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<\/a><\/p>\nI know what has happened. Tiles from two different manufacturing batches have been combined on the same wall. Anyone who knows anything about tiling, and a pro especially, knows that you should always avoid doing that and especially for tiles that are brilliant white. That’s why I bought a large number of tiles all at the same time rather than room by room.<\/p>\n I think I know what happened. All of the tiles originally came in white cartons and were, I suspect, from the same batch. However, when I asked Leroy Merlin to replace two cartons the contents of which were damaged, the replacements came in brown cartons and were almost certainly from a different batch. Instead of the pro putting these to one side and using up all the tiles in the white cartons first, they used the ones in the brown cartons part way through in the middle of the job.<\/p>\n I cannot believe that a pro should have to be told about this. I would never have done it and such a stupid error was totally avoidable as there’s a large number of tiles in white cartons still available. As it is the dark tiles will have to be removed which would have been easy if it had been done immediately the difference became apparent and the adhesive hadn’t cured. Now it will be much more difficult and to make matters worse, the plumber arrived today. <\/p>\n As agreed, he has finished in the kitchen and although he has agreed to leave the bathroom until last, he has capped off the connections to the bathroom hand-basin but will be unable to install the WC until the tile problem has been rectified. I have contacted the builder and the tiler about the problem but so far the tiler has not replied. If it means that the plumber is unable to install the toilet before Thursday when he is due to finish he’ll have to come back later because I am not going to live with an unsightly two-tone bathroom. By the way, the plumber agrees with me.<\/p>\n Here are today’s plumbing photographs starting with the two outside taps, which look great. This is the one at the rear.<\/p>\n Here’s the one at the front. The plumber questioned why I wanted it right up front on the angle of the house where it was going to be in full view and he also said that the supply for it would be an eyesore in the corner of the little toilet as you’ll see in a moment. He suggested that it would be better just to remove the supply pipe in the toilet and use another further along outside the utility room which he just happened to have installed when he did the initial plumbing work.<\/p>\n He was absolutely right of course, and here’s the front tap in the position that he recommended.<\/p>\n Here’s what he meant about the supply pipe in the toilet. He’s right, it would need a stop-cock on it and to be extended (see the kitchen below) and would have been a total eyesore. It’ll just have to be cut off and grouted over and if I can replace the tile later (which I doubt) that’ll be a bonus. Even if it’s just disguised it’ll be preferable to having the supply pipe in there and I have only myself to blame.<\/p>\n Next the kitchen. Notice the supply pipe for the rear outside tap and how it has to have a stopcock on it (a ball valve actually) which would have looked awful next to the small hand basin in the little toilet. It doesn’t matter in the kitchen though, because the whole arrangement will be hidden behind a kitchen unit and made accessible through a removable panel.<\/p>\n Now other stuff. Here’s the manifold now connected up for the underfloor heating. Standing next to it is the exterior heat pump unit which will go outside against the northern wall of the house.<\/p>\n This manifold in the utility room hasn’t been fully connected yet. It’s for the house’s hot and cold water system and seems to me to be very complicated seeing as it’s only for four rooms – the bathroom, kitchen, utility room and separate toilet. Next to it is the stopcock for the house’s main supply.<\/p>\n Here’s a closer shot of the main stopcock. It’s a pity that this whole setup takes up so much space and is so far off the wall.<\/p>\n The same can be said for this arrangement in the corner of the utility room. It’s for a hot and cold supply to a small sink when I can get around to putting it in and also for a washer\/dryer. He’s used rather large shut-off valves for both this and the dishwasher in the kitchen – I found smaller, nicer looking ones for my old house.<\/p>\n If you notice, he’s also put the waste pipe for the sink to the left of the waste for the washer\/dryer. This is not the arrangement I would have preferred because it means that the waste pipes will cross over bringing them further off the wall than necessary and causing the washer\/dryer to stand further out into the room from below the worktop.<\/p>\n Finally a shot of the heat pump unit that will stand in the corner of the utility room. It’s much bigger than I thought it would be and I’ve also noticed something else. It has a thick electrical connecting cable and there’s no plug point in that corner of the room. Hopefully the electrician has another suitable arrangement in mind \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n Problems that is. Ones that are totally unnecessary and wholly avoidable. 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