1930s Semi Refurb - Part 1 of ... (Edition: Bathroom Relocation)

LuckyBenski said:
Have you gone in the room and taped the layout onto the floor?
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Yeah --- nothing wow'ing me in any direction. I think the added costs of separates is giving me food for thought too (as well as the risk of cocking it up :D).

I might just go for a 1600 length shower bath after all that, with matching glass :cry:
 
Right, now the bathroom suite is mostly ordered --- onto other jobs.

Electrics
I need to remove the sockets from the room - but I need to...
* Add a fused spur(?) for the towel radiator?
* Chase in a shaver socket (off the lighting circuit? or I can run a proper spur)
* Defogging mirror (same circuit as above I guess?)
* Put something spare for a future bidet.

Is there anything I should know before I kill myself? :D
 
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Bargain really! I had ordered (and returned) a £510 shower for this standard Aqulisa. It comes with quite a fun mounting bracket so there is a chance I can chase it into the wall and then push fit straight plastic into loft - unsure if I trust it that much yet though :cry:

Toilet matches downstairs - its fine.

The waste I went OTT on as I don't doubt the Wickes special I fitted in the last house has broken by now :cry:

And the small bath/shower thing I will loathe everytime I use it. God I hope it isn't as bad as I am thinking :cry:
 
LuckyBenski said:
The entire point of mixed electric/gas towel rails is to dry towels during times when the heating isn't needed.
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I would definitely add an electric element to my towel rail if they weren't £60 aka gas wasn't so cheap. Our heating used to come on in the morning to take the edge off, but it was off by the time we'd both showered. Therefore, the towels weren't drying. I ended up doing a sort of artificial bit of heating around 9 AM bringing upstairs to 21C just to get the towels dry! Soggy winter towels are disgusting.
 
Hyburnate said:
Pretty much :)
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Mega, thank you sir.

flea.rider said:
£240 for the shower ?? could go electric for a little more and why go electric towel rail ?? run your rad and turn it on for 10 mins before you get in ?
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Why would you think electric is an upgrade? I've spent £9k on a heating overhaul and had an unvented cylinder fitted. My shower is glorious despite it looking like something out of Train Spotting atm :D

The towel radiator is hybrid - it contents to mains heating and has electric for the summer months. The room is north facing so is generally super cold. I plan to fit a "smart" spur so I can schedule it.

I do wonder if it will try and warm the whole house though - i.e. the water cycling through just keeps taking the heat away :cry:

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Few other Qs:
- I am going to lift and replace the boards because they are a bit ropey. I plan to tile. Is it fine to do 22mm chipboard and then overboard with tile backer? Or is there a more "all in one" solution?

- Related to overboarding, should I overboard down to "subfloor" level and then floor upto the wall? Or floor, then board and sit it "on top" of the floor?
 
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dlockers said:
The towel radiator is hybrid - it contents to mains heating and has electric for the summer months. The room is north facing so is generally super cold. I plan to fit a "smart" spur so I can schedule it.

I do wonder if it will try and warm the whole house though - i.e. the water cycling through just keeps taking the heat away :cry:
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I could be wrong but I think you're meant to close the valves for summer. Might have a knock on effect if that is your "always on" bypass radiator.

But the boiler shouldn't be running the pump in summer so I'd not expect it to suck heat away!
 
dlockers said:
Mega, thank you sir.


Why would you think electric is an upgrade? I've spent £9k on a heating overhaul and had an unvented cylinder fitted. My shower is glorious despite it looking like something out of Train Spotting atm :D

The towel radiator is hybrid - it contents to mains heating and has electric for the summer months. The room is north facing so is generally super cold. I plan to fit a "smart" spur so I can schedule it.

I do wonder if it will try and warm the whole house though - i.e. the water cycling through just keeps taking the heat away :cry:

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Few other Qs:
- I am going to lift and replace the boards because they are a bit ropey. I plan to tile. Is it fine to do 22mm chipboard and then overboard with tile backer? Or is there a more "all in one" solution?

- Related to overboarding, should I overboard down to "subfloor" level and then floor upto the wall? Or floor, then board and sit it "on top" of the floor?
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Close the return valve :)
 
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