Home DIY

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I've got a brilliant Milwaukee dry lining gun I got when I worked in the states.
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It's v old school. You leave it running constantly but the bit only turns when you're putting pressure on. It has an adjustable collar which stops the screw being driven too deep. All you have to do is load screws onto the bit and push them into the plaster board.

It's corded and 110v unfortunately.

Just checked, I've got a DeWalt DC725 18V drill/driver which does very well.

It's out of it's depth in hard masonry though- strictly soft plaster/brick.

The DC725 is now discontinued mind you, so the replacement might be more effective in that department.

My SDS is a D25123, which seems to still be available.

The SDS is almost unstoppable for DIY use, the only time I've seen it slightly out of it's element has been when using a 4" core drill through hard masonry:

Bathroom renovation is slowly getting there. Tiling finally done bar sealing around corners and bath. Took much longer than anticipated.

Now onto painting and hanging doors... before second fix of sink, towel rail, shower, and toilet.

Tiles look great.

Are they up to ceiling?

Cheers - reasonably pleased given it was my first go at tiling.

Tiles go up to the top of window. The walls curve inwards at ceiling height (still haven't figured why - its a victorian converted flat) so easiest option seemed to to match to top of window.

Mosiacs - never again.

I like that a lot.

I'm absolutely sick of my wetroom, but that's because I think it was badly installed. As a result I just don't trust the tiling on the floor and I'm going to replace it with a standard shower. I frankly cannot be arsed with it any more.

Reminds me of my hotel I had in Egypt, I wanted to take the whole bathroom home.

Does the date on the side of a bag of plaster make any difference if the bag has been kept in a cool, dry place?

Yes. The older it is the faster it will go off.
You really do t want it setting/going off before you get to trowel it up.

Plaster is cheap.

Ah right. Thanks

Cut the tiles for the edging to see how all-black would look, I like it:

Bloody hell.

Just had the bill come through for our first month of storage heating/ using a day/ night tariff.

Ouch.

Storage heaters are going this weekend and I'm moving meter to a set rate.
Don't want another month like that again.

We've got immersion boiler thing and a storage heater as well as underfloor heating. Everything's electric and they estimate the bill will be 900 something quid per year.
What was your month cost with the day/night thing? I've been meaning to uswitch for ages but too lazy..

Cut the tiles for the edging to see how all-black would look, I like it:

I agree

Looking smart, Dammit.

Cheers!

With the dunny- should I mount it using anything i.e. a layer of adhesive/similar, or just use screws to hold it in place?

Floor standing crapper yes?
Old school way was to bed in on putty then more recently plumbers mait.
Almost all pans now are just screwed down and siliconed in place.
Don't know why it was thought so essential to isolate the pan from the floor and now isn't.
Silicone is great stuff.

Ok, cheers.

I've cut all the tiles now, one last call for opinions before I stick 'em in place?

opinions...

me, i'd have gone for gold edging

The throne is 24 carat gold, I thought that that, with gold edging, might be just over the line.

Cheers!

With the dunny- should I mount it using anything i.e. a layer of adhesive/similar, or just use screws to hold it in place?

as long as the tiles underneath have been thoroughly bedded and not dabbed, then ceramic to ceramic contact may be ok, although the pan contact surface may be uneven, which could cause pressure points.

you could cut out a 1mm sheet of white polythene to act as a cushion before screwing and siliconing.

^ref the black edging, 2 points:

it's too wide under the sink, edging is best when it's of uniform width;

because it doesn't include behind the pan it's not 'complete' which to a detail pedant might grate.

personally i might have opted for small 1 1/2" black and white 'harlequin' laid on a diagonal

Floor looks great dammit.

We had all the wiring from the storage heaters removed and took out the storage heaters this weekend.

Bloody things weight a tonne and each one had about 30 house bricks in.

Gas on 10th April central heating done around the same time. Once that's in we're ready to crack on with decorating upstairs.

Safe to say I'm looking forward to having heating again - electric heaters don't really cut it.