Nickfromwales

There's a rubber o-ring in the hand spray receiver and the end of the hose is conical, so when the handset is replaced into the receiver the weight of the handset presses against the o-ring and water can then only collect there, fill up and flow into the bath. Thats the theory

I fit a lot of those 3 and 4 tap hole arrangements with the retractable shower spray and they're quite popular. Different horses for different courses. .

Nope. I'm a simple chap, just some pics of the finished bath tap install. . Some pics of the showers / Wetrooms too please.

Why not make a timber sled and hire a turfer winch? Get a few hands to the pump and heave the bugger around? Make a timber steps with the last one level to the threshold and then lever it into position. Whats the likely crane and associated costs to be?

How far does it have to move after it gets off the hiab?

That's NOT a garage.....that's a car house.

Start doing some ground work hobbles with the digger. Will get you out and you'll get to hit other people's stuff with it whilst learning ( instead of your own ) . In the words of the late Ronnie Barker..."Don't let the bastards wear you down". If you need a distraction, you can think of something innovative to stick in @Onoff 's bath tap holes. Ive heard there's a prize for best idea

Low profile taps look the best option. I'm kind of with @ProDave tbh, the blanks will look less than awesome..... But, it's your bath and it's only you that needs to be happy with how it looks. If you can accept blanks, so can we. .

Sorted One for shampoo and one for conditioner. Is this helping at all ?

These with a bit of CT1?

Just get a bath with smaller holes ?

Looks good. +1 on shifting the sink and going for a nice big shower. Either way you go, I'd avoid a quadrant cubicle like the plague as unless your spending out on a very good make they're usually falling apart after a few years and the seal where the two doors meet is right opposite the spray so a nightmare if you accidentally bump into the doors and open them slightly ( more so when you haven't realised ). Go for a square or rectangle and either an infold ( bifold ) or a slider. Pivot doors and quadrants are the ones to stay away from in my experience.

Some pictures would round this off nicely

Water based doesn't yellow like oil based does, but my go to man for final decorating uses oil. He's a true perfectionist and his work is immaculate, preparation taking up more time than painting of course. Water based doesn't 'flow' and settle like oil, as in the brush marks stay in the paint far more than with oil. A way out of that is to roller the panels and only cut / brush the detail where it's not so apparent. Fwiw, I hate gloss and went for the water based stuff for the woodwork in mine and it's been on for 4 years and is still brilliant white. Dries super quick and no lingering horrible 'back-of-the-throat' stench that you get with oil. As long as your painter ( ? ) understands that oil gloss is a shine NOT a build then you'll get a good result either way. The primer and under coats being built up accordingly is absolutely critical to get the foundation all uniform, flat, and, most importantly, white PRIOR to the final gloss top coat going on. You should not be looking at all for getting colour coverage from the gloss, if your chosen colour is white, it should simply be to put a shine to it so you'll need far less gloss than most would apply. Good quality undercoat is your friend, and that, after you've primed and rubbed that back a little first, is the layer you should look to get as flawless as possible so the gloss just lightly flicks over the top. Toupret is the filler you want. Fantastic stuff.

Agreed. This doesn't sound like it needs BR involved though, and an annoyance that someone would make you do things a particular way IF you chose to make an improvement when they haven't recommended or enforced that improvement in the first place.

From a practical point of view, even as little as a 40mm board ( 9.5mm plasterboard and 30mm EPS ) will make a huge difference. Big consideration is making sure to foam the bottom and top thoroughly to stop convection air flow behind the dabbed boards.

If it's a silicone, you can get silicone removers. You ( ideally ) need to physically remove as much as possible first ( with a non-metallic scraper ) and then use the remover for the residual sealant. CT1 Multisolve spray is good. Just spray it on and leave for 5-10mins and then use a cotton cloth to rub it away. That process should avoid scratching as much as possible.

Plus one on liquid DPM and then dot and dab EPS backed plasterboards onto the 'cold' / external or non-cavity walls. The issue is probably warm humid air hitting the bitterly cold and unventilated areas, such as the backs of the units and plinth level etc.

I did a job with Coombs in both the front and rear bedrooms upstairs, so one per square room. I decided to make them more pronounced and then fitted some small semi-recessed, frosted, low wattage lighting into them. 4 lights over 5m worked well. 'His and hers' switches by the bedside cabinets so the room only got light slightly when the the main spots are not necessary eg getting up for a nighttime jimmy etc.

Couldn't sleep . Loads of work on and the personal organiser in my head decided to switch on at around 03:30 this morning. Pro.....I know exactly what I'm doing today and in what order Con....too tired to do any of it Thank crunchie it's Friday.

If your on about the 'pin' then yes they screw in, but it's sometimes also the way that the chrome control disc / dial gets held on. Other method, which you'd need if you wanted to remove it long term, is that a hex drive grub screw gets tightened to retain the chrome dial and then the pin has a female thread that then screws hand tight onto the remaining exposed thread of that ( long ) grub screw. You could order it, have a look, and return it if it's unsuitable.

Do any deter great crested newts?

Dont beat yourself up, let me try " indoor pool with swimjet "...... ( That'll take the heat off you Peter ). Hi, and welcome Brisney, just need to make sure my ipad doesn't call you Britney

Another good, but rare, example of you being 'allowed' to make your own home the way you want it, for you to live in accordingly. Sounds a good result dave.

Go for two deck mounted taps, but low profile, and the flush filler that I used. The taps would be better against the wall TBH.......... Make your bloody mind up . I've turned your bath around in my head so many times now I'm dizzy.