On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:00:59 +0100, ss wrote:

I think sometimes we are too clinical. I remodelled a shower room a few
months back and came on here for advice as the walls were all over the
place, it was driving me insane. The advice given was `if it looks right
then it is ok` so I followed advice and although if I use a spirit some
walls are out of plumb it actually looks ok.

Its a balancing act if some of your walls were out of plumb before and
you never noticed then dont fret about it. I take the view nowadays
that I made an improvement, it may not be perfect but it is better than
what it was.

Sorry for the delay. I was busy at work and the DIY was postponed
until the weekend.

I think that if I followed your advice, I would be finished in half
the time! I suppose I need to be pragmatic, rather than perfectionist.

I was hoping to buy an 8' piece of timber, hold it plumb, and measure
the gap to tell you.

I went to Wickes but I'm not sure their wood was any straighter than
the wall!

I think that with the timber touching the wall at the bottom, the top
is about a quarter of an inch away at the top. I could not measure
exactly as I did not have enough hands and had misplaced my plastic
packers.

Switching units, over the height of the wall that's 12/2400*100=0.5%
Put that way, it doesn't sound too extreme. I will follow John's
advice and try not to get small bits of tile near the edge to
accentuate this.

Thanks again,
Stephen.