DIY with function over finesse!!

[MattBLancs]

I'm sure that candle nook would get all sooty!

[mickthemaverick]

You;ve lost me there Matt!!

Ryan, this is why I made the spelling mistake, now corrected!!

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restauran ... gland.html

[CitroJim]

Gosh! Those leak alarms definitely did a great job Mick. I'm going to get some to incorporate in my rebuilt ablutions facilities...

[MattBLancs]

You;ve lost me there Matt!!

Don't worry, many never fully managed to tune in to the nonsense I can come up with!

Soot, here, in the nook

Spoiler: show

Sooty nook with candles

P.s. echoing what Jim said, those leak detectors look a great idea and I'll look into them too.

[CitroJim]

Soot, here, in the nook

That's almost poetry Matt Carry on...

[Paul-R]

It's like the start of a haiku.

[CitroJim]

It's like the start of a haiku.

Indeed

[MattBLancs]

Oh the pressure is on! I'll try my best, please chip in others!

Soot, here, in the nook,
From posers, seeking "a look"!
Not tealights!?! My head, it shook!
Perhaps better, a bath time book,
Or soap, shampoo and a duck!

[MattBLancs]

Stop now, not pushing my luck!?

[mickthemaverick]

Well with the aid of the spray and the tools removing the old seal from the tiles was pretty simple and now its ready for the new bath:

Cleaned tiles ready to accept the new bead.

While I was doing that job I noticed that the hot isolation valve had a pool of water in its end. I know it was dry last night so the isolator must have the tiniest leak. Obviously I don't want to try and adjust it cos I'd be bound to get a fountain so I settled for a safe drainage path until my new olives arrive tomorrow and I can refit the S extension to give it more room but I'll keep the tissue in the end until I get to fit the new bath.

The leak path to the dish below

The S pipes awaiting new olives to refit to the isolators:

The cleaned and prepped S pipes

At least the new tap and shower head have arrived with the new waste, so just the bath, the bath feet, the push on flexible connectors and the 22mm olives to come!!

The new tap and waste

[CitroJim]

Oh the pressure is on! I'll try my best, please chip in others!

Soot, here, in the nook,
From posers, seeking "a look"!
Not tealights!?! My head, it shook!
Perhaps better, a bath time book,
Or soap, shampoo and a duck!

That's a cracker Matt

Your bathroom is slightly resembling mine now Mick! Although yours still looks largely habitable - mine's just a building site with no floors currently!

I guess you're going for a new bath rather than replacing it with a nice big walk-in shower as I'm doing... Or do you have room for both?

[mickthemaverick]

Already have a walk in shower on the other side Jim!!

[CitroJim]

Already have a walk in shower on the other side Jim!!

best of both worlds

[Rp0thejester]

How's your garage holding up against this thunderstorm Mick? I seem to remember it being downhill.

[mickthemaverick]

I'd say pretty well, the pictures tell the story:

The bottom of the door showing how high the flood got

The new edge rubber I fitted last year kept it at bay with just a little seepage that didn't reach the carpet tiles.

There was a stream flowing through our walkway where the soakaway couldn't cope

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