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FFS HOW MUCH? Serious suggestions also considered.

Concrete screws, sounds like. Torx head on them? Probably just in there on packers.....if you're lucky. Or been expanding foamed in if not..... Get the door off, screws out and see if it's "live". Cut through any mastic and/or peel off. Would removing render/finishes from the inside be an option?

This is roughly what we (she) wants: To be fair it's a compromise. She wants the rise/fall hand spray thing and I want the ceiling mounted, overhead rainfall part having been spoilt in too many hotels and 1st class lounges etc years ago when the gravy train was running! There's plenty where the pipe comes up, on show and then feeds the rainfall head but I want it hidden in the wall and coming out of the ceiling. Also want the head LED, colour changing etc. Any pointers?

I find the DIY ones are never "organic" enough for me. The commercial ones are so much more sculpted!

And to think, before I discovered eBuild/buildhub I thought a "thermal envelope" was what the pizza got delivered in.....

Meant to add I don't dislike the retractable shower spray.....but I've only got the two tap holes! Btw where does the "over spray" that runs down the hose go to?

God awful idea! And then some! Maybe on a sink but not here. The valves in your pic with the sticking out 1/4" rods are the ones we both dislike. Especially as the "taps" may go to the outside of the bath rather than the wall side. They look just the thing to catch your leg or other saggy bits especially when we're older and its harder to get your leg over. These are a possible set: http://www.tapsempire.co.uk/cifial-adele-deck-bath-valves-pair-p-49654.html?gclid=CNCPrfSx-M4CFUsq0wodbjAIwA Rounded profile gets a tick plus they near match the single basin mixer we like and already have. Ditto there's a near matching shower diverter. They're 50mm high but their slant profile maybe makes them look lower? The ideal would be plain 'ish say 40mm dia, 20mm high knobs.

My bungalow is a bit like as described above as in a "nightmare" :). An original solid brick (no cavity) building core with rooms of differing brick / block construction added on. In the mid 80's it was re-roofed over the lot. Consequently there's wall plates of varying depth as you go round. A big downside is they left intact, the old flat roofs (still felted) and put the new dormers and hip ends over the top. I've removed the old flat roofs from one hip end but yet to tackle the other. I've often thought it would be great to strip off the existing roof and level up the wall plates before "dropping" on a new pre-made, sectional roof. Is it done to say take off the roof and cast a continuous level "padstone" all the way around?

Back to the original thread..... Got my trench dug (at the 750mm min admittedly). Plus got everything I need to run the new main. At the mo mains in is via the old rusty main comes up from the road then connects to a bit of 25mm MDPE halfway. Then at the house back to iron where there's still a slight leak (I chop back and re-make then it gives up not long after). This was a mistake. I'm totally ditching all the iron and running a completely new, one piece length down the trench. BUT.....holding off as wondering whether I should in fact run the 25mm MDPE in it's own protective 50/63mm blue, corrugated duct. Although I'll be bedding and covering it in sand I'm thinking this: http://www.plastics-express.co.uk/ducting/twinwall-duct-coils/blue-twinwall-duct-63mm-x-50m-coil-p-pm403 - The ground is very flinty and full of roots. - I'll be laying the MDPE maybe touching the rusting old iron pipe in places and even crossing it, as it doesn't quite follow the original route. - The new pipe run passes a rough (rain water) soakaway on the right. You can just see the 4" soil pipe going into it. Tbh this has never been connected and in fact we broke the section running up to the house with the digger. - Beyond the line of jumbo bags in that clump of bushes and next to the fence is the (still in use) "bottomless pit" cess pool type thing.

Having hassle figuring the swivel section atop the office chair base so things have come to a halt. Pics later.

A few general questions if I may. A bit of background: We would like in the future to change the roof on our hip ended bungalow to gable ends. Storage one end and "function"the other as in a big TS etc. The house is in an AONB, Green Belt and an area of special scientific interest. Also the previous owner had the 50% extension ready. Would like to go from red concrete tile to black slate look. 1) Does it now cost to just talk to the planning dept at the council? I've heard you need to make an appt / pay a few. 2) Presume this would need planning permission? 3) Building regs? Guessing we'd be made to upgrade the roof insulation etc. Saying this as if going to all this trouble it would make sense to look at the whole roof/dormers which is all very energy inefficient. 4) Would this be subject to any "ecological" surveys by anyone? 5) Would I be best employing an architect to draw up submittal plans? I could do the "concept" drawings myself I'm sure. Tbh I'm pretty sure I could do the detail drawing too. Biggest concern is whether it would even be granted because of the previous 50% extension. Any thoughts appreciated. Cheers

Well.....if nothing else this thread made me realise the following: 1) I maybe need to finish the battening out of ALL the walls in the bathroom first rather than thinking I'll just finish that wall....as when I come to the "next" wall I've to dig out all the "wall" tools again. So with that in mind I actually did a bit last night. Admittedly part of the reason was to get away from the missus with whom I'd had a row (my fault entirely). So that'll be this week spent in the bathroom each evening maybe! 2) I need a white board for all the fleeting thoughts about bits I might forget. 3) I have "garage envy"

I've seriously considered: - Filling the holes and levelling smooth with fiberglass. Probably a recipe for disaster and ruining the bath. - Some form of complimentary low profile / low voltage feature light in each (38mm) hole.

Come on here, let people take the pi$$ and have a bit of banter. A problem shared and all that! Great support here. Would jotting down a list of what you HAVE achieved help? That's part of the reason I go mad with photos. I can look back to when say the bathroom was literally a hole in the ground. (Best I don't look how far to go though.....) Why not post up a specific big worry you have at present, someone here will have been through it and come out the other side!

I reckon these are the ones to go for, 50mm dia and chrome over solid brass: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B017ULUO6Q/ref=pd_aw_vtph_0_tr_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9FJ30XC97MQ672D0XBED

Possibly better than Nick's link as bigger dia. Bigger price too!

45mm dia and cheap enough!

Looking to blank off the bath tap holes possibly. The holes in the tub are 38mm diameter. Got a couple of blanks off eBay: These though are 41mm dia so barely cover the hole. The threaded section is nom 28mm dia so there's 5mm all round in the hole. Do they come in larger sizes? Cheers

It's just another pipe dream.....

Being of the "could I" rather than the "should I" school, I've mulled over making one. Tentative thoughts are to start with a level base (either below or at ground level) with a scaffold pole set in it dead vertical as a datum. Then build the basic structure from Celcon blocks set to give a circular form. Line with thick EPS or PIR like 300mm thick. Then using the central pole form a giant hot wire cutter to rotate around the pole and form a continuous seat profile. Fibreglass matting thereafter. Haven't figured the jets yet...

Two mates have one. The first has a "proper" one costing several thousand at the time. He's quoted all the above reasons about it's running costs and cleaning. It's comfortable enough. Less so when he tells how you have to add chemicals to counter the washing powder residue in swimming cossies or something to stop it foaming / scumming up. His brother has just bought one of the square, Lazy Spa inflatable types for less than £500. Imo it looks seriously uncomfortable. Where's the sculpted seating you get with the proper ones? It looks a lot less inviting than a proper one and even those I can take or leave. Tbh I don't cherish the thought of a bath with anyone and then you have to shower afterwards anyway to feel clean. Other people's flaky bits & scum.....yuk! The missus is mad keen on us having a proper one some day and I don't think I'd ever get her out of one. We just had out own private one on the deck on holiday and she lived in it. Hoping she'll forget about having one when I get the spa bath plumbed in!

I had similar in an 1863 terrace kitchen. Injected DPC then. No complaint from the neighbour but then I didn't consult them! Did take back to brick though then painted on liquid DPM - the sort you blind with sharp sand in the second coat and can then render to which I did. Would EPS not be better if there's any chance of future damp?

Ta.....can't sleep then or early start?

That Sundley one.....the second image on the eBay link, 2 of 4 shows it having the nasty looking little, sticky out, easy to catch your leg thing. I wonder if they screw in?

I'm just thankful I know what I'm doing! Probably put a Bluetooth and/or Wi-fi speaker(s) in. Only concession to mood lighting at the mo is a remote control LED gel strip for along the full length of the reveal alongside the bath. Same for the wet room corner reveals. Will probably put PIR controlled plinth lights along the base of the bath too. I will maybe make them myself a la Knightrider!