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Everything is set up nicely in the lathe or mill or what have you, cutting well, about half way through when you hear those immortal words......
"Honey, could you just replace those three cracked tiles in the shower recess please?"
OK, 20 mins total as I have the tiles and adhesive, no shopping to do and its not even in the wet area of the shower.
Gently prise off the broken tiles and ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
The cement sheeting was wet, damn, better look behind it, even bigger damn, all the wood framework had dissolved.
Start pulling this wall down and find the external wall had been leaking water for years slowly, concrete cancer had spalled off the pier allowing the water to leach through.
The wooden frame work had literally dissolved to a damp paste at the bottom of the cavity.
This started last sunday, since then I've had to totally demolish the shower and walls, re seal the concrete wall, chisel all the spalling off the piers, de rust the reinforcing steel, re build the piers with a special repair cement, re- build the frame work, re-sheet and re-tile.
Only just up to the sheeting stage and the work is still set up in the lathe.
Going to be at least 4 more days before I can get back to the real work.
I'm getting lathe withdrawal symptoms.
"Honey, could you just replace those three cracked tiles in the shower recess please?"
OK, 20 mins total as I have the tiles and adhesive, no shopping to do and its not even in the wet area of the shower.
Gently prise off the broken tiles and ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
The cement sheeting was wet, damn, better look behind it, even bigger damn, all the wood framework had dissolved.
Start pulling this wall down and find the external wall had been leaking water for years slowly, concrete cancer had spalled off the pier allowing the water to leach through.
The wooden frame work had literally dissolved to a damp paste at the bottom of the cavity.
This started last sunday, since then I've had to totally demolish the shower and walls, re seal the concrete wall, chisel all the spalling off the piers, de rust the reinforcing steel, re build the piers with a special repair cement, re- build the frame work, re-sheet and re-tile.
Only just up to the sheeting stage and the work is still set up in the lathe.
Going to be at least 4 more days before I can get back to the real work.
I'm getting lathe withdrawal symptoms.