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Interesting detail I noticed today above the lintel atop the window:

It was a cleary failed attempt at humour using the analogy of the ExCel centre being only slightly smaller than @Big Jimbo's shed. I was initially going with "NHS Nightingale Removes Beds" but thought that in bad taste...

"ExCeL London (an abbreviation for "Exhibition Centre London")[3] is an exhibition and international convention centre in the Custom House area of Newham, East London.[4] Its 100-acre (0.40 km2) site.....

I was happy I tiled the floor first tbh. Meant I got a near perfect 1mm gap between the bottom wall tile and floor. I did though have to tape Correx sheets down on the finished floor and leave a nominal gap all round to do the wall tiling. Left me a bit to clean up around the edge.

Excellent points. I wish I had hindsight, I might then have started at the window like you say, dropped the pockets in line and the long dwarf wall/shelf to the right. Luckily all my tiles are stuck on with Blu Tack so I'll change it over the weekend... ?

That's it, nice subtle humour, you don't offend anyone then! ?

Yarp.

Oh, I don't know... ?

Didn't know you were Scottish...

At my 1st, mid terrace house, one neighbour had Redland tiles, the other Marley. My house was tiled in one or the other (can't recall which). So one side interlocked with the neighbour (different colour mind). The other side at the Marley/Redland join was just finished with cemented on ridge tiles. Originally the whole terrace would have been slated but as years went by successive owners reroofed with whatever. My house didn't have purlins to support the new, heavier concrete tiles! Should be a law against it all! ?

I like using this stuff for pretty much anything mortar or concrete related. On the back of the container is says it has de aerating properties which I'd agree with. Takes much less tamping and you don't get the bubbles you would without it. I wonder if this would assist? https://www.everbuild.co.uk/product/202-integral-liquid-waterproofer/ Guessing you used a black dye? What did you seal it with? @Construction Channel, didn't you do similar?

Nice. I couldn't see the edges on my phone. Did you vibrate the mix.

You didn't use silicone on the internal corners to produce a rounded top edge? Any mesh used?

Get some nice pv on the garage roof if you align it South.

I'm not sure if the blue circled / dotted joint is the dpc:

I'm thinking that the bathroom extension was done after the original house was built, then this particular suite fitted later. I'll have to have a look at neighbouring properties though since the 1860s there's probably been more than a few changes! Looking to replace the decking probably with some sort of pebbles in a pseudo French drain detail against those two outside walls. Maybe 150-300mm wide. Half a plan to remove those loose tiles and if the wall is OK, tank it then re tile. It might be as simple as the wall was painted before and they've tiled straight onto that. If that's the case I'll have to heavily key it I guess or sand the paint down/off.

Got some tiles loose/ falling off I'm going to try and fix: This is on a later, bathroom extension on an 1860s terrace. From the outside. That's the bathroom window above the garden box: Then the return wall: I was thinking the reason the tiles are falling off is a) because the decking is too high and b) maybe as the garden box is up against the wall. Expecting then to see major damp on the inside I removed the bath panel. Doesn't feel damp: Doesn't look damp: Maybe just poor tiling to start with?

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BT1 smooths fine with the Fugi tools as I've said.

Great shout, thanks. I'll probaby have to buy another trap as I've butchered this one. Maybe a telescopic one at that, as height's an issue.

It seemed to start to go on OK so I didn't try and nut it fully up until now. Zeems like @dpmiller hit the nail on the head that it's a Euro size.

And whilst I made a lovely job of thinning down the white male bit of the Floplast fitting to go into the grey female section: ...the big white nut on the P trap won't engage with the threads on the grey. Gets so tight then loosens. So you can't compress the black rubber washer...So it leaks: Bloody incompatible brands!

Why not stick half on with this and the rest with CT1. Like the Head n Shoulders advert!

Tbh I ran out of Grab n Bond so when it came to doing the tile reveal which was lined with 27mm Gyproc insulated pb, I used CT1, Sticks Like Sh!t, The Dogs B@llocks...whatever.