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Is there? It doesn't make a huge difference but what is it?Ah ok, there is a difference depending upon whether you are freehold or leasehold too, hence my question
Is there? It doesn't make a huge difference but what is it?Ah ok, there is a difference depending upon whether you are freehold or leasehold too, hence my question
Is there? It doesn't make a huge difference but what is it?
Yeah, encourage guests to wish and throw money in*. Won't take long to get the money to pay for the repair!Build a feature well around it?
£25 from Wickes Link should be big enough. Similar prices from elsewhere.I think you're supposed to measure the inside of the hole, I'm not entirely clear. But anyway.
Going by the outer bit, where the larger arrow points to, it's 20 x 25 inches (51 x 63.5cm).
Going by the inner bit it's 17.5 inches x 22 ( 44.5 x 56cm).
I should probably check if they were going to replace the frame as well, which is a bit rusted.
Someone has to install the frame though which involves drilling and concrete, it's not just bunging a new lid on.£25 from Wickes Link should be big enough. Similar prices from elsewhere.
Someone has to install the frame though which involves drilling and concrete, it's not just bunging a new lid on.
Are you looking at brand new or second hand?However, I've now got a more pressing problem which is that my ancient gas oven has started burning everything and clearly needs replacing. A gas plumber told me ages ago that I couldn't now legally put a cooker in that space because of how the adjacent cupboards are arranged. There is no very clear explanation of the actual regulations online that I can find anywhere. But I'm now not sure they don't also apply to electric cookers.
There's no problem with the overhead cupboard which is miles away. But there are cupboards on either side, flush with the sides of the gap for the cooker, and they are 45cm above the work surface. I think that's the bit that violates the regs.
I started out thinking I needed to get an electrical cooker circuit put in and now I'm not sure I don't also need to have the whole fecking kitchen remodelled. Or at least the cupboards modified, which won't really work, so replaced, which I don't want.
It clearly states that the cooker should be installed according to the manufactures instructions. So you may be able to get a secondhand one that predates these regs and will go in without altering your kitchen.
View attachment 291501Not anything I’ve done, and I just saw it on a Rightmove listing, but I found the concept of putting what I assume are tiles on the stairs to be quite interesting, don’t recall ever seeing it before.
Please could I ask some advice?
I need to get a new bathroom. There’s so much black mould, the toilet is bust, shower rail keeps falling down etc. I’ve saved up 8 grand over the last two years cos someone told me that’s roughly how much it would be. It’s a standard 1950s council house bathroom.
What is the best way to go about getting one? I don’t want anything fancy, bath with shower over it (no room for separate), and ideally toilet and baisin in a built in unit with storage cupboards. Ideally I’d like to choose one and get it fitted from same place?
Also, the lady who owned the house before had these apparently really expensive tiles put in. I don’t mind them, they are in good nick, could I save money by keeping them somehow?!
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Get it rigged on a timer with the bathroom light too if you can.If you've got a mould problem in your bathroom, get an extractor fan fitted when you get the refurb if you don't already have one and if there is a suitable external wall for it to be fitted - using it for a bit after every shower/bath will help to prevent condensation and mould in the future
Also, the lady who owned the house before had these apparently really expensive tiles put in. I don’t mind them, they are in good nick, could I save money by keeping them somehow?!
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No spare tiles sadly, and definitely not tiles behind stuff.
I think I’ll ask a plumber their opinion. I bet it will end up more expensive to keep them.If you get a unit that has the toilet and sink in it might cover the gaps
Buy a dehumidifier and run it for a month in there. Pay someone to decorate. Save the money. Those tiles look great.Please could I ask some advice?
I need to get a new bathroom. There’s so much black mould, the toilet is bust, shower rail keeps falling down etc. I’ve saved up 8 grand over the last two years cos someone told me that’s roughly how much it would be. It’s a standard 1950s council house bathroom.
What is the best way to go about getting one? I don’t want anything fancy, bath with shower over it (no room for separate), and ideally toilet and baisin in a built in unit with storage cupboards. Ideally I’d like to choose one and get it fitted from same place?
Also, the lady who owned the house before had these apparently really expensive tiles put in. I don’t mind them, they are in good nick, could I save money by keeping them somehow?!
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Not necessarily. Removing the tiles will damage the plaster requiring it to be skimmed before re-tiling so lots of extra cost there. Vanity units aren't that expensive and you can get toilets where the cistern is hidden in a unit that aren't that expensive either. So could hide any cut tiles.I think I’ll ask a plumber their opinion. I bet it will end up more expensive to keep them.
Just had ours done for similar reasons to you and (probably) with a similar specification (just basin, toilet and bath with shower). Ours had got hideous! Loose, leaking tap, leaking shower, limescale everywhere, mildewed grouting etc. etc.Please could I ask some advice?
I need to get a new bathroom. There’s so much black mould, the toilet is bust, shower rail keeps falling down etc. I’ve saved up 8 grand over the last two years cos someone told me that’s roughly how much it would be. It’s a standard 1950s council house bathroom.
What is the best way to go about getting one? I don’t want anything fancy, bath with shower over it (no room for separate), and ideally toilet and baisin in a built in unit with storage cupboards. Ideally I’d like to choose one and get it fitted from same place?
Also, the lady who owned the house before had these apparently really expensive tiles put in. I don’t mind them, they are in good nick, could I save money by keeping them somehow?!
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Just had ours done for similar reasons to you and (probably) with a similar specification (just basin, toilet and bath with shower). Ours had got hideous! Loose, leaking tap, leaking shower, limescale everywhere, mildewed grouting etc. etc.
In terms of getting it done, we tried to get three quotes but ended up only getting two. I looked at local neighbourhood forums for recommendations. We ended up going with a local-ish showroom who came round, did computer drawings of what it would look like, and invited us to the showroom a couple of times to choose fixtures and fittings. They use their recommended fitter but we paid him separately.
The alternative was to use a plumber and buy the fittings separately.
We paid about 9.5 grand, for a very small bathroom, but this is in London and the company did use slightly upmarket fittings. We were OK with that as we had saved for it and really want it to last (never want to have it done again). We did, however, bargain down on the £900 bath. I mean £900? For an acrylic bath? Got them down to about £450 which I still thought was expensive.
Feel free to ask me anything.