You know them 5 minute jobs...

[roofer]

That end up turning into 5 days ?

Sitting on the khazi looking at a dripping from behind the shower wall, and as you do, you investigate...

[mike80]

You shouldn't've let it get into that state to begin with!

[don'tbesilly]

Just as a matter of interest how often did you have to change the cartridge on that Aqualisa shower?

[sunbeam alpine]

You managed to achieve that while sitting on the bog?

Stop lighting them!!!!

[roofer]

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mike80 said:

You shouldn't've let it get into that state to begin with!

Stud wall in front of pipes/valves. Bodge by previous owner. Fitting a 3 bar pump one of the seals on the valve fail...hence the investigation y'see

[roofer]

sunbeam alpine said:

You managed to achieve that while sitting on the bog?

Stop lighting them!!!!

That made I chuckle

[roofer]

don'tbesilly said:

Just as a matter of interest how often did you have to change the cartridge on that Aqualisa shower?

Never, inherited when we moved in. Just pulled it apart, and it's scaled up to buggery, worked fine though.

[Oilchange]

me too, lol

[stemll]

roofer said:

don'tbesilly said:

Just as a matter of interest how often did you have to change the cartridge on that Aqualisa shower?

Never, inherited when we moved in. Just pulled it apart, and it's scaled up to buggery, worked fine though.

Had one very similar to that until last year. First two cartridges lasted about 3 or 4 years (stopped regulating temperature properly) the last one about 10 after they changed from black to grey (or the other way around).

[expensivegarms]

My dad's like this. Changing the fluorescent strip light in the garage ended up in him changing all the wiring, light switches, junction boxes and the consumer unit! Looks loads better than it was though to be fair.

[mgtony]

Don't think you'll have much luck trying to match those tiles for the repair.

[roofer]

Day 2....

I fekkin hate tiling ...

[Vee]

Hope you've checked that she likes those tiles - your Easter is gonna be f****d otherwise

I've got to reseal 2 shower trays - not looking forward to that at all.

[boyse7en]

My best 5min job was replacing a washer on a dripping tap in the kitchen.

It escalated to a £12,000 extension and new kitchen...

[roofer]

Vee said:

Hope you've checked that she likes those tiles - your Easter is gonna be f****d otherwise

I've got to reseal 2 shower trays - not looking forward to that at all.

She picked them, I would of bought 2M2 ones

[rsv gone!]

Vee said:

I've got to reseal 2 shower trays - not looking forward to that at all.

You can get this magic potion from Screwfix which makes the old mastic turn brittle. Makes it much easier to remove.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-sealant-remo...

[roofer]

Sorted.





Bit of cleaning for girlie when she gets back, time to fit the new sink and khazi.

[Countdown]

Top work

[lufbramatt]

Good work

Know the feeling- had the same here. what was meant to be a quick spruce up of the bathroom has turned into a full on refurb due to the previous owners handiwork. The solvent weld waste was "glued" together with silicon which all just fell to bits when we disturbed it, which led to all the rest of the plumbing being replaced as it was in the way. A badly polytexed ceiling was hiding a load of moisture damage which meant a new ceiling too. I wish people would just do stuff properly the first time round!

[roofer]

lufbramatt said:

Good work

Know the feeling- had the same here. what was meant to be a quick spruce up of the bathroom has turned into a full on refurb due to the previous owners handiwork. The solvent weld waste was "glued" together with silicon which all just fell to bits when we disturbed it, which led to all the rest of the plumbing being replaced as it was in the way. A badly polytexed ceiling was hiding a load of moisture damage which meant a new ceiling too. I wish people would just do stuff properly the first time round!

I feel your pain, undoing previous bodges doubled the time it took.