The 'greenneedle' bathroom

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31st July 2010

I started the 'real' work including redressing the problem that previous 'tiler' had left me.

The wall had been dry for 5 days and been sprayed with some anti-mould disinfectant so on went the plaster. This area will be tiled so there's no point in skimming it perfectly flat just to 'key' it up to tile. It just needs to be properly mixed and be level.

While I was at it I decided to remove the skirting boards which were original so they of course took the crumbly plaster with them (old type 6" square nails into mortared in wood fillets through 60+ year old plaster isn't a good mix really.) I replastered this too.

I now turned the stop valve to the toilet, emptied the cistern removed it to the bath and then unscrewed the pan from the floor as I wanted to lift the 6mm ply the council contractors had covered the floor with.

Lo and behold another plaster job appeared. The contractor had re-plastered the wall with the cistern in Situ so the wall here was a few mm set back from the rest. The old plaster around the screwholes was also crumbling away so I chipped this all out right to the brick and plastered it up.

I removed the 6mm ply and pulled up some floorboards to see where the pipes were (remember I want to move the radiator and reposition the plumbing behind the door for a towel radiator) and also where the joists were.

After making notes (marking on the walls) where the pipes and joists were I put the floorboards back down. I then walked around feeling for movement and screwed down any loose floorboards.

At this point I replaced the 6mm ply. I need at least 12mm ply for the floor tiles so the 6mm ply will be coming back up, not just to redirect the pipes but for good, to be replaced by some 12mm. The floor tiling will be the last job so the 6mm floor will be used until then.

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