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Got rid of the gas supply leaving a handy pipe running under the house from kitchen to out the front: new outside tap

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Ingenious re-use of gas pipe!
Guessing it’s going to have to be insulated in case of freezing?

You got rid of gas in your house?

Has anyone built a corner TV cabinet?

We have an alcove and are wondering about increasing storage and putting the TV.

Just wondering what factors I need to consider...

1. TV size - not changing the TV, but want to provide for a bigger one at some point.
   
2. TV height - how do you work it out?
   
3. Ventilation - assuming there will be lots of hot stuff down there
   
   
   

Anything else that I might not think of?

It's a 1950s house, so a lot of the Victorian / Edwardian vibe inspirational I'm finding isn't great. So if anyone has some mid century style eg that would be helpful. As an eg would you go full height? Or does that make it feel smaller given its a lower ceiling so more accessible than in an old house.

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Yeah I'll have to lag that bit I guess.

@konastab01 got a heat pump

The width of the alcove is really going to be your limit for tv size.

My cabinet does not have much ventilation, it is noticeably hot. Doesn't generally seem to be an issue so long as the stuff in the cabinet has reasonable airflow but on a few of the hottest days last year my Tivo box overheated.

Building a new cabinet setup soon and I'll be installing a few of these underneath.

They'll fully replace the air in the cabinet every few seconds and at only 18dB.

Imperceptible air gap at the top of the cabinet by the wall and hot air will come out the top.

Cheers

a few

Are that many needed?

Big cabinet planned with Xbox Series X, PS5, Sky box, fibre modem, 16 port switch.

Easy to fit two then run at lower RPM than one at higher RPM. They're only £30 each.

How will you control and power them?

One of these.

I did think about similar but didn't have anywhere for the air to come in (and not much for it to come out).

but didn't have anywhere for the air to come in

Slightly neater job:

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I posted my effort for a freestanding unit with TV on wall over it upthread somewhere. The tech (Tivo, Router, Stereo, Switch) is all in there but there is airflow under, behind and I left the back panel open where the gizmo's sit. Although naff imho wall mounted is really good for us as the room layout means both sofas are perpendicular to the telly and it can be swung to point at either, or pushed back flat where people on both can see at a 45 deg angle. With your alcove i'd do similar and you could put shelves over for rainbow organised books or objet d'art (or ugly shit one's children make.

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16915847/

If you were meaning an actual corner shaped unit - Habitat Max is the only one vaguely nice I found.

Excellent info. I'll have a search.

No, not an actual corner shaped one. Just built into the alcove.

No worries - link above now.

Did you paint the bezel in the end?

Got as far as buying the paint - waiting for warmer weather and a bit of time to do it.

Can anyone help me work out what combination of parts I need to make this happen?

I've got some soil pipe to come off of the branch with, then I need to turn 90º, not a problem in itself, but also project about 170mm from the branch centre to clear the cabinet and reach the outer edge of the recessed pan spigot.

I've been staring at the McApline site for ages and I'm more confused than when I started.

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Could you put a strip of something along the length of the back and then reserves it to the wall. I’m thinking the change in angle will keep the coats securely on without changing anything too drastically.

The notch idea is also well worth pursuing but would it weaken the peg?

I like flexible pan connectors in these situations. You can connect them to the back of the toilet before you push it back to the ‘wall’ which makes maintenance and fitting much easier. I guess the flexible will last less long but I’ve dealt with some that are 20+ years old that have no problem.

Thanks. Something like this: https://mcalpineplumbing.com/wc-connectors/flexible-wc-connectors/wc-con8f18-btwc-short-90deg-back-wall-flexible-wc-connector

I guess the hose clamp method keeps it secure when pushing the toilet forward or backward.

I doubt the Victorian Plumbing furniture will last anywhere near 20 years, so no problems there!