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Experimenting here with lime mortar mixes to do my flint infills. In the black bucket: 2 sharp sand 1 hydrated lime In the white bucket: 1.5 sharp sand 0.5 "orange" builders sand 1 hydrated lime At this stage it all looked a bit "white" to me still. Not sure if I want to match my brick mortar or contrast against it? The mix with the half of builders sand was to make it less white. I mixed both mixes up, left to stand for a few minutes then mixed again. Mixing....I mixed for about 5 minutes with the paddle in the cordless. Left for about 5 minutes then mixed again. Is that right? Little video: The mix above left, with the bit of builders sand in, is definitely more mortar coloured. This morning the tray mixes are setting but in no way firm/hard. In the plastic tray though moisture can't get out. Thoughts are maybe the mixes are too wet to set with? Planning this afternoon to drill a load of holes in the back of the pillar recesses, then put in rawlplugs. As I build the wall I'll put in a stainless wood screw to help the mortar key in.

There is an art to filing those threads square. I'm a dab hand at it! ? Brass splinters are 'orrible btw.

That looks like an issue perhaps where the trap seats inside the basin, top side. The rubber washers that come with the traps are basically generic and don't always fit the porcelain profile properly. I put them to one side and run "silicone" around the bit you push down from the top. Tighten everything up without turning the assembly, that's important as you want to compress the jollop rather than smear it too thin/out. Wipe the excess off with a baby wipe and leave to set. Done that on the kitchen sink, bath and basin. Only doing what @Nickfromwales told me! ? I've not yet settled on a "silicone" of choice for this. For the bath I think I used Sika EBT, for the kitchen No Nonsense white. When I redo I'll likely use BT1 or Forever White.

Pratley?

I'd have another Bernstein pan in a heartbeat. They offer what they term "NANO protection". https://bernstein-badshop.com/toilets/wall-mounted-wc

I wondered if the pipe is (also?) a tad too high, i.e the hole through the wall should have been drilled a bit lower? (Just like the one in my kitchen that slopes uphill a tad...don't know who did that... ?).

I'm surprised it went on for so long..... .....which is what @mrsmoldy probably said.

As in seen more than an Egyptian vet! ?

Being the operative word! It's penises btw. This one with a shelf to rest it on...

I'd have quite happily gone to the pub and sat drinking 3.8% session beer but nobody here wants to go ?. I don't want to be that sad middle aged git going to the pub on his own but it's coming! So instead I'm on this:

How about this seat adapter with inbuilt tackle rest? ?

Handy for seeing round the U bend!

So a well hung pan as opposed to back to the wall one then!

My mistake, I read it as threads, rather than posts that go on for ever and ever! ?

A constant source of embarrassment I'll freely admit. However, future archeologists will gaze in wonder at the fine detail underneath and thought that went into it all...as opposed to yours where they'll be erecting forensic tents!

As @pocster said, "requires no skill". Also a lot quicker and means you have more time to spend with SWMBO. I did mine all copper... & one soldered joint: The push on front panel with mine gives some flexibility depth wise as to how far in/out you fix the valve. It fits over the bits I'm pointing to: You can see the rubber seal inside the cover plate holes: The "horseshoe" of silicone, open at the bottom: I think @pocster had issues with his though?

This thread may help where @PeterW gives advice on "how to".

How about one of those Halloween window projectors that throw a ghostly image?

If I could just point out I am here and do have feelings.

Have a read here: https://www.pavingexpert.com/edging3

Bit of scrap ali sheet with the corners hole sawn out to cover the gate electrical box. Etch primed, to be rollered satin black to match the rest of the metalwork: The new work bench is proving it's worth...

Still performance related though? ?

True story. As a wet behind the ears 17/18 year old I was off to see an architect years ago called Richard Doon. My governor, straight faced said he knew Richard's brother Ben and I should ask after him. I did.

Bloody Hell, sulphur powder is something else! Drilled the handle out 5mm. Of course the long series drill wasn't long enough. Packed the drilled hole with sulphur powder. Tried heating the tang with the MAPP torch but it wasn't getting hot enough. Off to the BiLs and he got it to cherry red with the oxyacetylene. Pushed it into the handle and there was much smoke, flames and gas as the tang burnt it's way in. The smoke cloud got under the visor of my 3M Bionic mask...what fun! Tbh the original tang wasn't really long enough so I cleaned up an M5 bolt and the BiL gas welded it onto the tang. Gave the tang a quick coat of cold galv: A washer and nyloc then cut the excess off.

Wasn't that the foreign border Juan Buch?