I like the 2nd one best out of the two just as it kooks more textured in the tile ceramic itself, the first is my favourite pattern but looks a bit too smooth for my liking. I’m not sure I could ever commit to one tile pattern as I’m so obsessed with tiles.

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I absolutely love the green tiles! Not sure about the colour combination of those with either of the floor tiles though, if it’s green you’re going with. I think the colour of the first ones works better with green, out of the two, but i like the less-fussiness of the second

Make sure you’ve thought about how you’re going to clean it - all of it. Will you be able to reach everywhere? Any bits of floor that it’ll be hard to mop? Under that bath, for example - do you have a plan for cleaning under there? Any other bits where dirt might build up that will either be hard to reach or hard to get the relevant cleaning implement into? The little corners of floor behind the sink for example

I’m saying this because our bathroom is badly designed (not by us) for cleaning. We have a bath with a glass shower screen, but the sink is right next to the bath and prevents the screen from opening outwards. That means that i can’t properly clean the screen, the shower unit, the bath taps or that end of the bath (a long handled brush doesn’t do the job to my satisfaction). The sink also creates unmoppable/unhooverable corners of floor that have to be wiped by hand whenever I do the floor. It frustrates me every time I clean and makes the bathroom look dirty even when I’ve just cleaned it.

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That does sound frustrating! I’m thinking combination of hoover and mop should take care of under the bath sufficiently.

I wonder if the red version of the first floor tiles would fit better with the green (red and green is my primary colour scheme in the house), but then the blue of the bath would add a third colour (I guess I could get the plain white bath instead?).

Also thinking about cleaning has put me off the second floor tiles - that scuffed off white look would really annoy me when I’ve been cleaning :joy:

Fair enough, just check the angles to make sure you will actually be able to get them all the way under there without something getting in the way of the end of the mop handle (fucking sink!!)

I think that’s a personal taste thing with no wrong answer. Have you got any things in your house that are similar colours that you could use to see if you like them together maybe?

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When it comes to floor tiling always have the question “will I be able to cope with this being the floor when I’m drunk / hungover?” in mind.

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I don’t drink :wink:

That said I am very clumsy. I have ceramic tiles now though which are fine (and more dog resistant than vinyl).

@marckee

I have an air source heat pump with a tall hot water cylinder in the room next to the bathroom. I don’t think I have a cold water tank in the loft (it’s converted so there presumably isn’t
space).

Does that mean my system is ‘unvented’ or is it a different kind altogether.

I thought my water pressure was okay, but the test I just did suggests it’s poor, so mixer shower might be a problem :pensive:

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Smooth tiles are a lot easier to keep clean (or keep looking clean) than ones with a texture to them.

However, smooth tiles don’t perform as well when it comes to slip resistance.

If you can find the product information, I would go for a floor tile with a slip resistance of R11.

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Slip resistance! The things you learn on DiS :smiley:

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The first one is an R10 and the second an R9. It’s not a very big bathroom so probably won’t actually touch the tiles much if I have a mat down - might risk a 10.

Genuinely excited by this new knowledge. Slip rating! Amazing.

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An R10 should be okay with a mat.

Re. hot water system: I think you’ve probably got an unvented system, but it’s worth checking with a plumber. If the tank is the un-lagged type, it’s likely to be unvented.

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Thanks. Did the pressure test again this morning and it was fine, so either I did it wrong last night or my pressure drops significantly overnight.

Your pressure might vary a bit between if the system is hot or cold.

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Continuing the theme of posts that aren’t actually DIY (still no more wasps, hooray!), does anyone have any experience of extending a planning permission with the local council? Our kitchen extension permission is about to expire and our builder says he can’t even buy cement at the moment, so it doesn’t look like we’re in a position to get started this year.

[Yes I know we only have to “put a spade in the ground”, but we’d prefer to be a bit more by the book if we can.]

Alright Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.


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Spent last week making/laying a 24ft x 8ft deck. :sweat_smile: Waterproofed the frame and legs with tape and clear sealed the top to hopefully give it a decent life. Got a fair few finishing touches to go and get the furniture if it ever comes back into stock. A free material from my work so saved a fair bit.

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It depends. Have you got any pre-commencement conditions to discharge?

This is a good summary:

https://plainview.co.uk/news/help-my-planning-permission-is-about-to-expire-what-are-my-next-steps/

Yeah I guess it is, although I would describe it as a summary from a company that wants some business. :wink:

Council have just responded saying “do some work and then leave it” basically, which is not quite what I was after, but probably will end up being the way we have to go.

There’s nothing complex about our plan. If we have to resubmit it it’ll go fine.

Slabs starting to go down although the wife is not happy about the proportions of slabbing to planned AstroTurf so we’re going to piss the builders right off by asking them to shift this line of edging they’ve already done. Eep.