Onoff

Just a few of mine put to good use when I foam filled a upvc cill. It prevented the cill distorting at all. I like the screw handle, G clamp type as you can set them to just lightly "touch" the sides of the pieces you're clamping without squeezing in any way but still preventing movement. The orange "silicone gun" type, along with the Irwin esque types I suspect apply a constant force until released.

I can see how this bloke's neighbours might have complained and the council coming down on him: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1469925

What Geberit WCs are you having, the Aquaclean ones that wash and dry your ar5e?

He exists on this very forum, just say his name three times!

I've a selection of this type collected over the years, varying in size and quality. Can't tbh remember the last time I used them!

See my post above. Irwins are great, its the cheapo copies that go bang on me. The ones I pictured were Lidl Powerfix I'm sure. Same concept as the Irwins but I guess plastic insides. I'll dig the broken ones out and post a pic.

My original type. All metal & still using them. Have like a silicone gun construction: Lidls often have these in, cheap and sometimes quite long lengths. I've half a dozen for multiple clamp jobs: Avoid this type, they just break. Squeeze too hard and the mechanism goes "bang":

Real important to clamp if you're cutting thin sheet metal which can bang and clatter like a bast@rd if you don't. Another vote for Irwin clamps.

Mods will be along shortly if there's any justice. ?

I'm of an age where we were basically forced, butt naked into school showers after PE. My God it's how lasting nicknames were made. Thanks be I wasn't one of the "smaller" lads! ? Kids aren't made to shower now after PE. As for swimming it's a token shower, cossies on afterwards then shower properly at home. I think with mine they've only been used to the upstairs en suite shower probably 800x800. The new wet room with all the space causes them to suffer agoraphobia!

Just enough I guess to sense "loss" of supply. The 1M pot is for sensitivity.

Interesting point. First using it the wife & kids especially said they felt very exposed for want of a better word standing there showering even though door locked, blinds down so totally private. I'd wanted a wet room and rainfall head since having done long haul travelling for business years ago.

So where is it on your drawing? Not clear on your section drawing in any way shape of form as nothing labelled but is that gap above the slab where they intend putting the insulation?

Isn't it a building regs requirement to have a certain, minimum amount of insulation in the floor build on a new extension?

You must see that nods, handshakes verbal promises and agreements with no recorded, say emailed correspondence to back things up are a big issue here. You really haven't dotted and crossed everything as most people would. Be honest, has it worked out how you'd hoped?

Silent too!

That 2300mm is it from the existing upstairs ceiling height? I'm guessing it is but it should be clearly marked so there's no doubt. Theres no datum i.e an unequivocal reference point marked, to work from. Moving on...they need to block up the difference at their cost with blocks suitable for below ground, and infill accordingly. I wonder with all that accidental depth if you couldn't make use of it and put extra insulation in and maybe some UFH pipes...

Easy answers: "Yes Kev, like a sieve!" "Before @Onoff!"

SR-71? ?

Just wondering if the various window makers often mentioned on here offer anti collision systems...

I reckon something like 1.8m x 1.8m minimum for a wall less wet room corner. Live and learn! @Nickfromwales might have a take on that size? Saying that, well pleased with mine. It's manageable. Everyone loves it. Still need to do the non slip tile etching stuff some time.

The times I've been many metres up in a glass atrium, out of sight and sound harnessed up and quietly nodding off with my head against the glass waiting for my mate on the tea run, when a bird has smacked into the window, torn its throat out and smeared the window with claret. Certainly wakes you up. It's a big problem on commercial buildings. Ornilux glass has a built in film like cobwebs, visible to birds only. You can also add films like CollidEscape that do the same thing.

One option considered was to retain the original doorway where the wc is and take up some of the adjacent corridor with a fully tiled shower enclosure. The old doorway was where the dado rail is missing on the right. This corridor is in fact hived off of the room on the left.

It's nom 1.5m from the angled corner tile to the centre of the wc. Yes the wc lid does get a few spots on. Tbh splashes, if you're not careful go a full tile beyond the to-falls area. I did half anticipate this as said in the big thread a few times. There's double thickness studs as strong points behind the vertical mosaic strips to add double folding, glass doors each side maybe. I've proposed this but SWMBO and the kids love it as it is. As it stands it's a case of squeegee the floor after a shower then kick your towel around the floor to dry it off. (Easy now but when we're older?) The UFH once done should help.

That little circuit I posted with the 4" pick up antenna is indirectly coupled to sense the mains. Just dug out a random wireless doorbell. Main problem is even if you keep your finger on the transmitter (CR2032 cell) button it doesn't continually sound the sounder (2 AAs). Contactor might be overkill but first I found with an NC contact! ?