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  • Looks good but the performance is similar to wood rather than stone. And as mentioned above price! Some dutch company did a version of terrazzo recycling building rubble that was way nicer and waterproof

  • I’ve lusted after something from these guys for a while, not least because they’re only a mile down the road:
    https://granbyworkshop.co.uk/catalogue/granby-rock-recycled-terrazzo/

  • Really nice

  • I absolutely love this stuff. Their smoked ceramics were lush too but I think they've stopped doing those now, sadly.

    I guess you saw the granby streets project that the workshop was born out of?

  • Ah. That makes more sense.

    We have a quooker and a water softener. Can’t recommend a softener enough.

  • i think we might be able to have the thinnest (27mm?) insulated board in the reveal, depends on the width of the windows which I can’t measure as still not completed on the flat.
    also not sure on having breathable board or foil backed as this non-cavity wall is tiled on the outside so i guess it’s not breathing and it’s ok for it to be sealed on both sides.

  • shudder to think what the washing machine looks like.

  • What is the cost of that system? I live near bath and the water almost comes out in chunks!

  • shudder to think what the washing machine looks like.
    

    Isn't the quooker permanently on the boil? Unless you're washing at 90° back to back, you'll probably be OK for a while longer

  • With the limescale preventer in our washing (40 deg C max, most of it on 30 deg C) it means the machine naturally wears out (~10 years) before everything gets clogged up with limescale.

  • Cost about £2k all in to fit and about £20 a year in salt.

    It’s a large one with a built in carbon filter so slightly more expensive than most.

  • yes! there’s some amazing places along Princes Avenue - nearly rented a place on one of The Welsh Streets which was/is a similar redevelopment/rejuvination

  • If you were ever wavering about a Quooker purchase, the recent posts may help your decision, as well as


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  • Don't know him.
    But constantly on the boil sounds, as tempting as the luxury would be, not very sensible.

  • not very sensible

    It is basically a very high spec thermos flask with a heating element in it so the power draw is fairly small. It's not like keeping a pan on the boil more, like a trickle charger topping up a full battery.

  • Definitely a case where I struggled as a non native speaker with the right choice of words.
    Would be interesting to know how much energy it needs compared to always heating up from low temperatures.

  • According to the quooker website the unit costs 3p a day to run on standby it costs just over 2p to boil a litre of water in a kettle (I don't think these prices take into account current energy prices).

    Taken from this which article

    To be honest the most interesting thing about quooker is the life story of the guy who invented them. A dutch guy called Henri Peteri who, with his brother, fled the nazi invasion of the Netherlands in kayak, taking 56 hours to paddle to the UK across the North Sea.

  • Send him to Rwanda!!!!

  • I just read that BBC article. God the contrast to today is appalling.

  • Even if you have to go thinner I think some kind of insulation to the reveal its worth it

  • Sounds like marketing spiel to me. Something on standby won't boil water. I'd expect the "standing charge" of it being on to be 3p and then additional each time it's used.

  • Oh great! I can imagine, the photos i saw looked amazing.

    We’ve got loose plans for a kitchen overhaul in a few years and some Granby Rock worktops are on the shortlist. Hopefully they’re not daft money.

  • Doesn't quocker keep the water "below" boiling temp by increasing the pressure, when it's released through the tap its boiling as the pressure drops to atmospheric?

  • Hot water taps are convenient and a bit of a marvel but the idea they are ‘green’ or even economical as Quooker would have you believe seems a bit of a stretch.

  • They probably are efficient in a high use environment like an office or Guy Martin's house.

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