My Latest Transformation

[Sean fsy]

Customer was very specific on this job, Now that im Bathroom installing aswell as tiling i thought i would share this full installation with you. The full lot was to do. The tiles on this job were 1000mm x 355mm tiles, and on the floor black opal gulfstone tiles 400 x 400mm. Job was to include strip all old stuff out of bathroom. Remove soil stack, cap off and fit AAV. board where stack had been, No pipes to be seen or boxing so all pipes routed under floor, replace old floor boards, re route towel rail pipes to accomodate new stainless steel one, Also to install one of my speciality recessed ceilings with led,s in the uprise, Fit new Jacuzzi bath and all new utopia furniture with moulded in sink. Also to replace old fan with icon fan with delayed shutter. Back moulds to be removed and square edge trim used instead.

Will do the before pics first then after ones.:







Let work commence:

[Sean fsy]

Now the after pics:

[david campbell]

i think i prefered the first bathroom pics



















joking mate,seriously nice job and work

[whitebeam]

Love the lights Sean, top work

[doug boardley]

nice one Sean, bet customers are wll chuffed

[Dave]

Very nice,, get that entered into JOTM..

[4x4]

looks Superb mate, love the ceiling

[aph257]

top notch Sean

[Sean fsy]

Love doing ceilings, People are hearing about them and insisting i do their bathrooms for them.

[Alan.P]

Not sure about the setting out along the window wall, slivers upside the unit and on the sill ? It might be the pictures but could it have been set out different ?

[connelltiling]

Shiney, SHiney...

[Pebbs]

Sean what material is the vanity top Corian?

Pebbs

[mikethetile]

what have you done around the door Sean

[Sean fsy]

Not sure about the setting out along the window wall, slivers upside the unit and on the sill ? It might be the pictures but could it have been set out different ?

The room Measured 1.7m x 2m exactly. so on the bath side with the tile central it left 350mm cuts either side of the tile, (dont forget these tiles are a metre long!) so on the window wall 2m long its only two tiles wide so it looked better to centralise the window thus leaving 500mm cuts either side of the full tile, so this joining the 350mm cuts from the bath side gave a 850mm size tile combined round the corners. every other way in wich they could be fitted to the window wall looked pants.

[whitebeam]

What cutter did you use Sean

[Dan]

I love it and so does the mrs, especially the floor and ceiling.

Is that a chrome strip border around the walls mate?

[Sean fsy]

I love it and so does the mrs, especially the floor and ceiling.

Is that a chrome strip border around the walls mate?

Yes mate it was a special strip, £55 for a 2.4m length . chrome plated trim to stop it tarnishing

[Sean fsy]

What cutter did you use Sean

only used my wet cutter on the full job. tiles werent difficult to cut.

[Dan]

What wet cutter do you have?

[Sean fsy]

Sean what material is the vanity top Corian?

Pebbs

not to sure, think it was the new composite wortops, smelt like car body filler when i was cutting them.

[Sean fsy]

What wet cutter do you have?

Same one ive used for the last 11 years, think its a tile easy one £150 they are. 180mm blade. i look after it and change the bearings every couple of months or sooner if i hear it change noise.

[Dan]

Just goes to show the classic cutters can survive with a bit of TLC and a good blade!

[whitebeam]

Get yourself a new cutter, nothing wrong with your cuts, just changing the bearings would do my head in

[Sean fsy]

Get yourself a new cutter, nothing wrong with your cuts, just changing the bearings would do my head in

Takes 5 mins, when your a fully time served engineering maintenance fitter its a doddle, Bearings £7 for 10, new cutter £150 plus, no brainer. no need to dwindle the profits away.

[Dave]

why change what works hey Sean..

If the motor goes then fair enough..

[whitebeam]

Takes 5 mins, when your a fully time served engineering maintenance fitter its a doddle, Bearings £7 for 10, new cutter £150 plus, no brainer. no need to dwindle the profits away.

Does make it easier

[Sean fsy]

Does make it easier

i often contemplate the idea of buying new gear and think well because its more exspensive and newer it must be better, but the job in question only took 3 days to do all the tiling which i think is about right. i suppose if i tried out some more exspensive and newer gear it probably is far superior and i would think to myself what have i been battling on with over these years lol. i use my wet cutter and i have a 700mm manual cutter and thats all, (apart from a brand new wet cutter which i bought because i thought mine was buggered. Thats before i knew you could buy and replace the bearings)

[Bathfix Bob]

Stunning.

How long did it take you Sean, honestly mind!

[Scott]

Nice work Sean.
I would question the removal of the soil stack though, is that the primary or a sub stack? If its the primary then it should be vented to atmosphere and at the very least if it is a sub stack then the AAV should be above the spill level of the basin. Worth checking that out on the plumbers forum just to make sure.

[Sean fsy]

The durgo AAV is situated above the sink spill, the 200mm cupboard to the right of the toilet is a dummy unit which i built up using spare door and spare carcas material.