While at that I decided that the floor where the toilet is to go needed extending by about 30 mm to meet the framed wall that will continue right across with a (very narrow) door for entry.
The easiest way to deal with this is to cut a new floor piece and to fill in the front of the step at the same time. You may remember from earlier comments that the toilet pedestal seat needed raising to be at a comfortable height - hence the step.
After this is all done the next sheet of 12mm ply can go in trimmed to match the floor and shelving.
Next day I had to attend to matters dealing with buying and selling buildings but in keeping with my friend Sich's philosophy of "Do something every day - no matter how small" I decided to deal with a little matter which has been put off too long.
The rear torsion mounts had been up to this time been held on only with U-bolts fitted with plain nuts and mild steel washers. Not the intended method.
Bolt holes had been provided for in the mount itself but never drilled through the chassis and bolted.
Time to fix it . . .
So - drill out the holes and fit grade 8 zinc plated hi-tensile bolts and hardened washers on the outside and
hardened washers and zinc plated "nyloc" nuts on the inside.
At the same time replace the mild steel washers and plain nuts with hardened washers and nylocs on the U-bolts as well
A spray over with rust resistant black paint to match the chassis and "voila".
Quite satisfying for a small amount of work - and potentially much safer - the way it was intended to be . . .
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