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[aflemi]

Great set of photos, Macten..., Seem wide grout lines but look fwd to seeing it finished, sure it'll be another excellent job.

 

[Gazebo]

Good job macten, nice of you to take the time to post the pics, just a quickie how did you prep the old walls (paint plaster skim etc)
What weight were the large tiles.??

Do you always use nmp on floors.? no one stocks it near me, is it the same as hardibacker..?

 

[Sean fsy]

the problem with doing bathrooms like this is that the tiles dont line up on the floor, you can only line them up one 2 walls.think i might have been tempted to line the tiles up in the direct line of vision.i normall stagger the tiles so its not to obvious. the only thing i dont like about the job is the way you have a lot of soldered joints under the floor, what was up with cutting the joists and using a continuos lenth of pipe. nice to see a plumber using copper instead of all these plastic speed push in fittings.

 

[macten]

the problem with doing bathrooms like this is that the tiles dont line up on the floor, you can only line them up one 2 walls.think i might have been tempted to line the tiles up in the direct line of vision.i normall stagger the tiles so its not to obvious. the only thing i dont like about the job is the way you have a lot of soldered joints under the floor, what was up with cutting the joists and using a continuos lenth of pipe. nice to see a plumber using copper instead of all these plastic speed push in fittings.

Wall and floor tiles were 2 different sizes so no chance of lining up but with a skirting that does line up it should look fine.
I don't like to just hack the top of a joist and lay a pipe on it, this weakens the joist, added danger of putting a screw through them and can sometimes cause knocking. For this reason I put holes through the joist - trade off means a couple of soldered joints - 3 tees were needed anyway.

 

[macten]

Grouted, siliconed and shower in:

 

[DHTiling]

the problem with doing bathrooms like this is that the tiles dont line up on the floor, you can only line them up one 2 walls.think i might have been tempted to line the tiles up in the direct line of vision.i normall stagger the tiles so its not to obvious. the only thing i dont like about the job is the way you have a lot of soldered joints under the floor, what was up with cutting the joists and using a continuos lenth of pipe. nice to see a plumber using copper instead of all these plastic speed push in fittings.

Because you shouldn't do it...

 

[DHTiling]

Another great picture post macten.... many thanks for taking the time to show is the job in progress.

 

[jimbob]

Looks like a top notch job mate

 

[aflemi]

Good job macten, nice of you to take the time to post the pics, just a quickie how did you prep the old walls (paint plaster skim etc)
What weight were the large tiles.??

Do you always use nmp on floors.? no one stocks it near me, is it the same as hardibacker..?

Great finish mate, I'd be interested in the above as well if you can??
Cheers again.

 

[macten]

Great finish mate, I'd be interested in the above as well if you can??
Cheers again.

Paint was removed bar the rad wall - not emulsion and very well keyed so sugar soaped it, scored it and primed.
Removed skim down to block work on shower wall then over boarded to come level with new door frame.
I use NMP on 90% of the wooden floors I do and is basically a cement board like Hardibacker. But if the floor is uneven or not rigid enough (ie solid) then I use 18mm WBP Ply which works out as expensive as the NMP.

 

[dagger]

Macten.....most respect as usual.....

looks fantastic, from what it was, ..there is a missing joint...(I think) and in that situation i woud have removed it also...

well done!

Lee

 

[lcjohno]

quality job macten, i really enjoy reading your step by step posts of how you did it. Cheers

 

[macten]

Has Lee been banned?!?

 

[macten]

 

[aflemi]

great job mate, looks like porcelain, no trim. Do you do anything to finish the edges, looks very neat...? I see you said earlier, you took a couple of plastered walls back to the brick, can I ask what you used to do that, sounds a LOT of work...?