Shower trays

Thanks for the input but that doesn't make sense as far as 700mm (27.55"),

Cheers

Jiohn

Because the manufacturers are still trying to sell to people living in the dark ages and using imperial measurements.

I've always wondered why beer is sold in 440ml cans. 330ml makes sense - third(ish) of a litre, 500ml - half a litre, 568ml - a pint (tastes better to me), even 600 or 660ml has some kind of logic - but 440ml doesn't relate to anything.

It's bang on 15 and a half fluid ounces. If this means anything is another question.

The only thing that I can think of is so that they can sell you 500ml for the price of 440ml and announce that you are getting 13.5% extra free!

Most places that sell 440ml cans are more expensive than the shops that sell 500ml so there is some truth in my suggestion.

Steve

I think both have a historical logic:

American pints being 16 fl ozs?

When the beverage manufacturer is Anheuser-Busch, one can understand why a smaller quantity would be advisable and why the serving temperature is asymptotic to zero.

I have a 900mm quadrant so it's all moot.

Mike

Nitpick: they'll be using _English measurements_. Prince Albert's _Imperial_ measurements only aply to volume . Albert as part of a _decimalisation_ project introduced inter-alia the florin as a tenth of a pound and standardised the gallont as equivalent to ten pounds of water - this resulted in the pint being reclassified as twenty (fluid) ounces of water rather than the pint=pound of sixteen (fluid) ounces. Albert never changed the linear measurement system thus an English inch it is.

BTW: the 'other' question about 440ml ... ? that's 4/5 of an Imperial pint =

Back onto the original question regarding the exposed straw. Does any body think that car body filler would do for making the surface suitable for tile adhesive. The area I am looking at is approx 800mm wide by about 100mm high and a couple of mm or so deep? The tiles to be fixed are about 330 mm high by 250 wide so there will be the majority of the tile stuck to the plaster skim, it will be the bottom third that will be over the straw and this third will be immediately above the shower tray, if you see what I mean.

Cheers

John

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:33:56 -0000 someone who may be "John" wrote this:-

That probably depends on how big a hole you have chopped out and what condition the remainder is in. If it is a small hole just bung some grout into the hole, otherwise a layer of lightweight filler to form a smoothish surface would be a good starting point.

Spoilsport.

I can't immediately think of a reason why not. It should work well.

But it isn't Brian. 4/5th's of an Imperial Pint (568ml) is 454ml.

Could it be that it is the same as a standard door width (i.e. 762mm)?

Plaster or render I would have thought.

I wouldnt trust it. Straw has got a lot of give in it and it would only take one foot hitting it to crack open the grouting at the very least. I'd put a horizontal batten as low as you can, digging out the straw if necessary, fixing the batten to something solid if possible and deeply into the straw if not, then tile ont that

Anna

Coincidentally that also means 4/5 of a pint of fresh water weighs 1 pound.

From my schooldays "A pint of fresh water weighs a pound and a quarter"