Bathroom project - Work in progress

[davemul]

Apologies mods of this needs to go elsewhere.. please feel free to move it or bin it!

Riiiight.. here goes....

We've been in our first house nearly 2 years now. We've (well ... more like I'VE!) done everything else bar the bathroom. It's an old 1800's cottage so the bathroom was in a pretty bad way. Solidly built but nasty and OLD!

I decided a few weeks ago to RIP it out and start from the beginning.

First task was to move the hot water cylinder from in the bathroom to a new cupboard outside the room (thanks to Scruff from ultimatehandyman.co.uk for the advice!)

Now you see it...

Now you dont!

Ive taken quite a lot out..

CARNAGE

Well, I picked up a load of bits today..

Marmox goods and tiles!

New shower pump for the house too

Also have taken delivery of a taptile wireless light switch system Taptile - Ditch the switch one-touch mood lighting and dimming solutions for the bathroom and kitchen

6 astro glass downlights

an airflow icon15 extractor fan

and some Polk RC60i ceiling speakers

and a couple of remote water isolation switches about surestop

More bits arrive tomorrow.. i'll update this thread as I go along... im taking next week off to start the plumbing and install!

 

[Mike]

Cables may be a bit close together might be worth checking

that's what i thought. it may be ok to move a row of mats over 50mm or so , so they're slightly staggered

 

[jay]

that's what i thought. it may be ok to move a row of mats over 50mm or so , so they're slightly staggered

Might get away with that. there is a set spacing normally

 

[davemul]

thanks, ill see what I can do guys but space is pretty tight

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Hi Dave

I see you have a chrome towel rail, are the pipes coming out of the wall I take it?

Or is it just heated by electric?

 

[davemul]

Morning Bob :8:

Yup it used to be an old mank radiator with exposed pipework and the pipes had 10 layers of drippy paint on them.

Binned the lot and replumbed in to the wall

 

[davemul]

quick hoover.. seal off the shower tray and check UFH mat is still ok and time lay the slc...

 

[jay]

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[Bathfix Bob]

Morning Bob :8:

Yup it used to be an old mank radiator with exposed pipework and the pipes had 10 layers of drippy paint on them.

Binned the lot and replumbed in to the wall

For the finishing touch you can use chrome plated copper pipe to the rad valves, it looks loads neater than copper. Granted only 2 inch will be on show though. I buy it in 3M lengths but you can buy tails from Screwfix which come with shrouds. File the chrome plate off to solder and don't use push fits with it.

 

[davemul]

UFH now encased. Took about 2.5 bags

Now to leave.. I guess 24 hours before I can tile the floor?

 

[Aston]

hi davemul
well done for having the courage and the confidence to take all this variety of work on.
keep it going, actually dont, you'll be doing us all out of a job ;0)

ed

 

[davemul]

Thanks for the kind words Ed :8:

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Wow you've been busy today Dave, it would take me all day just to upload the pics!

 

[davemul]

Haha, well I take them all on an iPhone and there is a photobucket app that takes them from the phone and uploads them. Easy as peas! copy paste links, jobs a good'un!

I have taken and posted a hell of a lot of photo's, but this threads purpose other than getting advice from you pro's.. and hopefully helping others.. is to keep a log for myself showing what work was involved.

sorry to all if it gets a bit monotonous and boring

 

[Bathfix Bob]

No,no keep them coming.

I think I'll get myself an Iphone, my Blackberry is two years old and the mic has already gone crackley. Can't even hear what folk are saying.

 

[Bolter]

sorry to all if it gets a bit monotonous and boring

This is the precise forum to be posting all these pics! :8: