Sunday, 29 May 2016
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Saturday, 21 May 2016
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Floored by the floor
Onto the floor now. I look at the drain, can't see how the cover fits on water tight (one piece was oval one was square) and call the company. They say it can only be used with their shower trays, no way I can use it now, any solution requires digging it all back up again.
Cue more frustration.
I order a new drain, and dig it all up. It wasn't too bad, as I could leave the bulk of my cement in there, and just get enough pipe exposed to fit the new drain. A bit of pipework and solvent cement, the new drain and location look like this:
This should fit nicely butted up to the left hand side of the room, with the right hand side having a 15cm-ish box concealing the shower unit, butted right up to the edge of the drain.
You can see another waterproof socket there - that's for the shower unit power.
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Cue more frustration.
I order a new drain, and dig it all up. It wasn't too bad, as I could leave the bulk of my cement in there, and just get enough pipe exposed to fit the new drain. A bit of pipework and solvent cement, the new drain and location look like this:
This should fit nicely butted up to the left hand side of the room, with the right hand side having a 15cm-ish box concealing the shower unit, butted right up to the edge of the drain.
You can see another waterproof socket there - that's for the shower unit power.
Monday, 2 May 2016
Ceiling number 1
The first ceiling, is a fake ceiling to cover the pipes and electrics, and give support to suspend the second ceiling. Built in the same way as the previous one, wooden batons round the circumference of the room, with three cross-batons resting on them.
The ceiling is MDF, sprayed with an enamel gloss white paint. About a thousand layers, and it's still not perfect.
I found some simple right angle brackets to use to suspend the second ceiling, and fitting these to the cross batons with bolts, and big nuts and washers on the other side.
Overhead piping just came through at a right angle with a push-fit elbow, and mains cables (lighting circuit) with a bit of ducting.
Trickiest bit was getting it in place. A single piece of MDF was pretty big, and we had to get everything to line up; the pipe, the cable, the speaker cable, and the 6 bolt holes. Was very tricky, but we got there after a few attempts.
Looks like this now:
Not a bad job, if I do say so myself. A few gaps here and there, but coving will cover those. And importantly, the brackets are on solid, with all the weight being distributed across big washers, and the lateral beams.
That's also a waterproof plug socket that I will plug the lights into. It's fed by the wall switch panel. It's rated IP65, crucially, when in use. I found some that were only rated when not being used, they're for sale now if you want one.
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The ceiling is MDF, sprayed with an enamel gloss white paint. About a thousand layers, and it's still not perfect.
I found some simple right angle brackets to use to suspend the second ceiling, and fitting these to the cross batons with bolts, and big nuts and washers on the other side.
Overhead piping just came through at a right angle with a push-fit elbow, and mains cables (lighting circuit) with a bit of ducting.
Trickiest bit was getting it in place. A single piece of MDF was pretty big, and we had to get everything to line up; the pipe, the cable, the speaker cable, and the 6 bolt holes. Was very tricky, but we got there after a few attempts.
Looks like this now:
Not a bad job, if I do say so myself. A few gaps here and there, but coving will cover those. And importantly, the brackets are on solid, with all the weight being distributed across big washers, and the lateral beams.
That's also a waterproof plug socket that I will plug the lights into. It's fed by the wall switch panel. It's rated IP65, crucially, when in use. I found some that were only rated when not being used, they're for sale now if you want one.
Sunday, 1 May 2016
Finally....Build it back up
We were sick and tired by this point. Everything messy and a building site everywhere. So we were happy to start building the room back up. We're done with demolition, at last.
So the aquaboards go up. These are tile backer boards, or plaster boards, specifically for wet rooms. They're pretty solid cement boards with a think vinyl covering. About a cm thick.
"Dot n Dabbed" with waterproof cement, and screwed them all in with 70mm screws into the brickwork.
Starting to look a bit better!
You can see all the electrics poking out the wall, a temporary light switch, and the holes I've cut for the hand shower to roll in and out of. There are also water in pipes coming through, the overhead shower pipe is hidden and pokes out at the top and bottom of the wall, the there's a hole in the top of the shelf bit.
Aquaboards all up (overhead pipe sticking out the window):
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So the aquaboards go up. These are tile backer boards, or plaster boards, specifically for wet rooms. They're pretty solid cement boards with a think vinyl covering. About a cm thick.
"Dot n Dabbed" with waterproof cement, and screwed them all in with 70mm screws into the brickwork.
Starting to look a bit better!
You can see all the electrics poking out the wall, a temporary light switch, and the holes I've cut for the hand shower to roll in and out of. There are also water in pipes coming through, the overhead shower pipe is hidden and pokes out at the top and bottom of the wall, the there's a hole in the top of the shelf bit.
Aquaboards all up (overhead pipe sticking out the window):
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