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YES THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF SHARP POINTY PRONGS THAT EASILY TAP INTO CHIPBOARD. AS I SAID BEFORE YOU COULD BUY ONE V GRADE T&G CHIPBOARD FLOORBOARD AND RIP INTO STRIPS. PAINT BLACK? As I think I said before I've a bunch of magnetic catches that might work I was going to use for the removeable bath panels but with the tiles they're too heavy. You're welcome to them. Tbh they're getting in the way. These: https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Access-Panel-DIY-Kit-Make-Your-Own-Any-Size-Tiled-Control-Hatchmu1/1762505231? PM your address and they're yours.

@zoothorn, you need to cut the plinths just right height wise. I cut mine a bit tight. Broke a bloody nail getting these pics!

I WAS going to have 4 deck lights along the side of the bath panel down low along the floor and probably two on the end. When I say low I mean halfway up the slimmer tile at the bottom. To that end I've 6 20mm conduits that exit into a service void outside the bathroom. But...a slight, last minute change in layout means I've now 5 "big" tiles instead of 4. So just 5 down the side maybe? Or even 9 as in one in EVERY tile including the corner one? Too Close Encounters?

How about a dropped kerb the other side of the plot so you can drive in/out?

This site is a superb resource favoured by a few on here: http://pavingexpert.com

Can't keep my daughter out of it! Tanked marine ply so a few splashes won't hurt pre G-Day.

I suppose it's come on...

Like this?

Can you believe I'm actually ready to do this? Cut the brass down and made a lovely job: It fits in a treat. Just happened to have saved an offcut of 14mm Allen key years back: Now to fit this: It fits in just below the tile surface as per instruction: The intent is to ditch the rubber washer it came with and PTFE both ends of the brass: So do I put 22-25 turns of PTFE BOTH ends of the thread, screw in with the Allen key then wind in the chrome bit until plumb and make sure I don't turn it back? Then pump full of CT1, push chrome ring against the tile and baby wipe off?

I didn't take the oversize tile off in the end I filed it with the diamond stones Nick recommended a while back. Came out perfect. No shelling etc. LAST tile on then. (Well, enough to start the grouting). When the Grab & Bond is dry I'll take the panel off and drill for the fixing screws which will pull it in. Still got to drill around the bottom of the bath for 7 blue deck lights. Waiting for a deep 22mm hole saw to get thru the timber behind the tile.

The lecturer taking us for the 18th was a dour Yorkshireman. He kept on about the prices of things (beer etc) "down South". He was pretty good and could spout the regulations off the top off of his head so we were hanging on his every word and dutifully making notes. He then recounted how a lad on a previous course was talking to him about kitchens and how this guy said his had cost £140K. Incredulous at the cost even for "down South", he said: "By Christ, how big is your house?" "Just a 3 bed semi" the chap said. Still reeling the lecturer pressed on and asked how in the Hell a kitchen in a 3 bed semi could cost that much. "Well, the missus ran off with the kitchen fitter!"

I've had a 110V belt up through my sweaty armpit working with my shirt off of an obscure bit of crane kit years back when I leant across it. Unpleasant is the word. Site trannies/kit are 55V to earth to limit the effect of a belt.

230V please! Think you mean RCD.

Have considered it. The Lidl mastic gun (which at £3.99 is a steal all day long), comes with these tools. Thinking those thin nozzles might work? https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/MiddleofLidl.htm?articleId=19790

Where do you get the brushes out of interest?

@PeterStarck, I presume you've already done the model for these parts and produced the STL file? What material were you thinking?

F*ck it ; I’ll do the grouting “ isn't really in my vocabulary. It has to be thought about, often for several weeks, months even. Then questions have to be asked. We could then still be some way off! First things first though to tidy the bathroom and put all the various tools back in their respective bags; plumbing, tiling leccy, measuring etc. Then there's the collected boxes of various tat to go through and the loose screws to go back in their boxes. I AM going to bin that useless metal frame mastic gun! (BTW the Lidl Parkside one sitting next to the Aqua Seal tub in the corner is excellent IMO). WTF did I use a piece of thick wall st/st doing all this? Maybe I should finish the bath end panel /last two tiles before grouting?

Corrected that for you...

Too early for me!

This all reminds me, I must take that Lidl Parkside SDS back for a refund!

I'd use just the recommended primer for that particular adhesive. I'm in the other camp and have done the floor first then the walls. Have protected the floor with Antinox.

Morning, So...GROUTING! It could happen this weekend, or at least a start be made on it. A few quetions if I may: 1) I’ve a few tile spacers have snapped off. Some are a bit deeper in then the face of the tiles, some not. I’ll persevere with long nose pliers to try and pull them out but for the stuck fast ones, what? Get in there with a drill, the multi tool? If I can say push the broken bits in is that OK? Can they just stay under the surface and get encapsulated in grout? 2) Ditto some areas where there’s a bit of excess tile adhesive come thru into the grout line, how to remove? 3) Assuming then all my grout lines are clear I’ll run round all the joints and identify any cut edges that might need a tad more dressing to take the sharp edge off though tbh I was pretty careful to dress them as I cut them. 4) Then, where to start? In the pockets and window reveal first maybe? 5) Wherever, do I start at the top or bottom of the wall? Top I guess so the “washing” off water runs down. 6) Presuming to aim for a m2 at a time. 7) I assume have a bucket (two?) of clean water to regularly rinse the sponge in? 8) Wipe off at 45deg to the grout line I know but what about finishing off, a British Standard wet finger? There’ll be a few more questions before this is done! Cheers

It's going to hurt some if you slip and fall on the edges of rough pallets methinks.

Join Tinkersoc at The University of Kent? The public can access the services. https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/makerspace/index.html Pretty much every uni we visited had something similar.

If you'd like to line your pond with clay you can come and take it from my garden. All I ask is that when finished I can drop the ground source loop straight in!