Home DIY

I think my girlfriend's parents have one, I'd discounted using it because we're not able to paint everything in one go and ceilings are a white and walls are a mixture of colours. The walls are also 150 year old plaster which we've done our best to get smooth but the ones which needed to get skimmed felt lifeless so we're just using lining paper.

Chap who did our decoration would have done it with a gun if our stuff wasn't in the place :)

He said for the best finish you follow the gun with another man with a roller to add texture. Finish with the gun is so consistent any imperfections (from paint, technique or wear) are super visible.

Will have a look, thank you!

That sort of piping for the frame, where could I get something custom made? Or, I have an angle grinder. What would be the process to get a load of lengths of it and make joints? Presumably they're hollow and screw together somehow with hidden something somethings.

I'd like something similar but would like flexibility in the height and depth of the shelves (Maybe even fit some 19" rack mount)

Can you weld? If not you might be almost competent at the end?

I've never welded but quite fancy a go.

I can't but just re-thinking it. It would be really handy to build the thing out of 1.25" tubing so I could fit some accessories I already have to it like a monitor arm / threaded plate

Also be good for it to be easy to disassemble so I could move it from home office to office office in the future.

/Thinking cap.

I’d imagine you will have to weld something like this. Good reason to buy one and give it a bash.

I can’t weld but going by the job I got done 2 years ago on something, I should have done it myself. Guy was rough as fuck and stole a living and in turn took the piss.

Tung oil going down.. it’s the nuts.. seriously. The oak parquet and all that variation of grain just looks wow.. still need to fill in a few howlers with resin and sawdust and work around the fireplace hearth with tile border/ brass angle trim. Then 8” high ogee skirting boards to finish.. when I finally finish the ground floor, I’m gonna order a pair of new knees... ffs.

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Tumble dryer heating element.

It's fucked right?

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A tad.

Easy to replace though if you can get spares.

HAY new order does pretty much what you want in the photo in loads of figurations, if you just wanted to buy

https://hay.dk/en-gb/hay/furniture/tables-5f607efa/desk/new-order-table-comb.-401---incl.-1-table--1-dh.-steel-door

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Cheers. It's a hotpoint and images on ebay look similar. Just depends on price I guess. It was 2nd hand ~£30. So another £30 will grate.

Bit annoying it's failed within a couple of months. But more so as we thought we'd sorted a tumble dryer in advance of our 2nd and the fuck-tonne of laundry a new born brings. Now I'm fucking around trying to find time for a part and fitting in amongst the general carnage of our current daily routine.

I have no idea how hovis built what is almost a house with a new born.

Annoyingly looks like I might have to redo the rear silicone but otherwise pleased with this.

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That's great thank you. Almost on the final coat stage. Just decorating the rest of the room first!

Ugh. I didn't need to see that.

diet hay new order = ikea fjälkinge
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/search/products/?q=FJ%C3%84LKINGE

https://hay.dk/en-gb/hay/furniture/table­s-5f607efa/desk/new-order-table-comb.-40­1---incl.-1-table--1-dh.-steel-door

You'd need to be a millionaire to by that stuff for what it is.

Yeah thats one of the things, you've got make sure you prep is done well and the walls are a decent condition before you've done it.

I have no idea how hovis built what is almost a house with a new born.

He's capable of bending the space time continuum to his will.

Looks grand. Is that old flooring that you’ve restored?

Assume you’re putting white skirtings on? That’ll look great against the dark walls.

I need to capture him and Foreigner65.

On my dull tumble dryer chat.

Before I spend almost the purchase price on a new heating element, is there any reason they tend to go?

I'm putting this down to it being >10yo, probably 3rd hand and a fairly rough journey from its last home to mine. However, I'd like to make sure it doesn't immediately blow again.

Cheers

The problem with repairing anything that old, is it worth it? Something else could go and then your down more money or it could last for another ten years it’s a gamble.

If you can justify a new one and your going to use it a lot I’d be more inclined to buy a new one instead of repairing something that old personally

I've still got one for sale.