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Protilers
hhahahahahhahahahaaaa.......I have some 4x3 tanalised timber in the back of my van.......and some 18mm ply.........I could pop round to your place DPF.......AND BUILD YOU A STAGE...........bloddy comiedians............hehehehehehehehehehehe
how are you buddy?.......long time no speak n'all.......
Gary...... its coming along....not as fast as I would like (other trades n'all) and trying to make the best of some not so good prep......good materials not so level and plumb application of them!!!!......oh well......its still a nice job, even if it does have more steps than the one to heaven and more heat than the place below the basement!!!!!!!!!
best wishes
Lee........
how are you buddy?.......long time no speak n'all.......
Gary...... its coming along....not as fast as I would like (other trades n'all) and trying to make the best of some not so good prep......good materials not so level and plumb application of them!!!!......oh well......its still a nice job, even if it does have more steps than the one to heaven and more heat than the place below the basement!!!!!!!!!
best wishes
Lee........
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Protilers
I presume you are hard at it Gary?..........Ray was telling me you had a problem with a electrician recently!!!!!!!!.......what a twonk.........I am really sorry that happened......things like that get right up my nose,
we spend all the time making it look fantastic for some idiot to come along and bodge up a final fix and mess up what we have done..........
not good............
I do hope you and the family are well!
best wishes
Lee......
we spend all the time making it look fantastic for some idiot to come along and bodge up a final fix and mess up what we have done..........
not good............
I do hope you and the family are well!
best wishes
Lee......
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Protilers
Evening all......back from work, Tired......the labourer is useless on this job.........they call him "meercat".....mainly because he spends most of his time outside on the front gate looking out for the big boss!!!
anyway........even more cheap trav installed.....and I have a great tip for you........wait for it......
So, I needed to screed a floor the other day and the pipework coming out of the floor is 15mm chrome pipe......(also works with copper!)........
and I did not want to screed the pipes into place forever.....so.........if you get some 22mm polypipe (grey plastic).......and pop a couple of cuts over the 15mm copper/chrome.........
like this:
even after you have screeded the floor you can give them a little "wibble" and the will come loose.........and you have maintained an expansion around the 15mm pipes!!!.......
I loosened them up and left them in place while I tiled the floor.......(because I dont want tile adhesive getting in ther either!)......and then after tiling I removed them....Like this:
plenty of wiggle room to fix the rad in..............the plumber will be happy!!!!!..........
main area of this room tiled on to fit yet another underfloor heating system:
I covered the doorway with rods......hopefully that will stop anyone trying to walk in there......but I am still a little worried!!!!!
best wishes
Lee.
anyway........even more cheap trav installed.....and I have a great tip for you........wait for it......
So, I needed to screed a floor the other day and the pipework coming out of the floor is 15mm chrome pipe......(also works with copper!)........
and I did not want to screed the pipes into place forever.....so.........if you get some 22mm polypipe (grey plastic).......and pop a couple of cuts over the 15mm copper/chrome.........
like this:
even after you have screeded the floor you can give them a little "wibble" and the will come loose.........and you have maintained an expansion around the 15mm pipes!!!.......
I loosened them up and left them in place while I tiled the floor.......(because I dont want tile adhesive getting in ther either!)......and then after tiling I removed them....Like this:
plenty of wiggle room to fix the rad in..............the plumber will be happy!!!!!..........
main area of this room tiled on to fit yet another underfloor heating system:
I covered the doorway with rods......hopefully that will stop anyone trying to walk in there......but I am still a little worried!!!!!
best wishes
Lee.
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Spud
great tip with the insulation Lee I will be nicking that one 
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Protilers
great tip with the insulation Lee I will be nicking that one
Ello' Mate......be my guest on the nicking..........its a simple solution with a positive result........IMO.....and everyone should nick it!!!!!!!! there is nothing worse than not maintaining expansion joints.............
hhehehehheheheheheeeeee
hope you are cool!....best wishes
Lee!
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Protilers
depends on the substrate flatenss...naturally!.......but if the floor is flat and level.......I get 1.5m2 per bag.........on average! but I dont just flood it!!!!!!!!!........
best wishes
Lee
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
always new you were a little wibbler nice job lee wibbler:smilewinkgrin:
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Protilers
I know you love my....."Wibble, Wobble!".................you have that look about you!!!!! ....... good little tip EH?
I try not to be informative generally (this is what I do for a living after all!).....but little nuggets like this help everyone along.........
see you soon
best wishes
Lee.
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swanman
Do you always tile the floor before the walls
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Protilers
I do Swanman.........but every room I tile is geometric (as in all grout joins match up on every wall!).....bit more time setting out but the finished result is better....IMO....
best wishes
Lee.
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Protilers
Evenin'.......
those labourers are still doing my head in.......first thing in the morning one of them "borrowed" my broom.........
he was in the room at least 4 times over the next couple of hours.........not a broom in sight.........
so in the end I had to ask....."where is my ........... broom?......."
and the reply was "what one is your broom?".........and I replied the one you bloddy borrowed!.....not to mention it say's PROTILERS on it!!!!!!!
Anyway,
tiling walls today.......... Had to cut the toilet holes out of one tile...........no problem!
started to tile another wall and noticed that the shaver point is in the wrong place.......so I moved it up......hence the big hole.....
the plasterboard I cut from the top.........was placed at the bottom, after I had installed a batten behind it......
then I installed more hardibacker to cover the "new" higher set out!
With that looking much nicer...............
End of another day!!!!!
Best wishes
Lee.
those labourers are still doing my head in.......first thing in the morning one of them "borrowed" my broom.........
he was in the room at least 4 times over the next couple of hours.........not a broom in sight.........
so in the end I had to ask....."where is my ........... broom?......."
and the reply was "what one is your broom?".........and I replied the one you bloddy borrowed!.....not to mention it say's PROTILERS on it!!!!!!!
Anyway,
tiling walls today.......... Had to cut the toilet holes out of one tile...........no problem!
started to tile another wall and noticed that the shaver point is in the wrong place.......so I moved it up......hence the big hole.....
the plasterboard I cut from the top.........was placed at the bottom, after I had installed a batten behind it......
then I installed more hardibacker to cover the "new" higher set out!
With that looking much nicer...............
End of another day!!!!!
Best wishes
Lee.
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swanman
I can tell that you love your job
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swanman
Nice work lee
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Protilers
Ello' Ello'
Another day in the asylum over and done with!......... finished another bathroom today (all but a couple of cuts!)
the Labourours are still getting on my nerves....today two things of interest happend.....
the first thing was a labourer wanted to "borrow" my marsheltown margin trowel to dig up the ground outside!!!!!!!.......
and then there was a lot of blokes working in the room where my wetsaw was and there was a lot of "waste" being created by all concerened.....
so I asked the foreman to get them to tidy up...........
the labourer threw away all the rubbish and cleaned up nicely......but he also threw away all the cuts I had made for the cupboard floors as well as my sharpening stone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hhhahahahahahahahhahahaaaaaaa.......so glad I am on day rate!!!!!!!!
Anyway, tiled the cupboard floors (extra)....
finished the dado's....
Had to build out the reveal under the window, because the slope protruded beyond the window cill...............
and that ment that I do not have enough room to fit the travertine slab over the bath..........so I have removed the hardi and marmox packers and moved to the next bathroom......
tommorrow is another day!!!!!1
best wishes
Lee!
Another day in the asylum over and done with!......... finished another bathroom today (all but a couple of cuts!)
the Labourours are still getting on my nerves....today two things of interest happend.....
the first thing was a labourer wanted to "borrow" my marsheltown margin trowel to dig up the ground outside!!!!!!!.......
and then there was a lot of blokes working in the room where my wetsaw was and there was a lot of "waste" being created by all concerened.....
so I asked the foreman to get them to tidy up...........
the labourer threw away all the rubbish and cleaned up nicely......but he also threw away all the cuts I had made for the cupboard floors as well as my sharpening stone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hhhahahahahahahahhahahaaaaaaa.......so glad I am on day rate!!!!!!!!
Anyway, tiled the cupboard floors (extra)....
finished the dado's....
Had to build out the reveal under the window, because the slope protruded beyond the window cill...............
and that ment that I do not have enough room to fit the travertine slab over the bath..........so I have removed the hardi and marmox packers and moved to the next bathroom......
tommorrow is another day!!!!!1
best wishes
Lee!
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Protilers
OOOOhhhhhhhhh...........I do...i do..........its sad really, being this passionate about my work!...but I am!............I think its a form of OCD!
best wishes
Lee!
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Protilers
Evening all.........hope you are well!!!!
went into another bathroom today...........(its prepped and ready.....apparently!).........
this was a shell the last time I saw it!
Looks reasonable dont it?.........hardibacker, new plaster work......a bit of paint here and ther but for a general builder....not bad........and then I noticed this:
and I immidiatly broke out the 8ft" level..........and guess what............the tray id as flat as a pancake....perfect!!!!!......but the floor is as flat as a camels back!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went into melt down mode and assessed the situation......and decided to screed the floor first......(did not take any pictures...too busy f'n and jeff'n)......
but as you can see in the next shot the floor is latexed and I started to install the under floor heating system.........
I got this installed and realised there is no "exit" point for the cold tail or the sensor for the heatmat, so grabbed the onsite electrician and asked him to help me out...........
we had a giggle about all electricians being really messy...leaving off cuts of pvc and timber shavings all over the place and walking away!!!!!..........he took the hint......and here is the proof:
so there you go......electricians can understand the sucky box with button...(vaccum cleaner)..........
after he had finished up I primed the floor ready to lay the heatmat (priming because warm up mats DONT stick to warm up boards!!!!!!
then got called away to do a quote at the royal albert hall!!!!!!..........
tommorrows another day......but at least its poets day!!!!!!
best wishes
Lee!
went into another bathroom today...........(its prepped and ready.....apparently!).........
this was a shell the last time I saw it!
Looks reasonable dont it?.........hardibacker, new plaster work......a bit of paint here and ther but for a general builder....not bad........and then I noticed this:
and I immidiatly broke out the 8ft" level..........and guess what............the tray id as flat as a pancake....perfect!!!!!......but the floor is as flat as a camels back!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went into melt down mode and assessed the situation......and decided to screed the floor first......(did not take any pictures...too busy f'n and jeff'n)......
but as you can see in the next shot the floor is latexed and I started to install the under floor heating system.........
I got this installed and realised there is no "exit" point for the cold tail or the sensor for the heatmat, so grabbed the onsite electrician and asked him to help me out...........
we had a giggle about all electricians being really messy...leaving off cuts of pvc and timber shavings all over the place and walking away!!!!!..........he took the hint......and here is the proof:
so there you go......electricians can understand the sucky box with button...(vaccum cleaner)..........
after he had finished up I primed the floor ready to lay the heatmat (priming because warm up mats DONT stick to warm up boards!!!!!!
then got called away to do a quote at the royal albert hall!!!!!!..........
tommorrows another day......but at least its poets day!!!!!!
best wishes
Lee!
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Protilers
Alright Chap's...!
Fair bit going on today.....but then again it is poet's day....so I left work a little earlier than usual.....(more on that later!).......
but today I am going to show you how we install an under floor heating system..........and here we go:
first of is.....make sure your mat will fit.......measure the area and DEDUCT 10% (as a rule of thumb!) from the whole area and round DOWNWARD.....
so if you have 4.6m2.....less 10%= 4.14 = (rounded down) 4.0m2 mat......
install the mat in neat runs and onto stage two.....
All heatmats have an "End"....this is thicker than the main "heat" wire....so it will need to be buried..........
so cut a hole in the insulation where it will end and ......
stuff it in!!!!
On some heatmats.......(these are warm up).......there will be some overlap of mesh.....(keep the heat wire at least 40mm apart from each other!)......like this...
on the heatmat I supply and fit thsi is never a problem on on warm up mats it is a constant issue....the answer is to take your time and trim it back!!!!
Like this: (and it will also give you the ability to apply gaffer tape across two runs and have them BOTH stuck to the floor!....warm up mat's dont stick very well IMO!)
If you need to bury tour "Cold Tail"......its the same procedure as the "end"........
This little bit of tube most people often overlook......but it is the most important part of the installation......Because:
1. it is the most difficult to fit.
2. it is vital piece of futureproofing your underfloor heating install........
there are no guarentees without this tube!!!!!!!!!!!!
it needs to be cut to a length that will reach 50% into a heatwire run and up to your RCD....
in this case I needed to tape up the end......some manafacturer's proivide rubber bungs!.......
cut a channel in the floor and.......
stick it in.....
if your floor temp sensor ever fails you will be able to feed in a new one without having to damage the floor.................BONUS!
Finally coat with a cover of latex screed...this will encapsulate the heat wire and provide maximum heat spread from the wire.....as there will be no voids!!!
Best wishes
Lee!
Fair bit going on today.....but then again it is poet's day....so I left work a little earlier than usual.....(more on that later!).......
but today I am going to show you how we install an under floor heating system..........and here we go:
first of is.....make sure your mat will fit.......measure the area and DEDUCT 10% (as a rule of thumb!) from the whole area and round DOWNWARD.....
so if you have 4.6m2.....less 10%= 4.14 = (rounded down) 4.0m2 mat......
install the mat in neat runs and onto stage two.....
All heatmats have an "End"....this is thicker than the main "heat" wire....so it will need to be buried..........
so cut a hole in the insulation where it will end and ......
stuff it in!!!!
On some heatmats.......(these are warm up).......there will be some overlap of mesh.....(keep the heat wire at least 40mm apart from each other!)......like this...
on the heatmat I supply and fit thsi is never a problem on on warm up mats it is a constant issue....the answer is to take your time and trim it back!!!!
Like this: (and it will also give you the ability to apply gaffer tape across two runs and have them BOTH stuck to the floor!....warm up mat's dont stick very well IMO!)
If you need to bury tour "Cold Tail"......its the same procedure as the "end"........
This little bit of tube most people often overlook......but it is the most important part of the installation......Because:
1. it is the most difficult to fit.
2. it is vital piece of futureproofing your underfloor heating install........
there are no guarentees without this tube!!!!!!!!!!!!
it needs to be cut to a length that will reach 50% into a heatwire run and up to your RCD....
in this case I needed to tape up the end......some manafacturer's proivide rubber bungs!.......
cut a channel in the floor and.......
stick it in.....
if your floor temp sensor ever fails you will be able to feed in a new one without having to damage the floor.................BONUS!
Finally coat with a cover of latex screed...this will encapsulate the heat wire and provide maximum heat spread from the wire.....as there will be no voids!!!
Best wishes
Lee!
P
Protilers
Other than that........here is a bathroom finished.......:
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Protilers
I have to say....... have I upset you all?
I thought there would be a couple of replies at least......
Or maybe I am doing everything right and no one has any comments?..........
Hahhahahahaaa
Best wishes
Lee.......
I thought there would be a couple of replies at least......
Or maybe I am doing everything right and no one has any comments?..........
Hahhahahahaaa
Best wishes
Lee.......
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DHTiling
Seems ok to me. 🙂
Maybe your work has left everyone speechless.
Maybe your work has left everyone speechless.
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
calm down good job you probaly done it to quick for most to keep up:incazzato:blink and you miss it ok :8:
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The D
View attachment 44853 there you go m8 :lol:
:lol:
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Protilers
Wish I never asked now!!!!!!!!
Hhehehheehehhehhe
Lee
Hhehehheehehhehhe
Lee
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
maybe they will like your porcadrill testing more:8:
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Protilers
I get the feeling I need to make another vid?
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White Room
View attachment 44853 there you go m8
Just for a bit of useless information, my other half used to work for the company that used make the badge...they also made the wings for the Concorde.
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The D
can you get hold of one and send it to lee :lol:
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