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cornish_crofter
I'll ask the customer on Monday if I can take some more pics.
The wetroom is basically finished. On Friday I just had to box in and tile some pipes, so the tiling around the boxing in will need some grout and Silicon.
All the shower kit and area is new, though the customer reused a toilet and sink from other areas of the house saving himself around £100. I had removed the sink from an upstairs bathroom and the toilet was out of their utility room.
The tiling is as good as I can get it with B&Q tiles. most of them were warped to the extent that I had to be very careful to avoid excessive lippage. As a result the tiling took almost twice as long as it should have done:veryangry: At least the customer is pleased with it.
I did however like working with the floor tiles. These were also B&Q but porcelain. These were nice and straight. The only complaint I'd have with these is that the glaze is rather thin. I have never had so much cutting to do with a floor. I worked out that I had laid some 27 floor tiles, but only 8 didn't need to be cut! The TS60 Plus was fine in cutting them at 90°, but I needed the wet cutter to do the 45° cuts.
The nice thing is that the customer was in awe of it all when he saw the finished result, just as he was with the other bathrooms I've done for him. Well, finished as much as he wants it. He's going to do the decorating and minor filling. Also, for that very reason he's asked me not to Silicon between the tiles and the woodwork.
Richard's drills worked well with the porcelain tiles. Rather than do cut outs to cope with the towel rail plumbing, I put stop ends on the pipes and used the 30mm bit to drill the tiles prior to laying them over the pipes. Changing the valves for stop ends and then changing them back again without draining down the system meant that I did get a bit wet but I've done this a few times so with a gravity fed CH system I lost very little water. As the holes were oversize for the pipes I used some cheap Screwfix chrome coloured plastic collars.
The wetroom is basically finished. On Friday I just had to box in and tile some pipes, so the tiling around the boxing in will need some grout and Silicon.
All the shower kit and area is new, though the customer reused a toilet and sink from other areas of the house saving himself around £100. I had removed the sink from an upstairs bathroom and the toilet was out of their utility room.
The tiling is as good as I can get it with B&Q tiles. most of them were warped to the extent that I had to be very careful to avoid excessive lippage. As a result the tiling took almost twice as long as it should have done:veryangry: At least the customer is pleased with it.
I did however like working with the floor tiles. These were also B&Q but porcelain. These were nice and straight. The only complaint I'd have with these is that the glaze is rather thin. I have never had so much cutting to do with a floor. I worked out that I had laid some 27 floor tiles, but only 8 didn't need to be cut! The TS60 Plus was fine in cutting them at 90°, but I needed the wet cutter to do the 45° cuts.
The nice thing is that the customer was in awe of it all when he saw the finished result, just as he was with the other bathrooms I've done for him. Well, finished as much as he wants it. He's going to do the decorating and minor filling. Also, for that very reason he's asked me not to Silicon between the tiles and the woodwork.
Richard's drills worked well with the porcelain tiles. Rather than do cut outs to cope with the towel rail plumbing, I put stop ends on the pipes and used the 30mm bit to drill the tiles prior to laying them over the pipes. Changing the valves for stop ends and then changing them back again without draining down the system meant that I did get a bit wet but I've done this a few times so with a gravity fed CH system I lost very little water. As the holes were oversize for the pipes I used some cheap Screwfix chrome coloured plastic collars.
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