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  1. Nickfromwales
    Guess what I remembered I had a spare of in the back of the van this morning ? Bought 2 heat mats for a job ages ago and it came with a cheap controller so I shelved it in favour of a warmup 3ie. Multimeter time....fingers crossed. .
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    Id screw, not nail with brads tbh as the board screws may jack them off a bit as your boarding. You could even use a good wood glue and just cut a 4x2 the same length, propped off against the opposite wall or clamped, to ensure each one is flat, and stays flat. Better than screwing too, as with the thin ply you'll need to screw at at least every 150mm centre to ensure its fully flat ( in contact with the stud ). The only part of the Geberit frame that does anything fixing / structurally wise is the blue metal frame. Sticking strips of 9mm ply to the frame is perfectly fine . Leave it 100mm wide and you'll have less work to do, but even better still, can you fit an entire section of ply at the bottom half ( where the bog is fitted ) as that's where all the major stress will happen. Use S/Flex but a very thin bead applied to the metal first, spread with a packer to completely cover all of the face of the metal, and then another thin bead to use as a marker. Press the ply onto it gently and withdraw to see where the goop contacts the ply, then do the same with the packer so you have 100% contact and 100% guarantee of no voids. Fyi, on the last similar job I did where I had to ply the whole wall, I bought self cutting machine screws and uber fixed the ply mechanically to the lower section, and the same again at the top with half as many. That, with the bond, was like welding the ply on. OCD strikes again.
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    I'm buying the UFH probe tomw from Topps. The next time it'll be discussed 'a little further' before hand
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    Yes, i remember having to go to Cardiff to get to my nearest Maplin store, many moons ago.
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    PS, cheers Clive ?
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    Tom Whitehouse Electrical ( in the Swansea market ) is a favourite from my childhood. Just to let anyone know, I rang them pretty early into this thread and they said they no longer stock electronic components . Another victim of the online availability of such stuff, they now mainly do lighting, bulbs, and a lot of DJ stuff. I remember spending my pocket money there when I was about 10 years old and onwards. Crocodile clips, battery holders, and my favourite....LED's of every colour I could buy. I may well have been one of the few 10 year olds with access to a soldering iron ? I remember messing with a transformer in my mates bedroom, another electronics geek, and by sending 240v back into the secondary side we were getting an arc at around 4KV and were using it to cut through plastic spoons. How the fack were still alive I don't know.
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    I'm going with the UFH probe as they're nice and robust. Next time I'll not have this dropped in my lap so late in the job and it'll be a copper pipe . Ill order the PCB that you linked @Onoff as it's just a one trick pony. The eBay one seemed too complicated with its many buttons of tom-foolery and I'm not sure if it needs manual intervention after a power cut.
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    Its going down in that void. I can just about get the pipe stat springs on . The idea being if the thermistor fails the landing carpet is the other side and can be taken up to get to it in the next life. The white square is the SPEEDFIT pipe with the sun shining on it.
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    That would take the rebar to close to the surface wouldn't it?
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    Can you fix to the underside of the top 393?
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    I'll try the walnuts. . Apples sound good, I'm right pissed off with bananas now. I just thought about how I used to run rings around people, now I'm worried about the coroner cutting my leg off to count the rings to work out how young I died No more buying drinks, now its squash only. I'm saving a fortune too. With regards to this thread, being motivated is physical as well as mental do look after your body and your mind will free up too.
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    After realising I was heading for 14.5 stone, and not slowing down, I put my 35" snickers combats on and realised I had to struggle to get the button done up. Gadzooks! Ive ditched gregs for breakfast and substituted the morning "got to eat something, I'm staving" crave with a single fresh banana and a large yogurt. That gets me through to lunch, roll, crisps, another yogurt, and I've cut my portion size down. Portion size is the one that was killing me slowly, as I would happily eat enough for two, ( roast dinner hanging off the sides of the plate swimming in gravy and reminiscent of that scene out of Close Encounters where the mash is 2' high......,...), but now I eat what I NEED to eat, and don't put any more on the plate. Looking at food means you'll eat it, it's a proven physiological issue. Stick to the squirrel breakfast and keep a banana close by for when the munchies set in. "May the force be with you". .
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    Yes, I used that size kit with a Roman tray and it had good coverage tbh.
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    Mapei stuff is good gear . Used loads, especially their grouts and sealants .
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    Ive used that kit a good few times tbh, with great results. Only thing is after a quick scan it doesn't say that the membrane decouples. @ProDave, maybe ring their tech support as the price drop is significant .
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    That's a result right there. I'll see if I can grab one tomw morning and report back here. Tres bien x2 ? Thanks everyone for the input, much appreciated as always ?
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    Ok. As Chris Tarrant would say...."final answer" ?...... 22mm deck, sponged clean with a damp sponge. Primer as per Impey's instructions. Impey water guard membrane and strip / corners / butyl sealant as required. A good quality flexible tile adhesive. Tiles. Pub.
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    Sorry, the problem with me grafting whilst posting ? The membrane can be used to decouple, I forgot about that. I don't routinely use it as most bathrooms I do are way over the 5m2 standard kit. If your at 5m2 or less you can go straight onto the membrane. Sorry for the confusion ?
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    If it had a pipe connection I'd be fine, even a 2.5mm2 twin and earth going to it, but the electronics side does go beyond my station.
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    Tiling directly onto the deck is the biggest no-no in the history of tiling. The ply is used to bridge all the board joins and bind the floor, preventing lateral movement and the grout from failing. . Another option is to lay ditra mat ( the decoupling membrane ) and tile onto that. You'll only gain 4-5mm back though and it's not the easiest thing to lay. You have to get the adhesive like gum so the mat sticks to it and stays COMPLETELY stuck down and flat. I think I'd go 18mm OSB3 and 6mm ply to keep your threshold low. ?
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    Maplin have a 15kohm one ( cpc one in stock ).
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    You can easily go 22mm and 6mm if you want to shave another 3mm off. With what's been said, even 18mm osb and 6mm ply will suffice. What's the thickness of the flooring the room meets at the threshold?
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    Cant see the woods for the trees sometimes. Cracking idea as they're off the shelf at P.Ctr. ?
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    Maybe, yes. Just a thought. Maybe better to bond it for heatvteansfer, and use the pvc tape to hold it until the bond has cured ? How's that 12 ohms ( taken @18oC ambient ). I'd really like to just whack that in right now as it's stopping me plasterboarding. ?
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    Yes, Swansea.
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