Finishing a shower off, nervous about existing work

[diamondtiling]

I am not sure about that fitting, is it a push fit at one end? Usually your feeds will be fixed with clips to the stud work behind the shower so as to reduce movement on the pipes when the controls are turned off and on. Pipes under pressure can flex or move and need to be secured. You might want to alter things if you are going to be leaving the bar or controls fixed only to the tiles.
Have you done work like this before? I ask because if not you might want to consult a plumber, shower bars etc have different fittings that may need to be fitted depending on your heating system.

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We can help you with the tiles and sub walls but its best to safe than sorry.

All the best.

 

[diamondtiling]

I am not sure about that fitting, is it a push fit at one end? Usually your feeds will be fixed with clips to the stud work behind the shower so as to reduce movement on the pipes when the controls are turned off and on. Pipes under pressure can flex or move and need to be secured. You might want to alter things if you are going to be leaving the bar or controls fixed only to the tiles.
Have you done work like this before? I ask because if not you might want to consult a plumber, shower bars etc have different fittings that may need to be fitted depending on your heating system.

Try our sister forum here........Plumbing Forum | Plumbing Advice | Plumbers Forums | A forum for plumbers advice in the UK

We can help you with the tiles and sub walls but its best to safe than sorry.

All the best.

 

[Tynan]

Hi, the professional did the hot and cold supply, all I've done is connect it to the shower body from there, it's all as per the instructions for the showerbody (Trevi) and now I'm running it out to the point at which it will come through the tiles and connect to the start of the silver shower bits, yes, the pipework behind the tiling is going to be clipped to the studwork so the brass pipework will be solid, the join between the end of the brassfitting and the silver part is pushed together, it's a tight fit but secured by nothing other than the two rubber rings, fair point regarding plumbing and tiling, I'll ask the question there

thanks for the answer regarding the Silicon, and please watch for a torrent of questions once the boards are up and I'm eyeballing the tiling

I tiled a bathroom once and I've a little bit of plumbing, I think Im ok with it all other that the (probably crucial) details

 

[Tynan]

Right, this Aquaboard, the back wakk is 80cm give or take a few mm and the Aquaboard is 90cmx120cm so I'm planning to cut 10cm off the long side and use two sheet one above the other, it says leave 3mm between sheets which is fine but should i leave 3mm between the sheet and the two sides? I'll have to anyway because the walls won't be straight?

so fill the space between the board and the corner with waterproof adhesive and the tape on top of that into the corner?

and when I tile, good practice to cut the tiles so the center line runs down the middle of the back wall? the two side walls already tiles are a whole tile starting from the back wall as per the photos at the start of the thread

do I tile right into the corner or leave a bit of a gap and grout it? I appreciate this last question is probably asked a million time but seeing as I've asked all the others ...

thanks
Tynan

 

[diamondtiling]

Leave a small gap in the corners for expansion reasons, fill with Silicon when finished. Your tiles should be set out so that you have equal cuts in the corners so that means either a full tile straddling a centre line or two tiles either side of the same line.

Fill the gaps between the boards and walls with Silicon.

 

[diamondtiling]

Leave a small gap in the corners for expansion reasons, fill with Silicon when finished. Your tiles should be set out so that you have equal cuts in the corners so that means either a full tile straddling a centre line or two tiles either side of the same line.

Fill the gaps between the boards and walls with Silicon.

 

[diamondtiling]

not sure why I keep getting double posts..............Admin please.........

 

[easyt]

Nasty Stammer there.

 

[Tynan]

that all makes sense

so I have to get some Silicon, and I thought I'd already bought an insane amount of stuff ...

 

[Sara Van Loock]

Hi Tynan- could you tell me where you got your Barbetti Gres tiles from please? Like you, I am am half-way through a job and am a bit desperate!

Many thanks

Sara Van Loock

 

[Deleted member 9966]

hi Sara, it's very unlikely you'll get a response from Tynan as he hasn't been logged into the forum since April this year. Try contacting this member of our forum
Tiles in Your Garage - The Discontinued Tile Trading Web Site

welcome to TF

 

[Tynan]

Hi Sara, erm, it was a long time agoI'm almost certain I saw them in a small tile shop on Chingford High Road and then found then on ebay at almost half the price, sold by some tile shop in Sussex

I can try and dig out the email from the Sussex seller if you;re still stuck

I'd like to offer you my overs but with my cutting and the job in general I only have a box left

For those watching with bated breath, the tiling and plumbing is all done, the tiling is barely good enough but I've still to grout and silicon so it can only get better

yes, I'm a slow worker

 

[Colour Republic]

Remember to post some pictures when it's finished

 

[bobbynz]

Hope your psychiatrist isnt charging you to much:yikes:

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Strange thread this, is seems there are posts missing?