Home DIY

Just cut her hair short while she is sleeping. She will thank you when she realises how much time she saves every day.

Because then you'd see them on the outside! Plus it would run over the glass roof of the extension and mess with the cladding out the back.

Mrs.116 didn't like the idea of splitting the bathroom in two, but I think I've had enough or her lip so going to bin the one large bathroom plan and reinstating the sauna.

Sorry too many homeowning theads to keep up with...

That makes sense and funnily enough we were just having a conversation about order to do things in and what's best which is relevant.

Other half wants a laundry room now and had the idea reinforced by that Powerscroft inspo. you sent, so that's our bathroom split idea. It's less exciting but we will need somewhere to put towels and bedding.

@almac68 - lovely fireplace, what a find. Stained glass project needs a thread ;)

Ha, yeah, we have a laundry room downstairs (under our stairs and next to the cloakroom) but our layout had the addition challenge of the kitchen being a foot or so lower than the rest of the house (so we couldn't blend middle room and back of house).
I had a dream of a long corridor in the middle of the house (and by long I mean about 1.5m, so not really) which split the cosy and the open plan as well has housing secret doors to cloakrooms and laundry rooms.

Had also considered a laundry room upstairs cut off the bathroom but didn't need it in the end. The wife is insistent on keeping the large bathroom and after going through user personas and use case I agree so working out how to add storage elsewhere (looking into custom built in storage in alcoves).

Just had a very pleasant morning stroll across the marshes listening to a podcast on geocities, think you'll like it round here...

Thanks @Fox our house was on the market a long time before we viewed it back in August 2019. It had been a rental for so long, just needs some TLC. Slowly though in our neighbourhood we are seeing positive signs of decent home improvement. I hope we contribute in the same vain and establish a property with period features.

I’ll start the stained glass thread, once I resurrect the Chrysler building project from 1989 :) dusting off +30 years of dust..

Anyone recognise these sockets/this logo?

Looks like it says Selectric

https://www.selectricuk.co.uk/

Searching for 2 gang black, this looks close
https://www.selectricuk.co.uk/products/wiring-accessories/2-gang-13-amp-socket-sp-switched-18/

Cheers, I was looking for a whole variety of Select RD.

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Sacrificial Dyson is doing a grand job - 2 canisters and that’s only the 80 grit...

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Good job!

Shame you need to do it every 6 weeks because wooden counters are the worst.

A set of plumbing rods was the best £15 I've spent in some time. We seem to have a couple of easily blocked drains and although it is the grossest DIY job, rods have sorted them out well each time.

Properly oiled and maintained ive had no problems. You do be on top of any spills and wipe immediately (esp acidic/staining) but small price to pay for a beautiful natural product.

wooden counters are the worst.

FACT

Love the idea of a sacrificial Dyson

Nice job - shortly after i'd finished doing mine, my wife put something covered in some industrial cleaning product down on it & left a lovely big black ring in the middle...

Which reminds me, I never got round to doing the bit surrounding the sink - it's still a bit flaky & generally minging looking, did most of mine by hand which was not a pleasant task - still finding dust in strange places, do quite like the smell of danish oil though

This is inspiring me to salvage mine but I know it's good time thrown after bad.

Yeah don’t leave wet 20ps from the washing machine on them....

(This is me unfucking 3 years of someone else’s neglect though)

I know it's good time thrown after bad.

It’s not... if you avoid spills and mop them up quick and reoil occasionally you’ll get a few years out of them.

But yeah ball ache to fix

did most of mine by hand which was not a pleasant task

Jesus u mad

inspiring me to salvage mine

I'm almost there.

But I'm also thinking that I should just replace the shittiest bit altogether, as it was cut with no overhang over the sink, which is always going to be a problem.

Yep, fairly soon after I started I stopped feeling quite so manly & realized I had made a terrible mistake... I did another section with paint/varnish remover which took ages to work, stunk the house out & left a sticky mess which needed sanding off anyway which was also not pleasant, and another bit which I attempted using a small sander I found up the loft (I don't have a sander) which was just as bad, as it was a piece of shit that barely worked - probably why the previous occupiers left it up the loft.

The manual approach with a big sanding block & the roughest skin-ripping sandpaper you can find is quite satisfying for 5 or so minutes though.

Oh, I tried a heat gun too - this worked well if you had the patience to do 2cm squared at a time, very carefully... ended up with numerous scorch marks that had to be sanded anyway...

Sanding done

Yeah I probably missed a bit

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If anyone is wondering the proper method for removal is shaving the wood with a card scraper

Then a fuck off big orbital sander