Basic DIY questions?

[friedaweed]

Morning!

I have a titchy toilet in my en suite, and the seat is broken. It is 380 x 360 with 200 hinge distance. Can anyone help me find a basic* soft closing one? Thank you!







* ideally I want an orange one but understand that might be challenging

Bit of an odd size that. Just enjoy the luxury of a bigger seat. It should still fit.

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[5t3IIa]

It’s so confusing when one gets replies like that. Like, what am I supposed to do with it? Practically and conceptually it’s just a nonsense. A standard bog seat is anything up to 10cm longer than the v precise measurements I gave. It’s pointless. What & why.

 

[friedaweed]

It’s so confusing when one gets replies like that. Like, what am I supposed to do with it? Practically and conceptually it’s just a nonsense. A standard bog seat is anything up to 10cm longer than the v precise measurements I gave. It’s pointless. What & why.

Fair enough. Personally I'd prefer an oversized seat than and uncomfortable half hour sat on a arse squeeze

 

[teuchter]

It’s so confusing when one gets replies like that. Like, what am I supposed to do with it? Practically and conceptually it’s just a nonsense. A standard bog seat is anything up to 10cm longer than the v precise measurements I gave. It’s pointless. What & why.

Your measurements are not v precise because they don't specify what's length and what's width and where the length is measured from.

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[WouldBe]

Your measurements are not v precise because they don't specify what's length and what's width and where the length is measured from.

Toilet seats tend to be longer than they are wide so that should give you a clue as to which measurement is which.


As for the main question the distance of the fixings shouldn't matter as the hinges are simply screwed onto the toilet seat so can be moved to suit.

As for orange get a can of spray paint.

 

[Artaxerxes]

We seem to have a lot of cracks where the ceiling meets the walls

I suspect this is mostly a mix of humidity and shoddy previous owners paint jobs but would be nice to know for sure

 

[danski]

Hmm.
Normal advice to make that good would be scrape away any loose stuff then caulk and paint.

HOWEVER, it’s artex on your ceiling and if it was applied before 1985, then it will likely contain asbestos

 

[danski]

The cracks may well be due to normal expansion/contraction. It happens and is generally nothing to worry about

 

[newme]

I have inherited a massive amount of trades/up quality of tools, joiners, pneumatic kit, nailers, dril press, bench grinders, you name it I want to use it to make stuff. Found a huge shed for £700 but its metal, will that be an absolute disaster to use in the summer?

 

[teuchter]

The cracks may well be due to normal expansion/contraction. It happens and is generally nothing to worry about

And is also part of the reason traditional covings and mouldings existed, to help disguise these fairly inevitable cracks (before things like flexible fillers were invented).

 

[Elpenor]

And is also part of the reason traditional covings and mouldings existed, to help disguise these fairly inevitable cracks (before things like flexible fillers were invented).

I was thinking that the coving in my house must hide a multitude of sins

 

[StoneRoad]

I was thinking that the coving in my house must hide a multitude of sins

not to mention spiders !

[I took some coving off at a friend's house a couple of years ago - we were moving some phone wiring and concealing it, he needed a landline connection upstairs and wasn't using a wireless handset for reasons]

 

[Boudicca]

I was thinking that the coving in my house must hide a multitude of sins

I'm about to get my through lounge diner replastered. The first plasterer suggested that if I took the coving off, I might find that they hadn't finished the ceiling to the edges.

Anyway I've taken it off now, it's fine. Very dirty work as it is made of plaster and the dust all lands on your head. So the Artex will be banished from one room in the house at least.

 

[StoneRoad]

I have inherited a massive amount of trades/up quality of tools, joiners, pneumatic kit, nailers, dril press, bench grinders, you name it I want to use it to make stuff. Found a huge shed for £700 but its metal, will that be an absolute disaster to use in the summer?

Probably not, but winter might be a ball-ache for condensation, unless you can insulate the interior [floor, walls and roof]

My workshop is single skin bricks and can get very cold, despite facing south.

 

[Idaho]

Hmm.
Normal advice to make that good would be scrape away any loose stuff then caulk and paint.

HOWEVER, it’s artex on your ceiling and if it was applied before 1985, then it will likely contain asbestos

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In which case the best thing to do is mark the joists and overboard the whole thing - then replaster.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I don’t know what any of that means but I’ll see if I can find some expandable filler and clear some of the wall paint not the ceiling artex off and repaint


I don’t think we’ll have asbestos, flat was built in like 79 but it’s mostly been kept up to date since.

 

[Elpenor]

I don’t know what any of that means but I’ll see if I can find some expandable filler and clear some of the wall paint not the ceiling artex off and repaint


I don’t think we’ll have asbestos, flat was built in like 79 but it’s mostly been kept up to date since.

A post above mentioned up to 1985 I think. My house built around the same time and I suspect asbestos too

 

[Epona]

You can get test kits if you're worried about asbestos before doing any work - put on the PPE provided, take a sample, seal it up in the packaging provided, send it off for testing.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I don’t know what any of that means but I’ll see if I can find some expandable filler and clear some of the wall paint not the ceiling artex off and repaint


I don’t think we’ll have asbestos, flat was built in like 79 but it’s mostly been kept up to date since.

I wouldn’t fuck about with a 1979 artexed ceiling.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I wouldn’t fuck about with a 1979 artexed ceiling.

Don't intend to either

 

[StoneRoad]

We put some on ceilings here, after varoius amounts of re-boarding / re-plastering / repainting.
Some of the underlying structure whilst totally sound, was somewhat uneven, and a plain surface showed the "wrinkles", which the artex doesn't.

 

[Petcha]

Not really DIY but not really worth a thread. My tenant moved out a couple of weeks ago. He was very fond of Old Spice. I mean very fond. I think he used it as an air freshener. I've had the windows open for 2 weeks and it's still wafting out, the new guy's living in there now and is too polite to complain. Any tips on how I can move the smell? I mean it fucking stinks. I can't believe the guy took the room really

 

[WouldBe]

Not really DIY but not really worth a thread. My tenant moved out a couple of weeks ago. He was very fond of Old Spice. I mean very fond. I think he used it as an air freshener. I've had the windows open for 2 weeks and it's still wafting out, the new guy's living in there now and is too polite to complain. Any tips on how I can move the smell? I mean it fucking stinks. I can't believe the guy took the room really

You could try steam cleaning the carpet to get rid of it or use some fabreeze type stuff to neutralise it.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Cook a really strong curry with lots of garlic.

 

[Elpenor]

Stick some smoked mackerel behind the radiators?

 

[Petcha]

You could try steam cleaning the carpet to get rid of it or use some fabreeze type stuff to neutralise it.

Wood floors. I think it might have even infected the poor guy's mattress though. I've never actually smelled Old Spice. Who on earth would spray themselves with that. It's like military grade.

Wouldn't fabreeze just add an extra odour to the toxicity emanating from there?

 

[Elpenor]

Would burning candles help?

 

[WouldBe]

Wouldn't fabreeze just add an extra odour to the toxicity emanating from there?

Does have a slight fresh smell but it neutralises odours. Probably wouldn't work on wooden floors though as it's intended for use in fabrics.

Might work if you 'wash' the floors to remove any spills/splashes.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Would burning candles help?

Josticks!

 

[existentialist]

Would burning candles help?

Burning the flat might.