I finally did it. Finished the bathroom late yesterday evening. First I had a little run in with the tile cutter I borrowed from my father in law. Either I am too stupid too operate that thing or it is junk. After ruining half a dozen tiles I finally ended up hiring one. Nice big heavy thingy. With that I finished the tilecutting within three hours. I love hiring machinery. You get big machines that actually work very well and a nice looking cute store clerck that explaines them too you ;o).
After finishing the tiling I noticed that I mangled my hands into unusabillity for a while, because I forgot that anything that goes under or between tiles has a very high pH and essentially desolves your skin if you stay in contact long enough. Once it was finished however eagerness got the better of me since the only job left was hanging the toilet. I simply had to go for it. The bloody thing was tricky but eventually we had it into the right position with all the connections in the right places. Had to deconnect it again because I forgot to put the noise dampening foil between the pot and the wall. After that we even only managed to drown the bathroom floor once with a leaking toilet flushing connection. So second time we had to take the damn thing down. But after that it went up without a hitch and wasn't leaking. Putting on the lid was the finishing touch and also very easy. Now I can finally relax and enjoy the brandnew tub and sit and ..eh.. you know what ... on the hanging toilet. It all works. Three cheers for me...... eh ... and the supporting cast. <BG> Finally I can conclude from this that it was absolutely more work then I had thought, but in all it is fully worth it. And for all those potential bodgers out there... go check the stores before you start on anything. There are tons of new materials around and machines for hire that make a lot of jobs easier. And be sure to cross check with other sections in the store, because sometimes things can be used for more then what they were originally intended for. (like f.i. you can use household gloves for doing tiling, effectively protecting the skin on your hands and such ;o) ) I think I'll quit typing here. My fingers hurt like hell and I cannot use all of them, so besides agonising it is also slow going .... the typing of course.;o) Sonja :o) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
