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Good on you for going for the RapidSet ! Your wall seems to missing something - like some plasterboard :)

If you search, there are plenty of other posts on here explaining why you can’t use an air/evaporation drying adhesive that thick on the floor. ( basically, it will never dry) If I’m reading correctly, and you’re really putting a bed of more than 10mm on a wall, then there’s something wrong...

You can’t use ready made adhesive, especially so to ‘floor tile bed thickness’. You need to buy a bag of proper Flexible Tile Adhesive, which comes in a powder cement form. As you’re only doing one tile, which I presume can be walked around for 24 hours, you don’t need to buy a Rapid set one -...

That actually looks like a pretty good floor to me ! Give it another good brush, put a screw in anything that’s loose or squeaks, then a quick coat of 3:1 water:SBR. Put down your 6mm Hardie, on top of a bed of Adhesive that’s been trowelled on with a 6mm notch. ‘Screw as you go’ with 25mm...

A good point Harry; I'd just assumed that's what the square hole cut in the front was for.

I'm asking myself 'Why do you need access to your has meter' ? You can't do anything to it, and you can't move that display panel.

You also don't mention size of, and how many walls. Personally I'm not a fan of square tiles, especially if you're going for 100% on all walls; I'd be going with 30 x 60 tiles. Also note that with a 90x90 tile it will be harder to plan the lay-out, and with Windows and doors to cut around...

IMO option 2 is the only one : 1. is out, as the ‘ lower the better’ is what everyone wants, and 3. Is just a recipe for growing mould and smelling damp all the time. It’s good you’ve got ‘ no going back if its wrong ‘ mentality - it keeps the mind focussed and means you’ll do it right !

Another difference “ up here” in Scotland is that the seller has to put together a Home report, with survey, efficiency ratings and valuation figure when he puts it on the market. The buyer can now read the survey before he even views the property.

+1 for not grouting the ‘tall’ internal corner in the shower. You’ll get a much better seal just siliconing down it. I also run a silicone bead along the two ‘wall sides’ of the tray before I push it onto the walls.

No rain here in Ayrshire for the next few days; I’m sure you’re aware though to keep an eye on the temperature, you don’t want it below about 5 degrees for a few days before and during laying …..

For £200 a month you'll get 6.5% at the Nationwide

You’ll get better rates from some ‘ standard’ accounts, and forget the ISA part…

‘ French cars ‘ ? are like Wafer Thin Ham and Alcohol Free Beer …. Why ?

Righty tighty, lefty loosey Still use that every day :)

Ah ! Fair enough :)

I'd buy a very small (1kg) bag of Mortar Mix. Just add water. This also saves you cutting,sanding,coating with something else and then painting that you would have to do with expanding foam.

Curved ball time :- Black and Grey !!I You'll need black silicone anyway to do the join between your worktop and the bottom of the upstand. I'd go for grey GROUT on the top of the upstand for 2 reasons: 1. As @foxhole pointed out - you're not going to get a crisp sharp silicone line along...

Yip, without the ‘colour’ bit ! Lol

That, is not an easy job, and something I’ve turned down when asked to do. BUT, if you HAVE to attempt something ……. To limit the damage you are likely to cause when getting the trim off, you have to appreciate that the adhesive on the back of the tile will have a good grip of the back of the...