How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

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Cork floor tiles?
I think some largish format grey floor tiles would probably be my go to with wet ufh. They will heat up quicker. Can use a mop to quickly wipe.
We have them in our bathroom and utility and happy with them. They aren’t necessarily super cheap but think they’re a safer option than micro cement.

All the quotes we had for micro cement had 0 liability if it went wrong and I have heard several nightmare scenarios involving small claims courts

Thought about cork as well, did some googling into putting it on top of the tiles but prob still needs plenty of prep, unless it's a floating floor.

Do you have a link to the grey tiles you used? It's definitely an option although it seems a bit safe/expensive to replace ugly grey tiles for expensive grey tiles!

Quite like something like this but may not date well

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You can sort of see them in these. I’m away this week but can send over links when I’m back

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Thanks, a lot more sophisticated. These are our monstrosities, complete with fake cracks, worn patches and even stains. Also matching tiles next to each other.

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Bath flipped, tiles going up, brick slips going on…

Discovered the first big fuck-up on my part; I miscalculated the width of the central pier, so the brick slips didn’t line up. Had to get the angle grinder out to re-jig the entire picture window aperture 40mm to the left.

Another side effect is we will now have a single column of bricks under the picture window that will be 30mm narrower than the rest… gonna make my eye twitch into eternity sozlol.

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I'm sure it's planned, but make sure you have a removable tiled access panel for under the bath.

So much better for the flip. You could probably hear the expletives when I drilled the first pilot hole for my taps in the wrong side of our bath. It only gets me angry every time I go in there.
The shower wand does sit straight honestly.

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Can someone carefully talk me through the bath flipping necessity? Shirley you'd want all the hardware on one side so you can lean against the other without scuffing your precious bits?

Doesn't everyone sit side on with legs and arms splayed out like a crab?

Looking lovely. What are the tiles?

Wait. You planned this all by yourself? With an architectural technician/structural engineer for the technical stuff? Or do you have a background in the field or layman? If layman quite impressive. And if so, yes, expect more fuckups..;) even the pros (..err, me) do.

I.e. this for example.
But you don't always need them, depends innit?

Better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Not quite the right quote but I'd prefer to have it and never have to use it than smash out a beautifully tiled bath panel.

How much time have you wasted trying to scrub away a fake stain?

As I've said before, I have no idea what I'm doing.

The hardest part so far was figuring out how to squeeze all the MVHR plant into the bathroom alcove, and how to route all the ducting to all the rooms without ending up with nasty boxing-in everywhere or devastating the house.

Thanks!

Tiles are Winckelmans encaustic cement, 70mm square. Using 'Ontario' beige and 'Red'. Found some dude who imports them direct from the French manufacturer for cheaper than the wanky UK 'Victorian mosaic' suppliers.

Gonna build a dogleg 'return' on the right side of the bath box, which will form an extended base for the shower glass. Was gonna have a matching tiled shower base, but swapped last minute for an orthodox shower tray (almost flush with floor) as I just cannot be arsed with the long-term maintenance of a shower base full of small-ish encaustic tiles and shitloads of grout lines.

...I remembered. Didn't know if serious because interwebz.
But yes, impressive. Guts.
Also, this extreme DIY must feel immensely rewarding when done. Frustrating when ongoing, but rewarding afterwards. Hopefully.

Just caught up on the last 2 month's worth of this thread, brought all my ptsd bubbling back.

Looking for our next place atm so (ptsd aside) always great for design ideas, some banging places on London's friendliest forum.

Yes, deffo access panel on magnets with colour-matched silicone!

Aint no way I'm tearing that panel a new one after it's done... Another advantage of having the overflow at the front.

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Wouldn’t worry about magnets, the silicone will hold it in easy

Sorted the brick slip layout, flying up now.

Should have the french doors & picture window in, and the aluminium parapet trim on, by the end of next week. Hyped to see what it ends up looking like once the bricks are pointed; using white lime mortar in a ‘recessed’ fashion.

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Raked-out for the win. I had to make a custom tool and chip the semi set mortar out of the first five courses of brick on our piers cause the bricky forgot

looks absolutely fab!

just waiting for the photo with the perspective where the ground floor extension roof perfectly/continuously lines up witu the first floor roof 😬

Thanks!

Yeah, I tried to rEfErEnCe tHe ExIsTiNg StRuCtUrE with the roof pitch and positioning the loft windows so the left edges line up with the original 1st floor ones.