Russdl

Have you tried approaching Sunamp directly? I believe you were screwed around a bit last year... They may be sympathetic.

That could explain it ?

@Onoff thanks for that, my searching failed to find that post of yours.

@nod you’ll obviously know best what you want from the interior layout and posting your thoughts here may well hone that. As for internal and external style and appearance it’s got to be Google images/Pinterest/Personal preference/Local influences and vernacular I guess.

@nod are you talking the internal design/layout or the external appearance?

@Russell griffiths thanks for that. I’ve got 16mm of thread exposed and that thread extender doesn’t seem to offer much more so I’m kinda hoping 16mm and that thread sealer will see me right. With the CT1 filling the hole then I’m fairly confident that any failure will be evident on the front of the tiles and not quietly dripping away down the back.

So I saw, I was somewhat taken aback!

@Russell griffiths I got the Screwfix version as I couldn’t find any of the Locktite stuff. Reviews seemed good, fingers crossed and all that.

Cancel request. I managed to get some expanding foam in there without pumping it all down the boss so hopefully I’ll be able to continue a la @Russell griffiths previous instructions once the expanding foam has cured. Or does CT1 eat expanding foam alive and I’ll be back to square one? I’m only left with 16mm of the brass fitting sticking out of the wall. Is that more than enough?

@Russell griffiths I have a challenge for you! The front face of one of the boss’s is 30mm behind the front face of the tiles. So it’s actually behind the plasterboard to which the tiles are attached. If I were to try to fill with CT1 it would just disappear into the void behind the plasterboard. Any top tips for a situation like this?

? We had a few objections from neighbours who, to our face, were ‘on side’. It was the standard “we don’t like the look of it” stuff which didn’t affect our application. The conservation officer did and it cost a hefty packet to put him back in his box. One of the neighbours has said of our house that’s it’s like a dark cloud has descended on the village. Others love it. Hence we call it Marmite House.

@Russell griffiths thanks for that detailed instruction, very helpful. As it is when water drips from the boss’s it is dripping behind the tiles so whilst I would have filled the gaps I wouldn’t have done it in such an effective way as you describe. Brilliant. There really is no such thing as a stupid question it would seem ?

Thanks all. @markc Maybe the boss’ are too far forward, I’ve got another problem with a different shower head, it’s one pice and threaded so no adjustment and I can’t quite get it vertical. I guess I just lop the end of that as well. @joe90 yep, there is a little grub screw that holds the hand shower bit all together.

It’s a hand shower attachment to go in the lower hole in the shower enclosure.

Working on the theory that there are no such thing as stupid questions. What should I do here? The brass thingy is in as far as it will go. When I fit the chrome thingy there is a gap. The obvious answer is that I just cut the brass thingy to the required length. Isn’t it?

At the very real and obvious intention of drifting this thread, please accept my apologies. Mods, deal with me as you see fit. The best thing the Austrians ever did (apart from kitchen hardware obviously, oh, and the Jaguar Ipace) was to convince the world the Hitler was German and Mozart was Austrian? ?

@joe90 That was my concern and as I live under a rock I’d never heard of those thread sealing gloops, looks like that is the way ahead.

So no votes for PTFE then. I've got loads of the stuff but none of this newfangled thread seal, off to Screwfix I go.

That’s a new one in me, Google it is. Ta ?

A shower head fixing question if I may. How do I fix my shower arm into the wall so that a. It never leaks. AND b. It ends up pointing in the right direction, namely down, when I’ve finished. PTFE and then more PTFE?

@ProDave God what a nightmare. We have thin coat render in places but used a different system so I can't offer any insight to what may have happened to yours. I hope you get a speedy and satisfactory resolution.

As @Vijay says, bioethanol fires, that's the way we're going. Real flickering flames, no chimney or dedicated air supply required, low heat output, easily switch on and offable, no ash and when things get tough you could probably drink the fuel.

Yep, did that (photo about 6 posts up there ⬆️ ) Thats the sort of numbers I was looking for, thanks @Carrerahill ? And those letters/numbers, thanks @PeterW

And he ain’t doing that! So warm white and that’s it? No other numbers and letters I need to know or any other specifics for LED’s on the floor behind a bath?

Two questions. We got the profile from the company in the link that @PeterW posted. Should it just be set in a bed of mastic, or is this another job for CT1? Biggest question is what LED strip do I get to fit in? It will be completely hidden by the bath, shining up a wall tiled in those marble effect tiles in the picture. I don’t really know where to start warm, cool etc etc. Any pointers?