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Hi Guys,

been a long time in the making but finally making the effort of putting some serious time to finish the bathroom off.
(been a busy year, got married! )


currently i've got a chase in the wall for a bar shower mixer above the bath to fill
plus some patching on an internal breezeblock wall i need to fill in.

for the chase, i've covered the copper pipe with grey fabric tape (duct tape?) and clipped them with pipe clips.
the chase is through a thick layer of plaster (1/2" deep?) and onto the inner brick leaf (1950's house, inner and outer skin in brick for some reason?)

what would you use to fill the chase prior to tiling?
I'm not sure tbh!

so far i've thought...

1) take some more plaster off either side of chase, plaster board over it straight to brickwork (dot n dab to level then screws n rawl plugs), tank it, prime it
2) filler (ready mixed?), sand down, prime
3) sand + cement (pipe covered with duct tape so shouldn't corrode), wait a few days to dry, prime.
know i should leave an expansion gap for the pipework so really not sure which route to take.


the bit of breezeblock that needs patching is a big chunk of plaster coming off (6" / 12") below the bath, only about an inch visible once bath panel is on. would you just use filler to level prior to tiling? or just build up with tile addy. ?


Thanks
Matt

Fill the the chase with thistle bonding, then skim over with plaster to level the wall

i've never plastered before, will it be easy enough to tackle?

the patch on the breeze block is much bigger than i thought, more has come away now i've played with it
(presumably getting wet behind the bath over the years has seperated it from the wall)

still a managable size, probably about 12" main hole with a few 1" pieces