Show us yer house and house-related meddlings
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not-bono-ever
meh
Charity shop 80’s ekornes norwegian recliner chair
SheilaNaGig
Break requested
Simple. I just pay for a new kitchen. Job solved.
(Don’t worry. The bottom panel just comes away and clips back again)
SheilaNaGig
Break requested
Phew!
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
That is a ridiculously gorgeous door! I've always loved doors with stained glass and that yellow is really cheerful
not-bono-ever
meh
just replaced a door seal on a washer. no pics im afraid. one hour start to finish but needed an extra pair of hands for a couple of bits. this is my life nowadays
Sapphireblue
Well-Known Member
our washing machine in our new house is the only inherited appliance that isn't shit (boiler died and dishwasher and oven also needed replacing). it is a samsung with such a great spin that everything comes out almost dry.
not-bono-ever
meh
was here when we moved in - full of rusty tins from the 50's and 60' - now full of vodka that no one drinks
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
I bought a new bedside table from IKEA.
Installing new shower in toilet room downstairs. Hardest bit so far is getting the gravity drop for the shower waste and washing machine that will be outside the new partition. Need a mate to do the copper plumbing and fix some mickey mouse gas piping and a sparky to do the wiring. Trying some underfloor heating.
not-bono-ever
meh
Make sure you can get into the trap on the shower / ours started dripping and we had to cut an access hole in the room below ceiling
Yeah, rodding points always a biggie. I do all my work with boxing, skirting etc capable of disassembly to address my fuck ups that come to light after 3 months or so. Trying to work out the washing machine waste (in black) with a parallel run from the shower with its corner waste. Really tricky; might have to bodge two 40s into a 50 for the last stretch by the soil pipe which goes beyond the outside wall. Not ideal
Yes it would be best to keep the waste pipes independent all the way into the soil stack. Can the washing machine waste go into the white stack in the corner rather than the one outside? Or into the existing WC waste via something like this: 90° Bend Adjustable Length Rigid WC Connector with Vent Boss (assumes you’re using a standpipe, if not you’d need an AAV to avoid the flush pulling the water out of the washing machine waste).
Door on the left so can't run waste on the other side.
I'm connecting the toilet to the soil stack as it had its own sewer connection well out into the room (house plans changed when being built.) Suppose I could run the washing machine waste into the soil pipe but prefer to have the machine waste independent if I can. I think I might get a plumber in to bugger around with the soil stack. The concrete boss that sits above ground at the base of the soil stack is a bloody nuisance. Out of the way and no problem getting the right gradient and both shower and washing machine in separate wastes.
I'm connecting the toilet to the soil stack as it had its own sewer connection well out into the room (house plans changed when being built.) Suppose I could run the washing machine waste into the soil pipe but prefer to have the machine waste independent if I can. I think I might get a plumber in to bugger around with the soil stack. The concrete boss that sits above ground at the base of the soil stack is a bloody nuisance. Out of the way and no problem getting the right gradient and both shower and washing machine in separate wastes.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Ah, I see, didn't realise the door was there. Not seeing the rest of the plan, I have no way of knowing if it's an option but I would be asking whether the door position can be moved, because it seems to occupy the place where it's easiest to get into the soil pipe, or through the external wall, and means that all the things that need a drop in the waste pipes are pushed away from that point.
The only other option for the space is to put the shower at the other end, and move the toilet away from the soil stack, so not going too helpful, unfortunately. I'd have to move the soil stack externally somehow and lose the window. A bit of juggling should get it right.
Just had a wall closed off and plastered (originally was open front/sitting room leading to dining room but want to knock through from kitchen to have a large kitchen diner).
Pretty much dried out now and really smooth to touch. Just got to paint it with rest of room now.
Pretty much dried out now and really smooth to touch. Just got to paint it with rest of room now.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
So much stuff needs doing here it is untrue - I can do most stuff myself but it is all going to cost money. I really want to get the hall and bathroom walls, and every ceiling in the place,skimmed by someone who knows what they are doing - this is fucking artex city here.
marty21 how much did it cost to have that wall done? Hope you don't mind me asking
marty21 how much did it cost to have that wall done? Hope you don't mind me asking
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I did one get artex off a ceiling using a steamer. Back breaking work, particularly if you choose the hottest day of the year like I did, but possible.
The plastering/skimming of my wall cost £120.
