Super_Paulie

Sainsbury's own good enough for ya?

Proof is in the puddin, this thing isn't leaking even though it's under water. Overthinking things as per.

In reference to my last post there. VID_20260617_174608.mp4

i inherited a table saw at work. It was totally obvious that i would end up losing a finger by using it every day so i got rid of it and got a dewalt chop saw and a dewalt track saw. Never looked back.

countersunk screws in flange fouling on tray mating surface. Use a file to take the tray down in these locations? only a few mm. Why is nowt easy.

i guess im open to offers on which one... the "top hat" one is quite loose fitting around the middle shaft (too tall for the trays depth) unless i add in one of the additional seals underneath the bottom side it to pad it out. So it comes with 3 seals, rough image attached. The first 2 are i guess a set of one for the top and one for underneath. The third one is the one in the picture above, the "all in one" described as "alternative seal H". Bizarrely i cant find any real reference or pictures of the 2 seals, i wonder if they have stopped shipping the trap with the two options now, i got mine from ebay instead of off the shelf, could have been old stock but it is referenced in the paper manual that came with it as "alternative seal H". Ideally id not have a top seal at all to keep the flange as flat as possible but if i need it then so be it, being bombproof takes priority for this. To add further issues, the counter-sunk screw holes in the top metal flange obviously direct down over which means it doesnt drop in totally flat. Id have to file the tray away at the points the countersunk sections sit, just a few mm)

it seems pretty important in this instance, the trap doesnt have a screw in central funnel from top to bottom but looks more like it relies on the seals. The bottom seal looks like it does the brunt of the work to me? Id ditch the top seal and use CT1 I'd imagine as well, as I'd want it as low as possible in the recess.

Incredibly I've been able to do this. 18mm/m fall on that back wall, more like 25mm/m on the long run. Cut the stack down and add in the boss. Toilet branch to go above it and then another for the sink, all on their own branches. Beer time.

I'll be getting pretty much through the P5 by the time I get to near the trap but then I can step down to 40mm for that last 300mm which gains me back some height. I was then going to rely on the 6mm ply to bridge it over.

Scrub that, I can get an 18mm fall over 1m if I route out the underside of the chipboard floorb to accommodate the diminishing waste. The whole floor sinking onto the beam meant I needed to use full length shims to level it, meaning "I gained" 25mm (ish) on the ends of the joist to notch into. But even so I still had to go 30mm into the last joist when regs say 21 max. Nothing going in that corner so I'll take my chances, there are bigger notches all over this first floor from previous owners efforts. @Mr Punter I'd prefer not to go that route if possible.

I can do it, but for that last meter towards the trap my fall is only around 10mm. The rest of the run is a normal fall, 25mm a meter (or more) for 2m.

I could, but I'd be losing more joist than I'm comfortable with... Or just cut the thing and move on? It's pretty much at the very end of the joist, bang up up the wall pocket where I'm cutting.

Turns out I'll have to run the first 1m in 40mm before upping to 50mm, just can't get the room. Not ideal but I assume this will be better than running it all in 40mm?

What's your take on this @Nickfromwales? CT1 on the trap rim, add the seal, then a bolt load of CT1 on the seal to fill in all that irregularity. Then bring that up to the tray and screw the top clamp ring in bringing the 2 together? There's a top seal as well, not sure that's necessary. Or use that "all in one" seal which came with it, described as "an alternative seal" that seems to traverse from top to bottom, essentially 2 seals joined together with a middle section, I'm sure you'd have seen them. The trap is McAlpine low profile.

Did you use the alternative seal like in the photo or just the 2 singles can you recall?

Actually it looks like this "alternative" flange that came with the McAlpine might make the underside a non-issue?

Shower tray from Victoria Plumbing. Under the waste is dog rough, will the seal be ok on this with enough CT1 on the rubber? Trap is McAlpine.

My whole place is JG, (with collets), no problems so far but I guess it's early days. If I could go back I'd use Hep but it's too far down the line now.

with your mixer at 25 and the boiler at 60, does it not short cycle straight away or do the rads come on at the same time? id just leave it at 45 and then whack it on for an hour every few hours.

apologies 🤣 So i have this straight, XPS board, dabs on the board as opposed to the wall, dab about the back but away from the edges. Push that plumb, when its gone off drill through the dabs in various places. Sound about right?

Seems quite faffy, especially with the small size of the individual backer boards... Should I just batten it out with 2x1 and be done with it? No pipes or anything else on that wall, it's back to brick and just needs to be tile-able and not eat into the already tiny room.

i was planning on doing this, albeit through 40mm oak but sacked it off as the charging speed was a snails pace. Especially when its about a foot away from a fast-charging socket which charges at about 20 times the speed, didnt make any sense to do it.

There is no EWI, it's a cavity wall though. So direct connection to the wall with say 12mm XPS backer board is my best option here?

Good evening my friends. As the football is over and my working year comes to a close (university) it means I can get down to business so I'm ordering my supplies. My shower will be pressed against the only external wall in the room, it's currently back to brick so I was going to backer board that wall, the type with the foam core. I'll just MR board the rest of the room. The room is very small, any centimetre gained is a bonus. What are my options at the shower area, tile adhesive, foam directly to the wall followed by screws and washers? Cut my space loses, batten the wall out with 20mm deep battens and go against that? If so, insulation between said battens? Sack off all of the above, MR pasteboard and tank? Opinions welcome.

hard to argue that it doesnt work well either. intumescent paint test