The Low Budget DIY Bathroom Refurb

[bomma220]

Give the pipe a quick coat of white paint, see if it looks so 'obvious'...

[Gingerbread Man]

bomma220 said:

Give the pipe a quick coat of white paint, see if it looks so 'obvious'...

Use invisible paint for best affect.

[DoubleSix]

Ok, a bit of jiggling gives me this, the sink isn't central in the window but perhaps it never was, I can't recall tbh...

Acceeptable?

[0000]

DoubleSix said:

Ok, a bit of jiggling gives me this, the sink isn't central in the window but perhaps it never was, I can't recall tbh...

Acceeptable?

I don't think it was!

Looks great.

[DoubleSix]

Thanks buddy! Sorted then!

[bomma220]

Looks ok to me too By the way mate, what's the white pipe running from the cistern? Looks like an overflow?

Edited by bomma220 on Friday 1st April 14:32

[DoubleSix]

It looks like an emergency overflow thingy. I've renewed it as it was there previously but am not entirely happy with it's presence.

Any way I can get rid?

[Gingerbread Man]

DoubleSix said:

It looks like an emergency overflow thingy. I've renewed it as it was there previously but am not entirely happy with it's presence.

Any way I can get rid?

New modern flush valve will overflow internally.

[bomma220]

DoubleSix said:

It looks like an emergency overflow thingy. I've renewed it as it was there previously but am not entirely happy with it's presence.

Any way I can get rid?

Yes. Pic of the inside of the cistern perchance, DoubleSix?

[DoubleSix]

Ah, I get you, got one upstairs like that. I'm in B&Q right now bit can't see one that will let me retain my nice ceramic lever...

[Gingerbread Man]

DoubleSix said:

Ah, I get you, got one upstairs like that. I'm in B&Q right now bit can't see one that will let me retain my nice ceramic lever...

Dudley Turbo

[jas xjr]

Gingerbread Man said:

Dudley Turbo

Fitted one at home a few weeks ago. Not worth the effort of looking at anything else.fit and forget

[DoubleSix]

Gingerbread Man said:

DoubleSix said:

Ah, I get you, got one upstairs like that. I'm in B&Q right now bit can't see one that will let me retain my nice ceramic lever...

Dudley Turbo

Fantastic, thank you GM!

[DoubleSix]

Got the toilet and basin sorted but now pulling my hair out with this bloody bath overflow/waste.

I wanted to renew the cheap bath waste with heavy brass but trying to acheive a decent seal with the stupid banjo nonsense is like pissing in the wind!!

The cheap B&Q one I removed was at least watertight due to being a one piece design that does away with the banjo.

Anyone know of a decent one piece product to resolve?

Edited by DoubleSix on Monday 4th April 13:43

[DoubleSix]

Going to try this

[Neil - YVM]

You won't go wrong with McAlpine stuff.

As you've found cheap stuff, is cheap tat, not low cost.

[DoubleSix]

You said it Neil!

That banjo and acrylic washer nonsense was a marvel of poor design, quite unbelievable really.

The McAlpine stuff is proving to be worth every penny.

[bomma220]

The McAlpine would be my first choice too, DoubleSix. The banjo system must have been designed by a committee that never met...

[DoubleSix]

... a committee of blind, mentally impaired fkwits with a fondness for unfunny practical jokes...

[bomma220]

Double Six, did you finish it ok in the end chap?