[The Medway Handyman]

Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is too big to
fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg



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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

[clot]

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is too
big to fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg

Absolutely no problem. Just pop round to those highly economical sheds- Be
Quiet or Housy Bingo for instance and collect several of those low priced
bags of silica that they sell for producing concrete.

Prior to visit said shed, measure the height from the ground to the top of
the tank and then just use some simple maths whilst at the shed to determine
how many of their excellent bags of s(a)ilica you need to fill the space.

You might not find that there is an exact integer fit - no need to worry,
they've thought of your possible problem. Just ask for a dozen tubes of
silicone to level the surface - they even have colours to suit many
circumstances.

HTH

[Dave Liquorice[_2_]]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:36:07 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is too
big to fill with silicone?

Just pack the gap with some screwed up newspaper and it will be fine.

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Cheers
Dave.

[John Rumm]

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is too big to
fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg

Rather than sanitary silicone, I suggest breast implants... a couple of
dozen size D jubbley replacements ought to do it!

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Cheers,

John.

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[somebody]

In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is too big to
fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg


Whilst you have long been doing a good job in your chosen field, I am
slightly concerned that your experience as a handy man is failing you
here.

That isn't a gap. It is clearly a public right of way.

If you don't have the requisite experience in footpath, access and right
of way laws, you could be heading into a minefield.

If on the other hand you feel confidant enough with the legalities, you
could just puncture a can of expanding foam behind it, evacuate the room
and trim off the bits you don't need the day after.

I have to be honest though, there are a few bods on u.l.m who would get
right upset if you blocked it. There are probably horses, cars, carts
and even football teams who rely on that right of way. Even the highways
agency need permission to block off a trunk route.

;-)
Someone

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is too big to
fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg

Bluddyell. Is there a pipe running across the back, I seem to see?
Anyway, if it was me I'd look at filling it in with a ply shelf or
something similar, tiled to finish.
--

Dave

[the_constructor]

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is too big
to
fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg

Bluddyell. Is there a pipe running across the back, I seem to see?
Anyway, if it was me I'd look at filling it in with a ply shelf or
something similar, tiled to finish.
--

Dave

I thought it was April fools days at first !
That is one hell of a gap.
I cant understand why the OP didn't think to cut the waste pipe that goes
through the wall.....
James

[The Medway Handyman]

the_constructor wrote:
"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is
too big to
fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg

Bluddyell. Is there a pipe running across the back, I seem to see?
Anyway, if it was me I'd look at filling it in with a ply shelf or
something similar, tiled to finish.
--

Dave

I thought it was April fools days at first !
That is one hell of a gap.
I cant understand why the OP didn't think to cut the waste pipe that
goes through the wall.....


Odd, but that wasn't on the list of jobs she wanted done, she hadn't even
mentioned it!

I was asked to tighten up a loose monoblock basin mixer next to it.

Bathroom was put in & tiled 6 months ago by a 'bathroom specialist'.
Apparently they said it had to be like that because of the soil pipe. The
room was gutted prior to installation.

I'm going back to apply the Curmugeons suggestion.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

[Dave Liquorice[_2_]]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:01:16 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Bathroom was put in & tiled 6 months ago by a 'bathroom specialist'.
Apparently they said it had to be like that because of the soil pipe.

I'm not sure which is worse the "bathroom specialists" for that
standard(*) of work or the home owner for being so dim as to accept it.

The room was gutted prior to installation.

I take it that the soil pipe doesn't exit horizontally across the gap and
through the wall but is vertical thus the bowl/cistern can't be shifted
back the 6" to the wall. You can get offset vertical connectors but they
won't go back that far unless they have just used a bend.

Have a look at McAlpine WC-CONQ or WC-CONQP (adjustable height):

http://www.h-i-e.co.uk/acatalog/McAlpine_WC-CONQ.html

Most other WC connector manufacturers have something similar.

--
Cheers
Dave.

[NoSpam]

The Medway Handyman wrote:
the_constructor wrote:
"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is
too big to
fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg
Bluddyell. Is there a pipe running across the back, I seem to see?
Anyway, if it was me I'd look at filling it in with a ply shelf or
something similar, tiled to finish.
--

Dave
I thought it was April fools days at first !
That is one hell of a gap.
I cant understand why the OP didn't think to cut the waste pipe that
goes through the wall.....


Odd, but that wasn't on the list of jobs she wanted done, she hadn't even
mentioned it!

I was asked to tighten up a loose monoblock basin mixer next to it.

Bathroom was put in & tiled 6 months ago by a 'bathroom specialist'.
Apparently they said it had to be like that because of the soil pipe. The
room was gutted prior to installation.

I'm going back to apply the Curmugeons suggestion.



It may just be that they've used a P-shaped pan connector whereas a
swan-neck would solve the problem.

Dave

[ARWadworth]

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
.. .
the_constructor wrote:
"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

Could anyone advise if this gap between the cistern & the wall is
too big to
fill with silicone?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap009.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iletgap008.jpg

Bluddyell. Is there a pipe running across the back, I seem to see?
Anyway, if it was me I'd look at filling it in with a ply shelf or
something similar, tiled to finish.
--

Dave

I thought it was April fools days at first !
That is one hell of a gap.
I cant understand why the OP didn't think to cut the waste pipe that
goes through the wall.....


Odd, but that wasn't on the list of jobs she wanted done, she hadn't even
mentioned it!

I was asked to tighten up a loose monoblock basin mixer next to it.

Bathroom was put in & tiled 6 months ago by a 'bathroom specialist'.
Apparently they said it had to be like that because of the soil pipe. The
room was gutted prior to installation.

I'm going back to apply the Curmugeons suggestion.


So problem solved. But why did you not take photos when you worked in the
brothel :-)

Adam

[Si[_2_]]

In message , ARWadworth
writes

So problem solved. But why did you not take photos when you worked in
the brothel :-)

He were too busy. ;-)

--
Si

[Andy Hall]

On 2008-02-15 17:23:54 +0000, "ARWadworth"
said:


"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message .. .

Odd, but that wasn't on the list of jobs she wanted done, she hadn't
even mentioned it!

I was asked to tighten up a loose monoblock basin mixer next to it.

Bathroom was put in & tiled 6 months ago by a 'bathroom specialist'.
Apparently they said it had to be like that because of the soil pipe.
The room was gutted prior to installation.

I'm going back to apply the Curmugeons suggestion.


So problem solved. But why did you not take photos when you worked in
the brothel :-)

Adam

Oh, he's not still doing jobs there, is he....?

[The Medway Handyman]

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:01:16 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Bathroom was put in & tiled 6 months ago by a 'bathroom specialist'.
Apparently they said it had to be like that because of the soil pipe.

I'm not sure which is worse the "bathroom specialists" for that
standard(*) of work or the home owner for being so dim as to accept
it.

I wondered that as well.

The room was gutted prior to installation.

I take it that the soil pipe doesn't exit horizontally across the gap
and through the wall but is vertical thus the bowl/cistern can't be
shifted back the 6" to the wall.

Indeed, the WC's outlet is vertical, going into the soil pipe collar which
emerges from the floor.

Could have been done easily when the room had been gutted, but now
everything is tiled & the floor is down its too late.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

[Dave Liquorice[_2_]]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:01:53 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Could have been done easily when the room had been gutted,

Well not that easily if the floor is solid. I'm hoping that the WC-CONQ
that I have will allow the bowl/cistern I have for the cottage bathroom to
sit far enough back. It should do within 5mm or so.

but now everything is tiled & the floor is down its too late.

Does appear that way depending on what the floor covering is and was it
laid around or under the bowl foot. I suspect from the leaving of a 6" gap
they will have fitted the floor covering around rather than under...

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Cheers
Dave.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Hall
saying something like:

So problem solved. But why did you not take photos when you worked in
the brothel :-)

Adam

Oh, he's not still doing jobs there, is he....?

Payment in kind is fine up to a point.
--

Dave

[clot]

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Hall
saying something like:

So problem solved. But why did you not take photos when you worked
in the brothel :-)

Adam

Oh, he's not still doing jobs there, is he....?

Payment in kind is fine up to a point.

Another satisfied customer?