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Yeah. For the bathrooms will only be part plastered as a lot of those are tiled. But the WC is so small it’ll be trivial to just do the whole thing. But I’ll ask if there’s a cost implication and make a judgement call. As @Pocster says, I am a penny pincher! 😂

SWMBO wants a part tiled WC. And she gets what she wants. The clue is in the title SWMBO.

My plastering is shit. The end.

Cheers @nod. Will just use standard PB and get them to skim the whole thing. Will just be easier that way I think.

ps. if it's ok to tile on to plaster would it just be easier to get the plasterer to skim the whole room rather than stopping at 1200mm above FFL? it's a small room and wouldn't take long to just do the whole room!

hi all. I've done a quick search and pretty much all the threads about tiling on tile backer board or plasterboard or cement board etc seem to be about a bathroom/shower area. But in a downstairs loo that will be part tiled to about 1200mm high and then painted the rest what is the best board to use? is standard 12.5mm plasterboard ok? it seems possible for the tiler to use a primer to tile directly on to the plasterboard and the plasterer can skim from 1200mm and up. but is there a better way? also, how accurate does the plasterer need to be to the level of where the tiles will be? if they go a bit below the line is it ok for the tiler to tile on to the bit of plaster or will that need to be taken off? I'm sure these are all beginner questions but, in most things, I am still a beginner despite being 2.5 years in to our build!

I decided to redo it. in the end I only had to cut one piece a bit shorter and that gave me a better angle of descent. I'm now at 1:40 which I'm much happier with! I'm glad I did it as well as when I removed the horizontal piece there was a bit of water still in it. so it was definitely worth it in the end.

Sadly have too much to do! Need to build a stud wall to block this work in so it can be boarded and plastered next week. No rest for the self-builder!

That there is. I’d say about 300mm.

If you say it enough times you start to believe it!

it's a short length (about 600mm) in 50mm waste pipe. it shouldn't sag as I have supported it at either end. I have checked it with a laser and poured water down it and can hear it going in to the soil pipe. I'm wondering if the short distance and 50mm pipe means that the bath won't empty that slowly. no rodding point. this waste will be boxed in behind a wall so kind of need to make sure it's ok! that's why I'm contemplating re-doing it. I will sleep on it and see how I feel in the morning.

I ran some waste today for our bath. it's in 50mm waste pipe. when I dry fitted it the fall was fine but after welding it it seems that my fall has ended up about 1:200. do I need to rip it out and start again? or is that shallow fall ok in 50mm for bath waste? I think I know the answer by the way just don't want to do it as it means I've wasted 4hrs today. 😭

looks like 32A max discharge although I'm definitely no expert on the subject of electrics! and it beats the 13A I have from my LuxPower device

sounds too good to be true! 😉 will take a look in to it (not that I can afford to change my battery system at the moment!)

Is there a maximum Amp draw via the UPS feature?

Cheers. Will bare it in mind

Link?

Thanks all. One less thing to worry about!!

I think I might’ve f****d up here. At the end of a SW waste run I’ve got a PF boss adapter and have pushed the SW pipe in to it. I’ve tested and there’s no leaks but it will be boxed in so access at a later date will be troublesome. As the PF boss adaptor has been solvent welded to the boss I can’t just swap it out. should I leave it as is or cut the SW pipe and couple it to a PF pipe using a suitable coupler and then push fit into the PF boss adapter? Or is there another potential solution?

Only gravity. This is the discharge from the RWH header tank. If the water has been in the tank unused for a period of time it is flushed out using gravity and replaced. The manufacturer suggests running the 22mm pipe back to the tank so it can be re-used but that’s a long way and I’m not worried about doing that. So I just want to discharge to a soil pipe. although, now I think about it that water will go straight in to my STP rather than out to the ditch.

Thanks. I ordered one today so will fit it this weekend and will see what happens!

actually, this is a stupid question i think! if i'm worried about compression on to the hep2o then i can just couple to 22mm copper and compress that into the above boss connector. sorry for my daftness!

@Nickfromwales will the above boss connector work with a hep2o 22mm pipe? i've read before that you said not to use compression with hep2o pipe although others have different opinions on that subject!

Need something using proper fittings rather than cobbled together with parts of similar dimensions. sure, but what connectors for 22mm Hep2o to solvent weld? Nope. Don’t need know. Just need it secure and leak free.

Should’ve clarified that without leaking would be preferable! 😂