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I'm may regret this but sticking with what I've got and living with external soils. So....moving on. I need to source a 3 way thermostatic, shower mixer valve that is at least sympathetic to the Bristan bath and basin tap style. Need rainfall overhead and riser/hand spray. Not my first choice (that was a Vado Summit, so cool looking it would pain me to post again). SWMBO said niet but I'm working on it and can maybe change later). So....need a shower valve, concealed ideally with twiddly bits to match the above. ???

As in the original Geberit set up ensures exact centres between flush and pan pipe! Allowing the 110mm line to "float" gives flexibility. It'll still be pretty stiff I reckon so I'd aim for being bang on and bank on a little bit of tolerance on the pan connector. Could always put a bit of ply in the stud wall with a 111/114mm hole in as a guide...lightly screwed then nut it up properly once all in. A proper fun job this, straying a little from the norm! Satisfaction when done.

If going ott belt and braces I imagine you could affix a 110mm clip to the Geberit frame in place of the black 90mm one.

I was genuinely thinking whether what Nick said to do was an option...of course nobody's going to believe that now!

Is the small piece on the left any good, got two. Guessing that could go straight onto the pan connector then 110mm from there? It takes a 90mm male and I think pushes into a 110mm socket... Also got two of the 90deg elbow 90/90 bits spare. @PeterStarck kindly sorted me with a 90mm F to the 110mm M in this photo: EDIT: BUGGER! The bits I'm offering wouldn't clip into the Geberit frame!

Forgot to look tonight (sciatica is driving me up the wall). Just waiting for SWMBO to vacate the bath so I can go soak. I do not want my disc going (again) in time for Christmas! Will look tomorrow.

I only got lucky with my two as the seller didn't think the stud wall he'd built was deep enough/man enough. Just seen this local 'ish to me: https://www.gumtree.com/p/toilet-cisterns/geberit-toilet-frame-/1273885265 I'd have it but the two I already have are Kappa not Sigma and she'll want matching flush plates!

Touch! Like when I got the two Geberit frames for £100

Calculate? That'll be a first! It's all plagiarism and gut feel in this house! NNW facing elevation hence takes the brunt of the wind coming up the valley and always in shade. 50% of the elevation is solid brick nom 300 thick. Then the later bathroom extension that's a cavity wall (pick a brick/block type and it's probably been used from what I can tell). All covered externally in bullet proof render made with God knows what.

Dunno about the Z axis but maybe something here: https://www.clasohlson.com/uk/view/content/search?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwPmPzPXj1wIVo7ztCh06iQupEAAYASAAEgJRC_D_BwE&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=laser level&Nty=1&D=laser level&Ntx=mode+matchpartial&Dx=mode+matchpartial&showTabs=true I bought a Cocraft on special offer a while back and its really good.

I thought soil pipes penetrating the EWI sort of defeated the object and created a cold spot? Plus after a smooth exterior wall.

It's seeing that bloody corner branch that @ProDave posted up the link for that's making me rethink mine!

How soon are you planning on doing this? I've some 90mm fittings spares possibly. I'll dig out the spares box later.

Can't see these alterations to lose the external soil pipes going down too well...where I brought the new incoming water main in is a pita!

Bugger! Can't say much other than say hang in there. You WILL get there. I guess on the plus side it's not like you're having to sell or anything. It's just a waiting game albeit a very frustrating one. Feel for you!

Seen soda blasting done on car panels/shells...really common in the US as they have a ready market for the waste on the railways (keeps the weeds down). Our railways won't buy it.

Not such a silly suggestion this.....I was turning some stainless steel a while back thinking the swarf produced would be ideal for stuffing into gaps. Any local machine shops near you?

...and BEFORE I finish my gates or bathroom I need to do my mate John's Knightrider lights inset into his block paving so when his gates open or close it looks really cool! My boy was supposed to be figuring the PIC chip for it before he went to uni. Maybe I'll hold back his Oculus Rift as leverage at Christmas!

Try County Batteries I too have a couple of Makita clones from eBay. Knocked the granny out of them and still going strong.

I've been having stuff fab'd for 35 years now. My fabricator charges £700/tonne for hot dip galvanizing done at Medway galvanisers. So whatever your tonnage of steel goes in, multiply by 700. They (Medway) also offer a powder coating service. Next down the line is shot blast and zinc flame spray. Pretty good tba. Not as good as hdg above though. I use Beever Ltd in Tunbridge Wells. Last personal thing I had flame sprayed was my brothers astronomy pier. Got them to paint it too. You can also powder coat over it. Then it's stuff in a can. Red oxide is the old favourite. Micaceous iron oxide is pretty good. All the PSA stuff we used to do had to be done in it. Galvafroids a bit rough. Beware the conman who offers galvanizing when it is in fact zinc flame spraying. Similarly "cold" galvanizing - aka out of a can. I'd never btw powder coat bare steel even if it's been blasted. Once there's a crack in it, water gets in.

My frame I think was £350-400, sliding gate/motor kit around £500. 4" steel posts were freebies. Digging, I paid for the diesel. Plus ballast, dust, mesh...I cheated on the ducts and used down pipe etc. Cabling was just leftovers from jobs. My mate helped a bit. I in turn designed and assisted him with his sliding gates...that are all FINISHED! Don't know if this link will work: http://s1071.photobucket.com/user/johnnaughton/library/Sliding Gates?sort=2&page=1 Funny enough it incorporates Unistrut and lots of surplus bits and bobs.

I built my own (sliding) gates around a galvanised frame I designed faced in scaffold boards: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYQgVgE (No, still not finished! ) If you want to semi DIY then I'd ask on the MIG welding forum. Might be someone local to you who would make the frame. Mine is hot dip galvanised for longevity which is awkward for some fabricators to get done. http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/ BUT...a lot of safety considerations to do it properly so you might go for a package for the gate and install. I got my gate automation stuff from Easygates on recommendation and have passed the name on a good few times now: http://easygates.co.uk

Several people have built several houses in the time I'm taking to do one room...

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I'll likely be looking to do hinged wings either side of my wet room corner when the towels on the towel rail / wc gets soaked! Would high quality polycarb or perspex work? I use this plastic company for all sorts. They cut to size too: http://www.davis-plastics.co.uk