How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

Set one up. I'm about to do the same. I can just copy. I'll have to do tiling too.

I looked at ecliesse pocket door, seem good with some add ins.
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I'll have to do tiling too.

Is that not sort of thing that's dirt cheap where you are?

No, you'd be surprised! I also quite happy to learn and do. I have 4 bathrooms to do over the next years so might as well learn.

We had a suspected gas leak recently, and the engineer pulled out our oven to probe the pipes behind it. Somehow in doing so he broke the ignition function on our gas hobs. Strangely it wasn't working when we first moved into the house, but a plumber fixed it that time when he was by for a different job. Our landlord isn't replying to my requests to have someone 'round to fix it again. Does anyone know what might be the cause, if it's an easy fix? It's an electric fan oven and that still works fine.

Definitely. My assumption was you'd spend more on tile spaces and a mixing paddle. Clearly not!

It's a good skill to have.

Sometimes its just nice to do things yourself. Irregardless of cost or time.

But no, quality work here isn't cheap.

I figure the tiling is well worth paying for as it’ll hide most of the stuff I fuck up. 😅

Definitely using backer board.

It's not just a backer board but can be use stand alone, without needing ply or chip under.
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Sure - i understand that. Most backer board can be used in the same way for walls. I’ll be doing a ply subfloor between joists then backer board on the top for floors.

They are either Eclisse or Ermetika.

Someone on here recommended the spring push and anti slam accessories which I would deffo recommend (esp with kids!). The electrical adapted version allows you to fit power etc on the wall without interfering with the mechanism, which is worth it.

I think ideally you’d move the sink up and then swap the bin and dishwasher on this version but still think it’s better. Scrape plates into bin, rinse and load. Really clean flow. Also means dishwasher doesn’t open into main prep area of kitchen. Being next to the tap is handy for washing clothes if you want to scrub a stain etc. means all your cleaning products can be under the sink and easily accessible. And avoids door opening into work area.

Drawers in the island mean you can have all you kitchen tools easily accessible from the main point and directly opposite hob. I think the oven is in a full height unit. I like being able to turn from the island to the oven as carrying hot trays wants to be as short of a route as poss.

I’d have a utensil drawer next to the hob - spatulas, spoons, whisk, tongs etc can all go in there where you are most likely to need them.

If you aren’t having a bar on one side of the island, then why have a cutlery drawer open into the kitchen? You will be using this for the table and your utensils/knives etc should be in that space

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Cool. Have you seen a good wet ufh calculator? Not done that yet.

I have not. Decided to go electric for height and ease of install. We’re going to use the warmup 3d stuff and do floor and one wall and use that to hang towels there.

There's also small shelves that go under the tiles.

I'm also in the market for a bathroom shelf/shelves. Can you share an example of what you mean?

Gas hobs either have a mains plug for ignition or a tiny battery hidden inside the button, so I suspect they've unplugged it or switched it off.

(are they separate units or a landlord special oven/hob?)

Scrape plates into bin, rinse and load

Why rinse? Dishwashers copes fine without.

• bin next to dishwasher (incl food waste recycling)
  
• hob on island
  
• respect the prep triangle principle (swap ashp and fridge around if poss)
  
• washing machine in bog/cloakroom
  

I rinse because I only ever use the quick (30 minute) programme on my dishwasher. It's [EDIT - the use of the dishwasher] mostly to get rid of the unseen germs rather than caked on visible food remnants.

If I use the long/eco programme I'll just bung them in.

(Also my dishwasher doesn't have a sensor to detect how dirty the water is, so rinsing doesn't really affect it.)

Makes sense with free electric.

Why rinse?

https://youtu.be/sUU8DWPKkkw?si=qwkt3mx2tZ_XBQah

Some people like to rinse. I don’t bother but it’s a simpler option in the layout above

Thanks for the reply! They look to be separate units, the hob is built into the kitchen counter. I guess I'll try pulling out the oven to see if there's anything obviously unpowered.

It's mostly to get rid of the unseen germs

Would rinsing get rid of unseen germs? If they don't go from being blasted with hot water and detergent I'd be surprised if a quick rinse did.

I only ever use the 30 minute cycle on mine and it is fine without rinsing.

Would rinsing get rid of unseen germs? If they don't go from being blasted with hot water and detergent I'd be surprised if a quick rinse did.

I meant the use of the dishwasher is to mostly get rid of the unseen germs.

The rinsing gets rid of the majority of the visible stuff. If I don't rinse then the 30 minute cycle sometimes leaves bits on them, especially if the food has had time to dry out and turn into glue.

This kinda thing. No idea how annoying to incorporate, but seems nice for less grubby edges.
https://www.tilingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/product/schluter-shelf-w

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