Bathroom project - Work in progress

[davemul]

Apologies mods of this needs to go elsewhere.. please feel free to move it or bin it!

Riiiight.. here goes....

We've been in our first house nearly 2 years now. We've (well ... more like I'VE!) done everything else bar the bathroom. It's an old 1800's cottage so the bathroom was in a pretty bad way. Solidly built but nasty and OLD!

I decided a few weeks ago to RIP it out and start from the beginning.

First task was to move the hot water cylinder from in the bathroom to a new cupboard outside the room (thanks to Scruff from ultimatehandyman.co.uk for the advice!)

Now you see it...

Now you dont!

Ive taken quite a lot out..

CARNAGE

Well, I picked up a load of bits today..

Marmox goods and tiles!

New shower pump for the house too

Also have taken delivery of a taptile wireless light switch system Taptile - Ditch the switch one-touch mood lighting and dimming solutions for the bathroom and kitchen

6 astro glass downlights

an airflow icon15 extractor fan

and some Polk RC60i ceiling speakers

and a couple of remote water isolation switches about surestop

More bits arrive tomorrow.. i'll update this thread as I go along... im taking next week off to start the plumbing and install!

 

[Mike]

get yourself a good manual cutter mate, it will save you so much time and give you good quality cuts (no chipping of the tile) i'd recommend a sigma but i'm sure one or 2 on here may mention a rubi. you could always sell it after to recoup most of your money.

 

[davemul]

More tools! Aarrgh

 

[Mike]

i'm sure you can sell them on ebay when you finish, or keep them for your next project

 

[davemul]

How much am I looking at then guys?

 

[Ian]

Just get a second hand one or buy new and resell after, rubi, sigma and montolit cutters always seem to get very close to their retail prices if they haven't had much use. Like Mike said, well worth getting one as you will get a much neater finish and save a stack load of time,

 

[Ian]

How big are the tiles Dave?

 

[Mike]

my sigma (600mm cut) cost me 270 , i just bought a sigma 6 this week (350mm cut) was 160. well worth the money i.m.o.

 

[davemul]

Floor tiles are 330x330
Walls are 500x330

£270...ouch! :yikes:

what if I need to do L cuts (damn niches)

 

[Mike]

with 'L' cuts i cut the short one with the electric cutter then cut the other with the manual cutter

 

[Bathfix Bob]

When I started up I only had a wet wheel cutter and I did a few bathrooms with it and it took me ages, it chips the tile edge as well. When I got my manual cutter I could cut a tile in 5 seconds rather than 2 minutes. It changed my life.

Deffo get a manual cutter.

 

[davemul]

what about a Rubi Star-50-N PLUS ?

or is it crap?

 

[Stef]

If i was closer to you i would have given you a loan of a rubi ts 60.

Can no one on here help you out with a spare cutter?

you could hire 1, or go to B&Q & get a big clunker (they are meant to be not a bad buy)

 

[davemul]

If i was closer to you i would have given you a loan of a rubi ts 60.

Can no one on here help you out with a spare cutter?

you could hire 1, or go to B&Q & get a big clunker (they are meant to be not a bad buy)

That would have been very kind of you, thanks mate. But alas I am a far distance away.

Big clinker... like this one? http://www.*************/p/qep-big-clinker-tile-cutter-610mm/28076

 

[Stef]

Cant open that page up, just make sure it can accommodate the size of tile you have.
I havent used 1 personally but i know Dave has posted about them on here before.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Yes I have a big clinker and its great.

 

[davemul]

woohoo, ill go down to screwfix and get one tomorrow! thanks gents. £100 is a little easier to digest than £300!

 

[davemul]

Delivery! Will I ever use this stuff again!?

 

[Mike]

you've got a whole kit there now dave, i'm sure you'll get a decent price off a new starter on here, unless you're thinking of going out on your own.

 

[davemul]

Haha, you never know Mike.. I may give up the day job... let's see how the self levelling and then tiling goes first! :lol:

 

[davemul]

well I picked up the big clinker (what a sh*t name!)

also once again the fein came to the rescue! along with the stabila level... fitting the thermostat for the UFH was a breeze!

 

[Ian]

You look like you're having a lot of fun doing this Dave, are you going to consider a career change if all goes well?

 

[Mike]

i see that's a warmup kit you have there. i find them expensive, did you not get a quote from uheat? i do find the warmup better for covering as the cable is approx 3mm whereas the uheat is 5mm

 

[davemul]

You look like you're having a lot of fun doing this Dave, are you going to consider a career change if all goes well?

errr. prob not Bri to be honest.. its more of a labour of love.. and the fact we have no bathroom till I finish it!

Mike, its actually a kit from a company called living heat. They do really good dual core kits, low depth. Im just a ponce and have to have a fancy touch screen thermostat so went for the warmup 3IE. I have another two to install downstairs for the conservatory and the kitchen. £100 a pop, bit pricey now I think about it!

 

[Mike]

that thermostat would be compatible with the uheat cable as i relaid a floor (i never laid it originally) and the original (warmup) cable was damaged and they wanted 250 for a new cable but i sourced one from uheat for half the price. uheat tech support confirmed the new cable was compatible with the warmup thermostat and sensor. it may save you some money if you haven't purchased the full kit yet

 

[davemul]

The living heat cables were cheaper than uheat Mike...

I have about 14 m2 downstairs (200w) a 3.5m2 (150w) for the bathroom

the service was also second to none, I would thoroughly recommend trying them sometime

saying that, downstairs is all installed just not connected up. But the multimeter readings are bang on so should be fine! (touches wood!)

 

[Mike]

The living heat cables were cheaper than uheat Mike...

I have about 14 m2 downstairs (200w) a 3.5m2 (150w) for the bathroom

the service was also second to none, I would thoroughly recommend trying them sometime

saying that, downstairs is all installed just not connected up. But the multimeter readings are bang on so should be fine! (touches wood!)

thanks, but i never bother buying it myself dave, i just pass on the numbers to my customers and let them buy them.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

thanks, but i never bother buying it myself dave, i just pass on the numbers to my customers and let them buy them.

Same here, I hate supplying expensive items.

 

[davemul]

I hate buying expensive items! :lol:

 

[davemul]

How many times can one burn themselves with a glue gun!? I have no fingertips left

few bits done today

 

[jay]

Cables may be a bit close together might be worth checking