Home DIY

Smoke Alarm Kupu 10 Jalo Helsinki - Scandinavian Design https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N2AZCSZ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_so-mCb7ASCVKJ

The wooden fire surround is original to the house. It has had additional bits added by previous owners. I moved it from the dining room to the front room. The cast iron inert from ebay.

I made the doors in traditional tenon and mortise style myself using an assortment of junkshop tools.

Makeshift rebate plane:

Grooving Plane:

Side bead plane:

The panel moulding was made with a 200 year old Griffiths of Norwich plane:

It took about 6 hours to make the moulding for those two doors. It's much easier to buy panel moulding ready made.

That's an amazing amount of work. You'd scarcely believe it's the same room.

Craftmen/women thread material, never mind home diy.

You based in Norwich too?

And where are the speakers hidden??

Yes, I'm in Norwich. The speakers are tilted upwards behind the sofa.

Good shout on the planes. I've got quite a few of them but I'm always picking them up when I see them for reasonable money. They work so well.

For support between the shelves I had imagined pieces of board just the right size to slide in between the shelves, then you can make different sections for the vinyl. I've found the problem with a metre of unsupported vinyl is it makes it harder to get records in and out. I've heard that it can warp them but don't have any evidence in my own collection.

Wow that is quite a before shot, reminds me of the place my dad got in Suffolk

Yaaaaaaassss Kweeeen!

10year battery ones from angel?

Really nice.

http://www.greenbuilding.co.uk/GBF_Forum/discussion/2325/condensation-and-fitted-wardrobes

What's a good internal door brand for price:quality? Single panel/flat, primed, and ideally with large stiles and rails for trimming as a few are odd sizes. Thanks.

fireangel 10 year smoke alarm for common parts, 10 year heat detector for kitchen and a 7 year CO alarm for wherever you have burning.

heat detector for kitchen

Be very careful on the placement of these.

My folks can't grill anything unless both fans and door are open without setting theirs off.

well yeah... don't put it above an obvious heat source

also

For that does it also need to be < 12-in. from the wall if you're mounting on the ceiling? Or anywhere?

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Sidewall

Interesting as I thought that was generally a no-no. But I guess it's placed quite close to the ceiling.

it's close enough that the descending smoke/heat layer will activate it in good time.

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Nice job! Your postman will thank you.

Thanks, one of my neighbours is an ex-postman who said the same thing

is this the right tool for shaping the edge of my alcove shelves to fit the curvature of the side walls?