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  1. M

    Water not flowing to shower drain / Incorrect Fall Levels?

    Hi, We have just done some bathroom modifications privately to level out a shower floor for an elderly disabled bathroom. We just did the shower area and not the whole bathroom (so only the pink tiles are new). The water is flowing outside of the shower, suggesting the fall levels are not...
  2. M

    Setting Out Levelling to a fall

    Hi all! We have taken up some old tiles in the front garden and are preparing the surface for new tiles. It's concrete underneath, and pretty uneven so we want to level the surface before laying the new tiles. We need to level to a fall so that it drains away from the house. We've considered 3...
  3. ACCOLADE

    Hi Advice needed on wet room fall.

    Hi everyone. Looking at this floor.. Iam thinking I need to self level over the U.F.H. trouble I have is processing this thought ! If I self level over wires. Would self leveler smooth it out flat. And I lose my fall on wet room floor? Or would it just self level with the gradient of the wet...
  4. Slippery

    Concrete sub floor, how to create fall?

    The customer I'm doing an extension for wants a wheelchair access wet room. It's close to the outside wall and foul drain and there is a doorway there at present that will be bricked up so I have fairly good access to cut the concrete for the waste and drain. The only thing I'm worried about is...
  5. M

    A fall from grace (chuckle)

    I cant believe they didnt give the dog a doggy-chute :D
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    1 way fall shower former

    I'm after a wetroom former for a 1 way fall 1500 wide x 900/1000 out Linear tray to run along the 1500 side Cheapest quote I've had is Novellini at £650+vat!!! Surely there must be a cheaper alternative? If not, would it be possible to build this myself, if so how? Dukkaboards? Have spent...
  7. S

    Advice please for 'wetroom' tiles with inadequate fall for water.

    I recently had a downstairs bedroom extension with en-suite built for my elderly parents as they are no longer mobile enough to climb stairs. I wanted to make it as nice and accessible for them as I could as they will likely see out the rest of there days there: There is a problem with the...
  8. E

    My 1st Job Curbless shower fall edge detail

    Hello chaps, I've started a bathroom refurb & the current plan is to install a curbless 1200 x 900 shower with a single plane fall into a slot drain along the back. Wall on two sides, and a glass screen on the third. I have no idea how to deal with the sliver along the bottom edge of the...
  9. 3

    mosaics - wetroom floor - fall & layout

    So attempting my first wetroom floor. Tough-X Linear wet room kit bought from the very helpful people at www.TradeWetRooms.com (found through this site) As can be seen in the pictures substrate is all ready. Tray installed at joist height with 4mm Jackoboards to match the top of former...
  10. A

    Should I change this / correct fall in bathroom floor with waste pipe in screed

    I bought an old house and wanting to install wetroom tray in one half of downstair bathroom. On other side of bathroom is the 4 inch waste pipe falling out towards the wall where wetroom is going. Screed and insulation isn't in yet and alought I have the correct fall, where toilet sits...
  11. S

    Happy Birthday 3 Fall

    Just wanted to say a big happy birthday to Marc 3 fall , for those lucky enough to have met him you will know he is one of the most likeable , intelligent and decent guys around as well as being an excellent tradesman All the best and I hope you enjoyed your day
  12. G

    Shower floor fall

    Can anyone point me to some literature regarding the minimum fall on a shower floor to the outlet, all I can seem to find is guess work and AUS spec.
  13. M

    Cutting floor tiles for a fall !

    Hello All This is my first time so be gentle ! I'm a plumber & have been asked to finish off the tiles in a wetroom as the tiler's made a bit of a mess of it & the customer prefers the tiling I've done in the bathroom. The problem as I see it is the joint where the floor drops away to the waste...
  14. J

    Creating a fall in floor tiling

    Ive been asked to tile a large floor with a drainage gully at one end. The screed is realitivly flat. Am i right in thinking that the screed should form the fall and i just tile to that? Rather than trying to build up with adhesive. Also another floor upstairs is plywood with a gully in the...
  15. B

    Spring forward, Fall back

    Just to remind everyone, clocks go back tonight (UK)
  16. A

    Free fall record!! wow

    did anybody see 43 yr old felix baumgartners free fall record on the news the other day?? 128,000 feet above the earth and the most amazing thing is his free fall accelerated past the speed of sound :yikes: 729 miles per hour look at the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtvDA0W34I
  17. Dan

    House prices continue to fall

    BBC News - House prices expected to fall, say surveyors Not good news for trades. London seem to have increased 6% - but that's from a big drop previously, so it's not much of an improvement overall. Apparently east midlands one of the worst hit.
  18. S

    3 Way tray fall former, for use with Geberit Shower Elements wall drain

    Hi All Is anyone aware of a 3 way fall floor former so all the water gathers in the centre at one edge of a tray? So I can get a premade sloping floor to use a Geberit Shower Elements Wall Drain?? I don't know if I'm making myself clear but a bit like a wedgie board by Marmox but one which has...
  19. Dan

    Construction Output to Fall in 2012 with the Loss of 45,000 Jobs

    Construction output will fall 3% this year with the loss of 45,000 jobs across the sector, according to the latest forecast by CITB-ConstructionSkills. Click here for more information on this article. For other news, checkout Tile News Blog.
  20. Dan

    CPA Expects Sharp Fall in 2012

    Construction output is forecast to fall by more than 5% next year and remain flat throughout 2013 according to the latest forecasts, published today by the Construction Products Association. Construction output is forecast to fall by more than 5% next year and remain flat throughout 2013...

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