How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

@Tenderloin @andyfallsoff the aperture is ~1800x2000.

I’d love a pivot window… where do I start?

Either normal two pane slide fold outward opening - or you could look at tilt turn french door set (rationale do this) - which would give you the ability to ventilate without opening everything up.

You do see those asymmetric pivot doors on projects but sounds like a really bad idea to me if you are planning benches either side - the pane will swing across surfaces you (or things) are sitting on. Recipe for squashed kids

Pivot door.

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Bi fold window

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How does that seal at the bottom? Probably a seal that drops. I mean, those are lovely but in a no one needs that way.
If that was my bench on both sides window I would have it fixed, save the money, and buy something else.

Yeah a brush seal of some kind - you use them with regular zero thresholds

Is this also the place to rant as an architect?
God my general contractor is thick as a thick thing.
They can't be trusted to make even the easiest decision because they lack the apparent ability and willingness to think.
I can't grasp it...

I think we’re just gonna go for hinged, outward-opening French door style windows. Pivot seems like too much of a functional compromise to achieve a single pane. Thanks for the tips!

This is ours - it’s deffo not as big as yours but I think you can go bigger with Rationel. The sliding function is super solid and we have a plan to maybe have a bench on the outside of ours at some point

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Apropos of window chat, can someone just buy this so I can visit and pretend I live there?
https://luscombemaye.com/property/north-huish-south-brent-3/

Although, stop the press, I've just spotted current owners planning to put TV above fireplace... Thank god they're selling

Sounds like you've spent some years working at Curry's.

Ahhh yes we have a similar mech in our office window although far less fancy windows... 86x96, OW70 windows from Associated Glass, pretty sure you can go a bit bigger too.

What's wrong with a TV above the fireplace?

Asking for a friend :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/TVTooHigh/

Oooo. We have ours above the fireplace! I hate having TVs wedged into too small alcoves at an angle.

How do you not suffer permanent neck ache?

Which is why we buy one with legs…

I expect they’re selling as they ran out of money. I lived in a little hamlet near south Brent in the 70s and went to primary school near there. Not the most exciting place in the world!

I live a few miles away now but theirs has a lot more potential than mine. Obsessed with the big windows. Though at least we're closer to the beach than they are.

I had a TV above the fireplace in my old place and never noticed any issues, also ideal for setting surround sound up with it being in the centre of the wall. Admittedly I also had reclining sofas so that probably helped.

Then I got a girlfriend and all those things gradually went ...

ideal for setting surround sound

Isn't film sound mixed for speakers behind the screen rather than either side?

Any recommendations for a person/company with who can collect a used kitchen in SW7 and transport to Cornwall PL27?

post on AnyVan

Possibly (I have no idea if it is tweaked for home release) but it is still much better than attempting a surround sound setup when the tv is in the corner of the room and you're sitting offset to it.

Now we don’t have so many walls and floors on one level - the robots are taking over

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