Bathroom refurb (Picture heavy).

[trackrat]

I was under orders from SWMBO to get the bathroom sorted.
So here is a log of the proceedings.
Day 1
Strip old bathroom out and get all old tiles of the wall.


Day 2 Found out that the shower wiring was only 6mm, so that has to be replaced with 10mm.


The floor has part of the stairs ceiling, so a partition wall is needed to hide it.


Day 3.
Floor took up only to find the joist overlaps had no bolts holding them together


Old radiator taken out, New hot & cold water pipes installed and drainage pipes installed, and partition wall started.


Day 4.
Floorboards back down and a plywood membrane fitted.




Day 5.
Only half a day today, floor tiles laid and shower base put down and connected to the waste pipe.



Day 6.
Tiling of the walls begins.

 

[hawkhench]

Looks like it's coming along nicely. Brick-effect wall tiling always works well and I like your choice of floor tiles.

Looking forward to seeing it finished.

 

[Andyt_uk]

Interested to see more pics of the stud wall and the plans around that. I'll likely be doing something very similar to mine when I move in as I think I'll run into the same issue with the stairs celing!

 

[ndaar]

coming along nicely. I normally do brick tiles as well, takes a bit longer but I think it looks a lot nicer.

 

[trackrat]

Andyt_uk, I will get you some more photos of the partition wall tomorrow.

 

[Participant]

Looks great! Presumably the toilet and sink pedestal will hide the tile gaps?

Love the floor tiles. Can never be arsed with brick bond as it's much more sensitive to a perfect lay, but if you've got the skills it really works.

 

[trackrat]

Looks great! Presumably the toilet and sink pedestal will hide the tile gaps?

They have actually tiled that part behind the pipes before the units were fitted.

 

[Participant]

Ah right. Why have they made such big holes in the tiles for the towel heater?

 

[trackrat]

Ah right. Why have they made such big holes in the tiles for the towel heater?

They have chrome rings that go over the pipe and into the hole.

 

[jonzun]

Why have they made such big holes in the tiles for the towel heater?

You'd need a hole that size to get over the stop ends

 

[Participant]

Just testing

 

[Nedved11]

Nice work buddy. On the 4th picture did I spot compression fittings under the floor? Avoid these in inaccessible places. Especially since you've tiled it.

 

[trackrat]

Nedved11, you made me look at that picture, no there are no compression fittings under the floor.
Pictures will be updated Wednesday as I have had no time today.

 

[Nedved11]

Ah ok thought I spotted a brass coupling and tees although they could have been push fits or you may have ripped the whole pipe work out after.

 

[trackrat]

Yes it has all new pipework.

 

[Nedved11]

Good man! No mess in about.

 

[dholdi]

Looks like 3 compression fitting on the transition from copper to the chrome plated copper tails for the towel rail.
I wouldn't worry about it too much as you have tiled over it now.
If it fails it will be accessible from below just as a soldered joint would be.
Its only gas pipes that you really shouldn't use compression fitting on in inaccessible areas.

 

[trackrat]

Andyt_uk, this is the best I can do.

 

[Jono]

Why the cardboard spacers around the smaller tiles, is it just because you want the spacing to be different?

 

[hawkhench]

I'm guessing it's because a normal spacer would just end up pushing the single mosaic it's sat on out of sync. Cardboard spreads the load a bit more and keeps it more even. The sheets the mosaics sit on keep them together, but they don't keep them perfectly lined up when you have adhesive which is still setting and the weight of tiles pushing down on them.