Showing posts with label concrete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concrete. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Does size matter?

We have started work upgrading our small shower room which when it was built was not correctly waterproofed. This has resulted in damp patches on the next door toilet and bedroom walls. We did try some expensive tile spray but this appeared to make no difference whatsoever. As you can see from the pictures the existing 80 x 80 shower tray was well and truly fixed in position.


Investigations reveiled that at either side had been cast large blocks of concrete... Far too much for Colin and his lump hammer. Mechanical assistance was required.

So after some searching, looking at both hire and purchase options, we found what we thought was a small concrete breaker on Ebay UK for £95 with £6 delivery to us here in France. Interestingly the same item on Ebay France was €269. The said item was ordered...

Today it arrived... However it is a little larger than we expected...

It is a full blown tremendously powerful concrete breaker.

It sure made short work of the concrete at the side of the shower tray

In fact it is so powerful I was shattered after removing just one side. 

It is certainly value for money and poses the question how is the postage only £6 when it cost me €41 to send a router back to Amazon (Amazon did refund it).

So I suppose size doesn't matter, it's doing the job. You could also say "Should have gone to specsavers"

The bonus is I can put an advert on line "L'homme à la location avec grand outil"