. You'll be knackered halfway through the pour too, exactly when you'll need to speed up . Mini mix will do a cube no probs.

Which one ? Lol.

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Buy him some Lego NOW!!!! My favourite thing was going to my ( wealthy ) auntie and uncles every Boxing Day and opening my present. Always the biggest Lego technic set that ToysRus had to offer . I wish I was a kid again ?

I bet the young man is looking at the digger with baited breath.

Mowing the lawn has never been so much fun !

A couple of off-roaders . Look like fun. .

Much less, when you factor in lost time and the distraction. . Unless you KNOW you can win, and you can get your 'personal fees' back too. If this was £12k it would be very different.