Woohoo - bathroom's finally finished!! Just a quick note to thank everyone
for the various bits of assistance over the last few months.

Time to start on the kitchen... :-)

Andy


P.S. - To report back on this particular post (was: Concealed shower outlet)
I ended up using a combination of fibre washers stacked on top of each
other, hemp and jointing compound - seems to have given a good seal!



SNIP Fixing a concealed shower outlet using a wall plate elbow...
Andy

Yeah, make best estimate of tile & adhesive thickness when fixing the
elbow. If you briefly screw the outlet into place immediately after
fixing the tiles, it'll squash the tile/adhesive to the right level
+/-.
I finally fixed my outlet with a good dose of silicone joint compound
on
threads, locked in place & no leaks.

Just to report back on this one, it went slightly awry but not the end of
the world. Even though I carefully measured the depth of the wall plate
elbow beforehand it's slightly *too* recessed - so when it came to
tightening up the shower outlet to squeeze the adhesive down I cannot
FULLY
tighten it for fear of cracking the tile. I think I've come up with a
plan
involving some silicone, PTFE, plumbers mait and lots of washers stacked
on
top of each other. So, I have a couple more questions...

1. Fibre or rubber washers?

2. What's the best thing to use to seal the thread between the wall
elbow
and the shower outlet? Lots of PTFE, plumbers mait or something else?

Hi,

I would try wrapping hemp around the thread and sealing over it with a
sealant like Fernox LS-X. The hemp should expand on contact with water
and give a mechanically tight seal, and the sealant should seal the
water in.

"Pecanfan" wrote in message
...
Woohoo - bathroom's finally finished!! Just a quick note to thank
everyone
for the various bits of assistance over the last few months.

Time to start on the kitchen... :-)

Andy

And when you've finished that?

Mary

Woohoo - bathroom's finally finished!! Just a quick note to thank
everyone
for the various bits of assistance over the last few months.

Time to start on the kitchen... :-)

Andy

And when you've finished that?

Mary

Loft, hallway & stairs, bedroom 1, bedroom 2 and living room... oh and the
yard. Most of that's fairly minor work though, apart from the loft which
I'm trying to forget about at the moment. :-)

Andy

"Pecanfan" wrote in message
...
Woohoo - bathroom's finally finished!! Just a quick note to thank
everyone
for the various bits of assistance over the last few months.

Time to start on the kitchen... :-)

Andy

And when you've finished that?

Mary

Loft, hallway & stairs, bedroom 1, bedroom 2 and living room... oh and the
yard. Most of that's fairly minor work though, apart from the loft which
I'm trying to forget about at the moment. :-)

Sounds like us, except that we haven't done the bathroom yet ... and there
are even more things on the list :-)

I just hope we live longenough to get round to it1

Mary

Andy

Loft, hallway & stairs, bedroom 1, bedroom 2 and living room... oh and
the
yard. Most of that's fairly minor work though, apart from the loft
which
I'm trying to forget about at the moment. :-)

Sounds like us, except that we haven't done the bathroom yet ... and there
are even more things on the list :-)
I just hope we live longenough to get round to it

Know the feeling - if there was any sign of light at the end of the tunnel
it would improve matters slightly. Up until recently our old bathroom was
in our kitchen - now our old kitchen is in our living room and our new
kitchen is in the bedroom. Have to say, I could get used to having a fridge
next to the TV though... :-)

Andy

"Pecanfan" wrote in message
...
Loft, hallway & stairs, bedroom 1, bedroom 2 and living room... oh and
the
yard. Most of that's fairly minor work though, apart from the loft
which
I'm trying to forget about at the moment. :-)

Sounds like us, except that we haven't done the bathroom yet ... and
there
are even more things on the list :-)
I just hope we live longenough to get round to it

Know the feeling - if there was any sign of light at the end of the tunnel
it would improve matters slightly. Up until recently our old bathroom was
in our kitchen - now our old kitchen is in our living room and our new
kitchen is in the bedroom.

You really know how to confuse don't you!

Mary

In article ,
"Pecanfan" writes:
Know the feeling - if there was any sign of light at the end of the tunnel
it would improve matters slightly. Up until recently our old bathroom was
in our kitchen - now our old kitchen is in our living room and our new
kitchen is in the bedroom. Have to say, I could get used to having a fridge
next to the TV though... :-)

Sounds a bit like me. A few years ago, I did the kitchen and
bathroom. A small part of the old kitchen (a pair of cupboards
with worktop, the fridge/freezer, and the disconnected cooker) got
moved into the dining room, and the new kitchen was piled up in the
living room. Meanwhile, kitchen and bathroom were gutted, new
floor, rewired, replacement windows, replastered, etc. Bathroom
suite stood outside in the back garden during the day, and was moved
back in and pipework coupled up each night so it could be used, for
a bath in particular. I think I could get the bath unplumbed and
out into the garden in about a minute with the practice, and
reinstalled in a couple of mintues;-) I ended up being much busier
at work than I had thought, and it was like this for some months,
to varying degrees. However, it was eventually finished, and well
worth the effort.

The first part of such a task is rather dishartening. Just about
everything you do is destructive and seemingly moving the house
further from the condition you want it in, but eventually you tip
the see-saw, and are doing constructive work, and can see everything
coming together.

--
Andrew Gabriel