MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: rich83 on August 13, 2013, 09:50:11 pm
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Dealing with a bit of a mess really... tatty bathroom fitted by previous owner. Everything is Bodged.
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Strip down
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Sorry its not Zanio....
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The lovely Laura.
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New rad legs.
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New WC feed
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Wall taken down...
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New wiring looms installed
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Old waste pipes out.
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New walls.
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Bath trial fit
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New wastes.. not ideal but will be ok.
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Units in.
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Mirror (lit and heated) trial fit.
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6mm ply
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PHEW.... it fits!!!
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Tiles going on... fecking hard work!
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Cabling... 2.5m 3 core for the spur. changed some of the cable for more appropriate 3C+E flat grey cable
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Trying out the downlighters in old bathroom... less i know ive got a gay tash! :signLOL:
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Bath overflow filler.
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Silent extractor Fan
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Digital shower to be fitted
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Started on Sunday.... absolutely f****** already! :sleepy:
PLEASE... TRY TO STAY AWAKE AT THE BACK!!!! :signLOL:
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Looking good so far Rich. No brick bond on the tiling through?
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Thanks mate.... Stack will be back in fashion soon! :signLOL:
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Ahhhhh!! Planning ahead? :wink: :signLOL:
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:signLOL: Always....
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Lots of swearing today.....
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Its as level as i could get it!
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Never a good job done without a bit of swearing :signLOL: Coming along nicely!
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Ta mate... we are a bit behind schedule really, buts its going "OK" :smiley:
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That bath looks quality. We just had new bathroom fitted by our landlord!!. They done good job but the bath we got is super thin and mega deep i struggle to get in the bloody thing..
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Love a good build Fred
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That bath looks quality. We just had new bathroom fitted by our landlord!!. They done good job but the bath we got is super thin and mega deep i struggle to get in the bloody thing..
Yeah its a great design and really maximises bath space in our fairly small bathroom... it seems a bit "cheap and nasty" tho, but I'm not sure what other baths are like.
More swearing today.... I even head butted a tile out of frustration. :fighting: :fighting: :fighting:
Ohh.. and then dropped my iphone and put a small crack in the screen! :fighting: :fighting: :fighting:
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Looks good mate look forward to seeing finished photis
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Cheers mate. :happy2:
Few more from today.. its really taking much longer than we though with the tiling!
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Bath in and secured.... well, as secure as we could make it.
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And the injury from the aforementioned "Tile + head" incident!!
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My old man did the a lot of the tricky tiling... i threw the towel in! :-)
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And the first of the "Digital Money Shots"
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Looking good Rich. :happy2:
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So when are you inviting us round Rich? I'll bring my rubber ducky! :wink:
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Not a fan of the tiles, but can see a huge amount of work going in.
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I take you are using and electric disc wet tile cutter table thingy. You can spend hours cutting 0.5mm off each tile till perfect, best electrical tool I've ever bought......
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I take you are using and electric disc wet tile cutter table thingy. You can spend hours cutting 0.5mm off each tile till perfect, best electrical tool I've ever bought......
Yeah wet cut diamond jobby! We were not too keen on it to be honest... :confused:
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nice job fella :happy2: where is the tv and beer fridge going though? haha
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Not a fan of the tiles, but can see a huge amount of work going in.
Yeah I know what you mean. It's really tricky to get the "right" tiles.
Did loads today. Fitted the ceiling, extractor fan and LED down lights (new junction box and switch etc)... Well, I did half and then my parents finished it as I had to go to work. :wink:
Dad cracked on with more tiling too, which is looking great.
Sleep please. :indifferent:
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Last 2 lights in.... and IMO (of course) they look fantastic. Its quite hard to plan where to put the downlights but i think ive got it pretty much bang on.
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The extractor fan housing is a bit bloody ugly... but so long as it works fine then i can live with it.
(Sorry about the facebook mangled photos! :fighting: )
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Can't see the second one Rich.
Do you have a pump somewhere or is that mains pressure?
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Try that.... Utoob made it private. :chicken:
Its mains pressure as we are on combi boiler.. but you can get pumped version for normal tank based systems.
These are the control boxes. Hot and cold feeds into both.. and each has a "mixed" out which goes to either bath or shower. Clever sh*t :laugh:
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Looks clever sh*t mate. :happy2:
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Rich, are you hoping to get this signed off? What is the min distance for a switched socket to water plumbing?
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Nothing specified... just says the 3A spur in dry location. :signLOL: If there is a problem then ill move them.
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For anything its 300mm from sink or bath or 250mm from drain on a shower/wet room or at high level which iirc is above 2350mm high to be outside the zone. You can get away with a dry location if its boxed in or under the bath but needs to be accessible and protected from water ingress (depending on location).
Its taking shape really well rich, really do like that shower :happy2:
Edit: and as its a bathroom it either needs to be on a 30mA rcd/rcbo at the CCU or cross bonding needs to be carried out between all circuits in the bathroom.
But to be honest if your just refurbishing the bathroom and not having major work involving building control or having the works certificated no one will ever know or be bothered
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Tricky one.... As its not in the bathroom (specialist location) more falls under best practice... Would may be of put means of isolation further away and slightly higher than the mixers..
At the end of the day I can't see building control being involved if your just refurbing your bathroom.. If you do pop a seal isolate at the consumer unit..
to refer to "522.3.1 A wiring system shall be selected and erected so that no damage is caused by condensation or ingress of water during installation, use and maintenance. The completed wiring system shall comply with the IP degree of protection relevant to the particular location.
NOTE: Special considerations apply to wiring systems liable to frequent splashing, immersion or submersion." makes far more sense than giving a set distance.
Bathroom looks brilliant :happy2:
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that looks really flash rich, although water & electric switches makes my hair stand on end :signLOL:
where did you get that ceiling stuff?
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that looks really flash rich, although water & electric switches makes my hair stand on end :signLOL:
where did you get that ceiling stuff?
:signLOL: Well if you see my name in the obituaries in the paper you know why.
Ceiling was from http://bathroomcladdingdirect.co.uk ... other makes are available. :laugh:
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Very nice
Switch above the bath will be decent ip and low voltage no doubt due to being in zone 1.
As for spurs for control units, I take it from the pics that's in the loft, in which case how many houses have spurs next to the combi boilers sometimes under them and in cupboard next to immersion tanks or pipe runs in ceilings above light fittings. It's not somewhere that gets immersion or splashing unless in fault condition, which if any of you have had a pipe burst it will be running out of all the switches and sockets and light fittings. Install looks not bad I wouldn't mark it down.
Aslong as it has adequate protection.
Simon
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Very nice
Switch above the bath will be decent ip and low voltage no doubt due to being in zone 1.
As for spurs for control units, I take it from the pics that's in the loft, in which case how many houses have spurs next to the combi boilers sometimes under them and in cupboard next to immersion tanks or pipe runs in ceilings above light fittings. It's not somewhere that gets immersion or splashing unless in fault condition, which if any of you have had a pipe burst it will be running out of all the switches and sockets and light fittings. Install looks not bad I wouldn't mark it down.
Aslong as it has adequate protection.
Simon
Thanks Si... yes the bath control is low voltage (as is the shower) so can be placed in any zone. Thats the beauty about those things... you can place the bath control up to 10m away from the control box. I will also get a wireless push button remote for the shower so you dont have to get wet.... until you want to. :signLOL:
All the bathroom elecs. are on an RCD and seperate 3A fuses (except the lights which run on the existing lighting ring). In fact, id go to say that the bathroom is the only room in the house that is wired up correctly and conforms to current building regs. :signLOL:
I take you you are an electrician Simon?
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looks like a top effort!! mine needs done next! lol
I hate tiling.. i done the bathroom walls and floor half of the downstairs for the dutch once upon a time and i swear down i'm never touching another tile as long as i live!!
Ps... the lovely laura is indeed rather lovely! lol
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looks like a top effort!! mine needs done next! lol
I hate tiling.. i done the bathroom walls and floor half of the downstairs for the dutch once upon a time and i swear down i'm never touching another tile as long as i live!!
Ps... the lovely laura is indeed rather lovely! lol
Thanks Mikey. Tiling is a PITA. The bits that I did on the new plasterboard walls was a doddle, the rest of it was a total PITA.. hence leaving that to my Dad!!! :innocent:
Interesting that the extractor fan sounds a bit like the EVOMS intake on part throttle. :laugh:
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i'd have even left the ones on the plasterboard!
We were looking at doing work to the house a while back but have decided to buy a new build start of next year. when we were costing it she was like "why dont you do that bit and that bit yourself" (i'm a sparky to trade)..
I had to politely inform her that i hate doing homers and i hate "house bashing" so we would just be getting someone in! lol
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looks like a top effort!! mine needs done next! lol
I hate tiling.. i done the bathroom walls and floor half of the downstairs for the dutch once upon a time and i swear down i'm never touching another tile as long as i live!!
Ps... the lovely laura is indeed rather lovely! lol
Thanks Mikey. Tiling is a PITA. The bits that I did on the new plasterboard walls was a doddle, the rest of it was a total PITA.. hence leaving that to my Dad!!! :innocent:
Interesting that the extractor fan sounds a bit like the EVOMS intake on part throttle. :laugh:
How quite or noisy is the extractor, from inside the bathroom?
I want to link one up to a PIR so it comes on only when your in the shower
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It's not too noisy really, it's the airflow you can hear not the fan itself. I think it would benefit from some better ducting.
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Ah ok, so i guess it sounds like one of those they put in hotels, where its a low 'sucking' noise you can hear (or maybe that's the maid under the covers :jumping:)
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thanks for that cladding link, not seen that before.
might be another option for those who hate tiling walls...
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I've been thinking about cladding my ceiling like you have done Rich.
How easy was it to go over the artex?
Can you give us all your tips please.
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Fairly straight forward.
Wooden batons all around the room making sure they are level, screwed into the joists if possible.
Cross baton the room as you can just make out in this pic...
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Then its just a stapling on the edging to all but one wall, and then cutting the cladding and sliding in... stapling it in place.
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I guess the batterns would smooth any lumps & bumps in the artex.
Did the ceiling downlighters just fit into the battern gap (might give more fitting choice as no need to avoid joists), or did you need to cut big holes in the ceiling as well?
It looks like you fitted some plastic beading between wall & ceiling to finish it off and hide any gaps. Would'nt a silicone sealant have worked?
what was it and did you just no-more nails it up there?
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You have to put the "trim" around the edge otherwise it will just look balls. you attach the trim and the board with a staple gun.
No problem over the artex, once the batons are up it doesnt matter whats on the existing ceiling.
The lights were too deep so we drilled the boards and then drilled up through the existing ceiling.