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johnheritage
Fixing the house up for mum.
Two problems.
LEAKY COPPER
Sanding the floors, lifted one block and discovered green on the copper. The floor it's self isn't damp elsewhere, but is over the green (suggesting the radiator loop may be corroding, house was built in the 20's). The level of damp is very low and confined to a few inches around the green. FOR NOW. Is there any injectable solution that can ****** the process in case this is happening elsewhere? Pulling the entire floor would be extremely messy and difficult. She's just retired and isn't on a great pension, so I'm trying to keep the costs as low as they can be without killing it. I sanded the floor on the top, the one on the bottom if the original 'nicotine amber' stain. Don't want to sand anymore until I sort the copper for obvious reasons.
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FIXING BACKER BOARDS
Just finished tidying up the downstairs toilet. Moving on to the bathroom. Got the bath / toilet / basin / tiles, but need to get some secure fixings and level it up.
Pulled around a mini skip's worth of cement and lath off with the roto hammer, back to the studs. Absolutely FILTHY job (wall chasing / chimney breast style dirty).
Around the bath, I'm planning to go with 12mm Hardiboard. I will screw this to the studs at the door end, but am considering dot and dab for the walls to improve leveling. Considered 6mm, but the subsurface isn't level enough I feel and it'll likely be prone to bending.
Rather than put a vapour barrier behind the backer board (tricky over the brick), I am thinking of using SBR over the boards (under the tiling). I have a container of it from rendering, so it's spare and I can seamlessly tank the boards that way. Once I get beyond the door / window, I will switch to green MR boards, as they won't be exposed to direct water splashes, it'll reduce the cost and the difficulty of chopping / fixing and increase the rate it's finished. Worth tanking the entire room (floor too)?
I would like to hear any feedback on those ideas and particularly if you've ever used Siroflex's board foam?. Something is telling me it may not be a good idea for backer boards due the weight, and around a shower I expect people will be leaning on the walls as they get washed.
It's quite a bit more expensive than dot and dab, but also very quick, and she'd like the house to be guest friendly by chrimbo, for the first time in over a decade. Dad is dead (over a decade), brother is helpful when shifting muck but can't do any of this, so it's me alone on this.
Old bath
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Stud wall at the door end, cement board going up there
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Window end, the boiler is almost directly below the bath in the garage, who's roof ends just by the taps, so I can run the feeds through outside and not have them in the walls. Cement board going up there and there'll be a thermostatic mixer on that wall. The bath will be P shaped.
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The victim, erm... customer.... er.... mum.... watching Strictly Come Dancing; not knowing she's about to appear on DIYNot... "Cheers DIYnot!"
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I will try to keep you updated with some fun pictures on this if you like
Two problems.
LEAKY COPPER
Sanding the floors, lifted one block and discovered green on the copper. The floor it's self isn't damp elsewhere, but is over the green (suggesting the radiator loop may be corroding, house was built in the 20's). The level of damp is very low and confined to a few inches around the green. FOR NOW. Is there any injectable solution that can ****** the process in case this is happening elsewhere? Pulling the entire floor would be extremely messy and difficult. She's just retired and isn't on a great pension, so I'm trying to keep the costs as low as they can be without killing it. I sanded the floor on the top, the one on the bottom if the original 'nicotine amber' stain. Don't want to sand anymore until I sort the copper for obvious reasons.
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FIXING BACKER BOARDS
Just finished tidying up the downstairs toilet. Moving on to the bathroom. Got the bath / toilet / basin / tiles, but need to get some secure fixings and level it up.
Pulled around a mini skip's worth of cement and lath off with the roto hammer, back to the studs. Absolutely FILTHY job (wall chasing / chimney breast style dirty).
Around the bath, I'm planning to go with 12mm Hardiboard. I will screw this to the studs at the door end, but am considering dot and dab for the walls to improve leveling. Considered 6mm, but the subsurface isn't level enough I feel and it'll likely be prone to bending.
Rather than put a vapour barrier behind the backer board (tricky over the brick), I am thinking of using SBR over the boards (under the tiling). I have a container of it from rendering, so it's spare and I can seamlessly tank the boards that way. Once I get beyond the door / window, I will switch to green MR boards, as they won't be exposed to direct water splashes, it'll reduce the cost and the difficulty of chopping / fixing and increase the rate it's finished. Worth tanking the entire room (floor too)?
I would like to hear any feedback on those ideas and particularly if you've ever used Siroflex's board foam?. Something is telling me it may not be a good idea for backer boards due the weight, and around a shower I expect people will be leaning on the walls as they get washed.
It's quite a bit more expensive than dot and dab, but also very quick, and she'd like the house to be guest friendly by chrimbo, for the first time in over a decade. Dad is dead (over a decade), brother is helpful when shifting muck but can't do any of this, so it's me alone on this.
Old bath
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Stud wall at the door end, cement board going up there
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Window end, the boiler is almost directly below the bath in the garage, who's roof ends just by the taps, so I can run the feeds through outside and not have them in the walls. Cement board going up there and there'll be a thermostatic mixer on that wall. The bath will be P shaped.
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The victim, erm... customer.... er.... mum.... watching Strictly Come Dancing; not knowing she's about to appear on DIYNot... "Cheers DIYnot!"
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I will try to keep you updated with some fun pictures on this if you like