Onoff

Funnily enough... The little 'un wants a hamster. Everytime she asks I suggest putting a glass panel in the suspended timber floor downstairs so she can watch the rats! But I won't be doing it!

Yep. Why? Why not? I like the idea of a flush mounted rainfall head but for easy access to clean lower would be better. Was mulling over a flow switch so as the rainfall shower kicks in it self lowers. Then a secondary "cleaning" button when you can drop it without getting wet! Can I rather than should I as usual...

Well this cut Aqua Panel is hairier than a plumber's bum... Nothing a quick haircut won't sort though. Thought I'd do the easy one first. Have tried to ensure edges overlap the best way possible in case water does get through: The bottom "shelf" bit will overhang the panel underneath: The soffit section with have the wall piece come down over it: The sides: The back panel will get secured to the sides with a continuous batten: All loose at the mo. Not sure whether to Sikaflex all the panel to panel joints when I screw it in place?

Fastidious...

The Makro circular saw bought years ago and used once then abandoned seems to cut nice. Must remember to turn the board over though as it's lifting the fibres from the good face this way! For trimming the strips to length I'm going to fit this diamond blade to the Evolution chop saw: Kicking myself actually as Screwfix had a Rage 3 without blade for £56 +VAT the other day on the trade counter! I could have one for wood and one for tiles going!

Cheers. So I could ditch the branch for a 90deg bend laid on it's side and that would be OK? Why is a branch such a stalling point, does "stuff" get thrown into the unused branch and compacted? Or is it not enough of a sweep? If that's the case a normal 90 is no good either! So for clarification the 112.5 branch in it's side could cause a "log jam"? It's approx 1.5m from the aav stack.

Very impressed by Sunamp's open approach and honesty. Let's face it you'd be happy dealing with them just on that.

I think you all wait until @Construction Channel does his concrete counter tops then copy him! :)

Great tip!

25mm EPS vs 25mm PIR: The approx thermal conductivity is .038W/mK for the EPS & .023W/mK for the PIR. Is it really as simple as the PIR is nearly twice as good as the EPS at this thickness?

In the unlikely event of a leak on the bent copper, the shower valve or even the straight copper I'm thinking maybe I should pressure test this pipework before encasing it all in insulation/spray foam? Bloody nightmare as to get the "quad cranked" pipe in after insulating the wall is impossible.

Its sensible to talk about things you'd like to do.You've got to have a dream. If you don't have a dream how are you going to have a dream come true?

Thick wall pipe insulation on the 15mm pipes will fill up a bit more of the void... Still not sure whether it's worth spraying the rest of that uneven wall with contact adhesive and applying foil before the gun foam?

It's not too late to stop!

Packing this corner out with EPS /PIR is driving me nuts! By the time I put the bare minimum of 25mm insulation behind the pockets there'll just be a load of awkward rectangular holes to fill up. They're also different depths. So...I've already thought Sod it and gone mad with the foam gun in the corner. I was thinking then just by a box of 12 gun foam from Toolstation for £50. Poor man's Icynene? A sheet of 25mm pir from Wickes is £33. I could stick some tin foil to the wall with spray adhesive before the foam. Thoughts? Cheers

It'll be the Kent pikey genes we share with Orlando Bloom!

Fire... @Onoff like fire... Don't all men?

I put pretty much that in (by Bristan I think) when I replaced the NewTeam one that came with the house. A lot to be said for exposed bar mixers.

Like it when we moved in. SWMBO added the tat. You can have first dibs when I redo it!

Nah! Bathroom will be done. Hopefully nice enough that going in there will be an escape / cathartic experience. I'd like to tackle the lounge / diner knock through next but reckon it'll have to be the dormer and roof that gets sorted. All the temporary repairs have failed. When and only when the roof is done can I tackle the UPSTAIRS bathroom!

So I could re-title my thread "Quick Bathroom Makeover"?

I'd have built a tre-poo-chet...

That's why I'm making the walls strong enough to do a handstand...

I've ordered both of those Hudson Reed ceiling shower arms (from The British Bathroom Company), the short one above (ARM15) just for now, to get it going and a 300mm long ARM16 for when I build the motorised, "rise and fall" mechanism to raise / lower the shower head either flush to the ceiling or a foot lower. (Yes, I've started the mechanism, it's a scissor lift . Well aware I should be getting on with boarding and tiling but short attention sp..... ).

Thanks @PeterW & @CC45. If ever you remove the shower head for cleaning is it just then a case you need to firmly grip the chrome stalk coming out of the ceiling to stop that turning, or you could end up undoing / backing off the joint in the loft and affecting it's PTFE joint?