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Big day today - Preseal @ 3.9, I guess i could have done a bit better - slapped wrist! 🤣

I’ll just chime in and say, there are some good lads out there too, my brickie and his labourer were pretty spot on, on the brick and mortar side of things! Snowcrete purchased up front, and a big tipper delivery of sand too. He was bang on with the tonnage of sand required. Almost like he’d done it before!

Random thought, Sink into the ground a little so you can build an insulated upstand?

Unburnt fuel possibly, you changed the carb, are these preset at manufacture? Is the old carb Knicknacked, if not I’d be tempted to pop it back on and see what happens

Made me smile, remember similar, albeit I was sat down on the floor hands under the sink and the Mrs helpfully took and emptied said bowl full of mucky water and crud down the sink. Lots of cursing involved, thankfully I wasn’t head first under the sink. Still reckon she did it on purpose.

Hi all, Looking for some opinions and recommendations for shower enclosures please. Bang for buck would be high on the wish list. There seems to be a plethora of options out there ranging from much cheapness , £200 or so to what I think is expensive £1400…. Offset quadrant would be what I’m looking for. Is it a case of thicker glass=better or is there a lot more to it. Opinions and recommendations really welcome from those that have trodden this path before me.

Good shot sir

Fixing some metal frame ceiling to the other side of the top of this stud wall. Nearly sorted, just connected to the shower valve now under test before I put the wall board back. thankfully plant room is next door so it was only 2m of pipe to pull/push

Couldn’t for the life of me get a piece of pipe to hold pressure yesterday, stripped all the fittings off, double checking the pressure tester… now I know why 🤣, bugger!

Happy new year folks, Thankyou for being such a treasure chest of information, and laughs.

to be honest this is the quicker, and possibly more wallet friendly option. Tenner a tin, he'll get the VAT back, and also be able to use it for sealing those penetrations for lights, cctv cameras, external taps, outside sockets etc. I get the 'Got to be sure' thoughts you are having, sometimes to just have to have the feeling that you've done all you can. All in, it's probably a couple of pots of paint and a couple of hours of time. I don't think there is really a right or wrong here, both methods will do a job for you. I haven't foamed the base of the boards, but I might do, it would stop the crap accumulating under the boards! Sort of job that could be done in 20 minutes whilst I'm pressure testing plumbing...

yeah, i did... Soudatight lq, onto floor and wall, then soudaltight membrane squashed in with a couple more coats of lq over the top, paying attention to the edges. if you are geared up to spray, then there is a sprayable paint that will cover the junction. Thinking about it, if the dpm and dpc is taped correctly all round, should this junction even an issue?

Yes to brick and block, yes I had a prelim air test done last year, but I cocked up, left a fist sized hole into to the cavity that I’d forgotten about. The air test did highlight a number of areas for attention though, mainly with air leakage around and behind the roof straps, and a velux which needed some extra attention. My build is a dormer style build, warm roof. So well taped up, membrane down over the wall plate, soudatight onto blockwork membrane stuck into this and painted over, soudatight liberally painted above ceilings, joists foamed, ct1 sealed and taped at penetrations through blockwork. Windows all taped up to inner leaf, blockwork again painted with soudatight and then the tape painted over on the inner leaf with soudatight. Basically anywhere I had tape touching blockwork, there was soudatight before and after. Parged with British gypsum soundcoat to all block walls. Cable holes or pipe holes made with a core drill, then a waste pipe used as a sleeve, foaming glue used on pipe before shoving it in the hole, foamed on the inside and painted over with soudatight again. When cables passed through the pipe would be filled with our favourite illbruck foam then the ends would be ct1’d or ebt’d, and finally a kaflex epdm what’s’it stuck over for good luck! I’ve plasterboarded the place myself dot and dabbed 1 bag to 2 boards, picture framed the boards, stripes of adhesive at 400 and 800 all round the sockets etc. Tried my best, probably not as bob on plumb as a pro, but I’m not far off! Reckon the windows and doors will be the weakest link, round the seals. I first spoke to AB 18 months ago, but couldn’t come to terms with the cost, but as time has passed and I’ve now got to the point where I’ve got a spread coming in Jan, I needed to jump one way or the other, so sod it we’ll miss out on our Christmas trip to the sunshine and the lad’s ski trip just got cancelled by the school so that will cover the unbudgeted cost.

I've certainly taken my time getting to this point, i cant keep putting it off! 🤣

Will be letting the AB guys loose on my build in the next few weeks. I've Parged, taped, soudatighted and done a pretty decent job I think. AB will be the icing on the cake before everything gets skimmed over.