Home DIY

Just walk around. It's not like you do it multiple times a day. Just a couple of times a week. But this way when you look out the window you don't see the bins. I did consider having them on the side of the path, which is easier to get to, but then you walk right next to them all the time.

Ymmv I put stuff in the bin at least once a day.

It also depends how long you're going to live there as it will destroy any curb appeal.

Yeah basically a bad version of Brighton bike sheds bin storage. Falling down now. Need to redo properly.

What do you think went wrong?

Judging by the amount of people on our road that leave the bins out 24/7 you'd be more than fine with your plan

Design, build tools and materials.

Currently in the process of DIY'ing a bathroom renovation - FIL is a retired furniture maker and had some timber in his workshop going spare (Purple Heart) so decide to do a boxed window reveal...really happy with the result.

Original plan was to tile half way, rendering and painting the top half. Now we're not sure/can't decide if what'll look best. Let's have some forum opinions to make the decision even harder!

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Purple Heart

If he has any more going spare...

Unfortunately not, I snaffled it all

I've used Zinsser BIN to paint beams and ceilings. Goes straight into the spraygun and goes on lovely. It's not great on a brush, but it's not for that.

There's a new acrylic version that's a great replacement for a shellac based version like BIN.

Sorry to say it's hard work to get good results.

If you have good quality paintwork then use a deglossing spray and Allcoat on top. You might need to run a soft pad 120grit over it as well.

For me it's 4 coats of paint on woodwork, minimum.

Have used the BIN on water stained ceilings before and was brilliant. All the stains didn't come through and was a one hit.

Don't have good paintwork to start. It is all yellowed and painted badly in the past with no prep. There are drip, chipped areas and looks terrible.

The issue is not to generate dust, with cats and not wanting to clean.

A photograph would help to get an idea but it sounds like it should be sanded/filled/primed/undercoated and 2 top coats which is a lot of work but all pretty normal for decorators.

I like the half tile.

How well insulated is the wall/were there mold issues before? If so then a full tile will be easier to clean/harder wearing.

Now have cavity wall insulation, so hopefully mold issues shouldn't be an issue. I'm also installing an inline extractor fan which'll suck any excess moisture out no problem.

Efflorescence on an interior wall above a tap. There's no obvious damage on the outside. It's a thin pane of wall between two windows and it's about half way up with nothing obvious above or below either. I've brushed it off over the course of a week or so and it's still appearing. I'm about to paint and tile that wall so want to sort before I do so but am lost as to what the issue could be. Something inside the wall in terms of pipework? But the patch seems very high compared to where any pipes would be? A few coats of PVA and forget about it?

Laminating mdf* with teak wood laminate.

How hard is this to do?

The top of something the size of an ikea BESTÅ ~180cm.

*or ply if there is a reason it's more suitable

Sapele veneered MDF is pretty widely available

Cheers!

This is invaluable.

For the edge do you buy a roll of Xmm iron on Sapele veneer like you do with a work surface?

Yeah, I’ve used oak iron on, works well

im trying to buy an electric towel heater for a bathroom but im confused on some of the language.

it cannot be plumbed in it has to be mount and power only (no central heating)

something like this: https://www.traderadiators.com/towelrads-independent-straight-electric-thermostatic-ladder-radiator-white-1200mm-x-600mm seems to be what i want.. but im doubting myself on ‘thermostatic’ which my brain is telling me it might be both plumbed in and have a heating element?

Im also guessing you dont just want to … fill it with tap water? very confused

Thermostatic just means it's not a straight on/off heating element but it has a thermostat - i.e. measures temp and switches on/off if above / below target.

Think you put water in with some stuff in it

You will need an element that goes in the inlet at the bottom. It will have to have a fused spur switch in a suitable zone or outside the bathroom.
Check with a spark though a pull switch may be suffice