Nickfromwales Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 All of the mosaic'd area is the sloped former. WC is tight but retrofit so best of what we had room to do things with. 1
Vijay Posted August 9, 2018 Author Posted August 9, 2018 I quite like the mosaic n the shower floor and something I might not have looked at normally. Does it make it easier to tile in the former rather than normal large tiles that I assume would need cuts? Is the glass just sealed with mastic on top of the grout line/ joint between mosaic and normal tiles? Or does it need more support?
Pocster Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 19 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: All of the mosaic'd area is the sloped former. WC is tight but retrofit so best of what we had room to do things with. Toilet paper will get wet when you shower ?
Onoff Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 24 minutes ago, Vijay said: Is the glass just sealed with mastic on top of the grout line/ joint between mosaic and normal tiles? Or does it need more support? His answer will involve tape, CT1 and baby wipes...explained in detail before on here I think? Will try and find the thread.
lizzie Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 45 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: All of the mosaic'd area is the sloped former. WC is tight but retrofit so best of what we had room to do things with. Wow that looks tight well done for squeezing it in
Onoff Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 25 minutes ago, lizzie said: Wow that looks tight well done for squeezing it in Name a man who doesn't want to hear those words... 5
Ferdinand Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, Onoff said: Name a man who doesn't want to hear those words... The shower appears to spray across the shower, not along it.
Nickfromwales Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 33 minutes ago, Ferdinand said: The shower appears to spray across the shower, not along it. Sprays against the glass like every one should. I'll take a pic later.
Nickfromwales Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, lizzie said: Wow that looks tight well done for squeezing it in Stuck with the window and the soil pipe but it actually works really well. Loo roll stays dry lol 1 2
newhome Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 8 hours ago, JSHarris said: I've never understood why it isn't the standard way to install a shower - seems daft to position the mixer where you have to get a wet arm in order to turn the thing on. Is it not pretty standard? Hotel shower, photo just taken. Shower head is a metre to the left.
Jeremy Harris Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, newhome said: Is it not pretty standard? Hotel shower, photo just taken. Shower head is a metre to the left. It should be, but at the time I fitted our mixer at the opposite end to the shower in our old house, around 8 years ago now, everyone who saw it thought it was unusual, but a good idea. Several of the people that viewed the house made the same comment, and said what a good idea it was to have the controls well away from the shower head. Even the plasterers, when boarding out our new house, thought I'd made a mistake and called me to come and check the hole for the shower, as there was only one pipe there, and they expected to see two (a cold and hot feed). I had to explain to them that I was fitting the valve at the opposite side of the room, from the eaves space behind where they were boarding out, and the single pipe they could see just led from the mixer valve to the shower head. They'd not seen this done before, either.
jack Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 We specced ours like that, and our plumber was used to doing it this way. I can't imagine why you'd do it any other way if you have the room to get the controls away from the spray.
ProDave Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 I wanted a remote shower mixer and found it strangely hard to find. We visited a couple of the bathroom "sheds" in town, and none of them had one, just a variety of showers with the controls directly below the shower head. It was only asking on hear that I found what I wanted and bought it all mail order from Bradford Bathrooms. To me it just made sense. Whenever you turn a shower on, you always get cold water out first before the hot gets there. Why would you want your arm sprayed with cold water?
Nickfromwales Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 3 hours ago, newhome said: Is it not pretty standard? Not really. As most folk are used to an electric shower or a standard bar mixer / concentric valve where the business goes on in one place, then no. If people have been fortunate enough to be able to afford higher speed installs from day one then yes, it may well seem standard, but most have not. When I demonstrated this to my current clients ( who I steered away from B&Q and the 2 x new electric showers they were going to just replace as it was the easy route ) they were blown away, having been used to two utterly shit electric showers for a very long time they were simply unaware that there "was a better way". I very rarely remove concealed stuff tbh, and its mostly bar mixers or electric units, but then the good stuff goes in and the smiles emerge. 1
Nickfromwales Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, ProDave said: To me it just made sense. Whenever you turn a shower on, you always get cold water out first before the hot gets there. Why would you want your arm sprayed with cold water? I just used to turn the handset to one side, so it sprayed against the wall, and I waited the few seconds for it to heat up. Never got a cold arm
Onoff Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, ProDave said: I wanted a remote shower mixer and found it strangely hard to find. We visited a couple of the bathroom "sheds" in town, and none of them had one, just a variety of showers with the controls directly below the shower head. It was only asking on hear that I found what I wanted and bought it all mail order from Bradford Bathrooms. To me it just made sense. Whenever you turn a shower on, you always get cold water out first before the hot gets there. Why would you want your arm sprayed with cold water? Wasn't it British Bathrooms? The place I linked?
Onoff Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 3 hours ago, newhome said: Is it not pretty standard? Hotel shower, photo just taken. Shower head is a metre to the left. Bet I'm not the only one that zoomed in on that valve looking for the reflection... 2
Nickfromwales Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, Onoff said: Bet I'm not the only one that zoomed in on that valve looking for the reflection... Your a dick lol 1
newhome Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Onoff said: Bet I'm not the only one that zoomed in on that valve looking for the reflection... Do you really think I would be that dense 14 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: Your a dick lol No dicks here I only have one shower with separate controls at home. I wanted them all like that but hubby decided that they would be easier to replace if they went wrong if they were the thermostatic bar mixer types so I only managed to persuade him to fit one. I only use that shower (downstairs) to shower the dogs so generally get soaked in the process anyway so getting a wet arm is neither here or there in the great scheme of things! Edited August 9, 2018 by newhome 1
ProDave Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 31 minutes ago, Onoff said: Wasn't it British Bathrooms? The place I linked? That's what I thought, but the invoice came back Bradford bathrooms. One of those companies that trades under multiple names?
ProDave Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, Onoff said: Bet I'm not the only one that zoomed in on that valve looking for the reflection... You must be remembering that famous ebay advert for a dress
Onoff Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, ProDave said: You must be remembering that famous ebay advert for a dress Pmsl! Just remembered that! Off to find it now!
ProDave Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, Onoff said: Pmsl! Just remembered that! Off to find it now! it might have sold by now.
Onoff Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 33 minutes ago, ProDave said: it might have sold by now. She was certainly a cracker! Love some of the censored images with the eBay sticker stategically placed!
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