time is agains't me

[desrob]

i need to remove a bath toilet and basin take the tiles off ,then re-tile ,and refit a bathroom suite in the same day,any tricks of the trade to enable me to do this,short cuts welcome.

 

[GQuigley67]

i would fit bath and tile down onto bath, get a helping hand someone who can remove tiles while you are disconnecting old suite and who can put taps/gratings on etc while your doing something else.

 

[bob the plumber]

hahaha youve no chance, you should be giving the tiles a good 24 hours before grouting unless you use quick setting adhesive. your deffo knackered if the customer asks you to tile it in 6 x 6

 

[GQuigley67]

will be rough as a monkeys if its thrown in on one day

 

[Resolute]

That's gonna be a long day. You working on your own and how come you've only got a day?

 

[tamz]

any tricks of the trade to enable me to do this,short cuts welcome.

Start early and get a labourer.
A few years back me and a tiler and a labourer were doing 12 a week (hotels). Made some good money.

 

[SimonG]

i need to remove a bath toilet and basin take the tiles off ,then re-tile ,and refit a bathroom suite in the same day,any tricks of the trade to enable me to do this,short cuts welcome.

Why do you need to do it in 1 day. If your on your own its mission impossible.

 

[leelister6]

Phone Harry Potter?

 

[desrob]

Why do you need to do it in 1 day. If your on your own its mission impossible.

landlord wanting minimum distruption to tenant,who are not from these shores and speak no english, they have a young family,i've insisted on at least two days or i can't do it.

 

[Destroyer2813]

How much tiling though whole room or spalsh backs ?

 

[desrob]

How much tiling though whole room or spalsh backs ?

whole room mate

 

[Destroyer2813]

To stand anysort of chance i would say you gonna need two of you and use rapid set adesheve, and maybe go back and grout silicone day two

 

[Phil]

Simply cannot be all done in a day, even if you were a house basher, if it was an ideal world and you could gauratee ZERO problems and you worked 12 hours you could probably fit the suite and do a basic splashback though (properly).

 

[tamz]

You can fit a suite in 2 hrs if you are up for it on a straight swap

 

[marleyco]

hope you priced well, that will be one hell of a day

 

[Phil]

You can fit a suite in 2 hrs if you are up for it on a straight swap

I find the toilet to be the quickest provided the soil pipe is 4 inch and the correct height, this can be a straight swap if you're lucky.

Basin, again can be simple providing the old basin wasn't one of those ones where there are two old metal brackets holding it up going right into the brick with wooden wedges (bet you've fitted a few of those tamz?) by the time you've eased them out you've pulled half the wall down(1/2 day gone making good) and the waste isn't too high going through the wall.

The bath for me is the killer if you are in a rush, if open vented system the gate valve will always be defective so you need to bung/drain and fit a 22mm lever valve, remove bath to find rotten floorboards which need replacing (clocks ticking), customer bought mixer taps so full bore non return valve needs to be fitted if the cold is mains. Bath needs supporting, waste fitting needs some silicone/plumbers mait etc, feet screwing down and sealing against wall, then you start with the paper thin bath panel.

 

[tamz]

providing the old basin wasn't one of those ones where there are two old metal brackets holding it up going right into the brick with wooden wedges (bet you've fitted a few of those tamz?) by the time you've eased them out you've pulled half the wall down(1/2 day gone making good) and the waste isn't too high going through the wall.

Towel hanger brackets we called them and i have fitted a fair few of them but the we had moved on from wooden battens and "dooks" when i started. we had cut to size rawlplugs that came in foot lengths lol.
A tip for filling in holes.
Get a bag of finish plaster and open the bag then leave it to the damp. After a few weeks when you need a hole filled quick it will set in 5 minutes.

I always start with the bath. If you are in a hurry drop it to the old tap connectors and cut the panel to suit. The waste will always be easy enough to work in.
basins are simple with flexi's and leave the pan to last unless you need it earlier as it can be kicked in in 10 minutes as you say.
My horse is out in the field having the night off lol

 

[TerryH]

Smells like a set-up to me. Do most of the work, then get thrown off the job for not meeting your commitment, then struggle to get paid for a b****y hard days graft.
TerryH