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- Vinyl or even cork.
- No idea.
- Strip back to bare joists etc?
- Corian. We tried to avoid it but it just works...
- Vinyl or even cork.
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Yeah, looking like it tbh...
No cork. Had cork walls and ceilings in a flat share in Clapton (with semi retired pornographer live-in-landlord Mike Hunt) and I still have nightmares about stickiness. Presume for vinyl/marmoleum etc I'd need to put ply underlayment down? I can staple it with treated staples to the existing wood boards, but how do I get it to stick to the concrete? And 2mm? 4mm? 100000mm?
And leave them bare? You monster. There's a bedroom above and it's already so loud it's daft.
CYOA
Kitchen requirements getting to be rlysrs now.
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What floor, apart from vinyl, can just get the fuck on with being put down and not need much done in the way of prep?
Need something hard wearing, fairly water resistant - not going to swell / come away etc.
Got a big hunk of wonky concrete taking up one half of the floor, with wooden boards for the other half at a lower height. Because of the slope and steps I don't believe I can easily pour something down like polished concrete/resin which was my original plan. And I'm too afraid to take a sledgehammer to it in case the whole street collapses.
Want to just stick something on top of it all and live with any ledge at the door. 5x3m with alcoves/chimney place on one edge. Door at either end (one end leading up a flight of steps into utility area, one end stepping off a single step into hallway.
Likely going to pull the plug after 2.5 years and gut the entire room in August so something easy to get hold of. Wait, it's august now. Fuck how did that happen.
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Can you get fridge freezers that aren't deep (i.e. front to back deep)? Kind of interested in having one built into an alcove but the alcove is 90cm wide / 40 cm deep. Shallowest I've seen is 49cm.
I guess I could build some kind of boxing around it to make it less heinous - shelving or cupboards or some such but presume that'll be spendy if I bring someone to do it.
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Ceilings
Ours is relatively low unfortunately at that end of the house. How much space do you need to put in LEDs? And are there any space requirements for how much air they need around them in terms of insulation? What's the minimum insulation depth do-able?
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What's a bomb proof work surface? We don't need much. 330cm x 65cm. Ideally single piece with space cut for sink and oven. Looking at some kind of stone after being suckered in and bent over by wood and water.