Shower fixing and testing

[Pocster]

Found it !!

 

 

 

then lost it again !! Aargh ! Need to buy a bag of them - bet there isn’t a ‘standard’ size !!

[Onoff]

21 minutes ago, pocster said:

Found it !!

 

 

 

then lost it again !! Aargh ! Need to buy a bag of them - bet there isn’t a ‘standard’ size !!

 

Lucky there's no crap on the floor for it to get lost in!

[Pocster]

12 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

Lucky there's no crap on the floor for it to get lost in!

I can’t swear because we will all see the annoying <expletive deleted> 

[Pocster]

5 hours ago, ProDave said:

Watch your lighting scheme with that sort of shower head...

 

You mean like this ? ?

[Pocster]

Oh dear !

Got the riser out the box just too see how it would look .... it’s bent !!

[joe90]

20 minutes ago, pocster said:

I can’t swear because we will all see the annoying <expletive deleted>

but you can pretend to be Irish and say “Feck”, Mrs Brown gets away with it!

[Pocster]

2 minutes ago, joe90 said:

but you can pretend to be Irish and say “Feck”, Mrs Brown gets away with it!

For fecks sake you are right !

[Pocster]

Patched back in the delta board .

Presume I should fill around the fitting with something ? - tile adhesive ?? Foam gun ?

[Pocster]

Assume this is enough space around the fixings for access ? . Still don’t like a big hole there ! I know I Mastik around the cover plate but still concerns me ..

[ProDave]

The hole in your final wall covering needs to be more accurate

 

The lines drawn show the extent of the cover plate so the access hole for the thermal mixer cartridge could nor be any bigger.

[Onoff]

42 minutes ago, pocster said:

Still don’t like a big hole

 

Not what I heard...

 

As Dave says.

 

 

Tile neatly cut. I can get all the necessary tools to dismantle, remove cartridges etc

 

 

Horseshoe of silicone, open at the bottom:

 

 

[Pocster]

18 minutes ago, ProDave said:

The hole in your final wall covering needs to be more accurate

 

The lines drawn show the extent of the cover plate so the access hole for the thermal mixer cartridge could nor be any bigger.

Not a problem - so the tile cuts need to be more accurate . The instructions though seem to suggest the opposite....

I don’t want it that access becomes an issue afterwards 

[Onoff]

Mine and Dave's cover plates are the same make. They're not that wide to cover necessary future access holes hence the accuracy.

 

Besides, cutting sharp internal corners and aren't the tiles more likely to crack?

 

& don't use CT1 to stick the cover plate on unless you don't want to ever get it off again. Use ordinary clear silicone.

Edited August 6, 2020 by Onoff

[Pocster]

Just now, Onoff said:

& don't use CT1 to stick the cover plate on unless you don't want to ever get it off again. Use ordinary clear silicone.

Ah ! Was going to use ct1 - will make a mental note not to . 6 months later I’ll forget and stick it on with ct1 . 2 years later when I need to remove the plate you can link to this thread .

[Onoff]

1 minute ago, pocster said:

Ah ! Was going to use ct1 - will make a mental note not to . 6 months later I’ll forget and stick it on with ct1 . 2 years later when I need to remove the plate you can link to this thread .

 

...just edited my post to add about the cover plate width.

[Pocster]

5 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Mine and Dave's cover plates are the same make. They're not that wide to cover necessary future access holes hence the accuracy.

 

Besides, cutting sharp internal corners and aren't the tiles more likely to crack?

 

& don't use CT1 to stick the cover plate on unless you don't want to ever get it off again. Use ordinary clear silicone.

Fair enough . My plates quite wide ( see photo ) . Though if you think it’s pants - I’ll recut the holes - probably make a template first . I only did it as a ‘crude’ rectangle because the destructions said so .

[Onoff]

23 minutes ago, pocster said:

Fair enough . My plates quite wide ( see photo ) . Though if you think it’s pants - I’ll recut the holes - probably make a template first . I only did it as a ‘crude’ rectangle because the destructions said so .

 

I'm thinking rather than take your boards off just cut to fit and stick on a bit of tanking membrane. There's a pick somewhere of one @Nickfromwales did.

 

Edit: Found it!

 

Edited August 6, 2020 by Onoff

[Pocster]

8 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

I'm thinking rather than take your boards off just cut to fit and stick on a bit of tanking membrane. There's a pick somewhere of one @Nickfromwales did.

 

Edit: Found it!

 

Could do . But I’ll do it properly so everyone thinks I’m skilled !!

[Onoff]

8 minutes ago, pocster said:

Could do . But I’ll do it properly so everyone thinks I’m skilled !!

 

I bought a set of the cheapo diamond grit edged holesaws then a couple slightly bigger.

 

 

Made a template that the tile dropped into then used that to cut the tile.

 

 

 

Fill with water & drill:

 

 

 

Cheap ceramics but the cut is perfect:

 

 

 

[Pocster]

Bit tight with the 135 ‘s but I’m guessing we’re all happier with that arrangement?

[Pocster]

Cut a new board . Think I would have access to everything 

Edited August 7, 2020 by pocster

[Onoff]

40 minutes ago, pocster said:

Cut a new board . Think I would have access to everything 

 

As long as the biggest box / socket required will fit later on. Think this is 46mm (more commonly use on Land Rovers I believe).