How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

Nah. Your builders should.

Ask them about it. It might be there to let water out, depending on the design of the window and frame. Wouldn't do it myself until I was sure there was no purpose to it.

Erm, you’re a fucking legend for this. Thank you.

Replying to my comment #4144 on p166, the 2.8 length of the kitchen was agreed with the builder that that would fit the kitchen. I've not made a fuss of it, and couldn't have redesigned the kitchen at such short notice last week as it was already made but that is so disappointing that I now can't have my intended floorplan with a separate utility

Start at 1k/linear metre for cabinets. Add the building work and that doesn't sound too off.

They aren’t really detail people, and, lovely as they are, I want them out of my house asap (it’s been six weeks for everything).

I’ll contact the manufacturer.

Will contact the manufacturer - cheers.

Cheers that's helpful. I'm going to see about doing the demolition work myself to see if that brings costs down at all (suspect won't do much). Not totally off the idea of using Pax units sunk into neatly built alcoves however as someone mentioned up thread they do seem to go on the piss quite badly when the floors not flat (mine won't be).

Rear elevation of our property - struggling a bit with paint choices for windows…

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Though feeling fairly confident with where the bathroom is

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Schwing !

On the windows - personally I’d err lighter - pebble grey ? I specced Pearl beige for windows on a red brick building once and it came out dark compared to the ral book and the metallic was not perceptible.

This should be in DIY really but there’s a design slant so … house exterior refurb hell continues - good progress rebuilding the porch storage box and painting windows . I wasn’t going to touch the porch fascia but I got a bit excitable and have pulled all the cladding and sheathing off it. Trying to figure out a new - upvc free cladding detail given existing constraints , materials to hand or easily accessible yada yada. Thinking some kind of vertical groove biz - alt Idea is galvanised crinkly tin - but it’s a fucker to get hold of without 100 quid delivery

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Looks really good. Very into the radii

Metals4U for corrugated galv sheets cheapest / least delivery I’ve found. Having said that I wouldn’t use it on your place - go with something a bit more 60s appropriate I reckon.

Rubber floors for Bathrooms, talk to me. @chrisbmx116 did you install in your bathroom or has anyone else? I have seen tiles and sheets and not sure which is the best route.

I'd really like to see actual photos of rubber flooring in place if anyone has any! All the images I have seen are very grammy and polished. I want to get the real feels.

Looking at your pictures I would also suggest that you run that downpipe from the main roof on down to ground level rather than terminating on the porch roof as it does now. You can see all sorts of previous water damage from the roof overflowing in the past. It will be a pain to hide but will work better

Thanks dude - I think they were originally just plain painted softwood fascia or possibly shiplap (as was rest of house before the upvc vandals arrived). I do fancy a contrast to the horizontals of the main facade - so vertical cladding / seams , would like it to be different to the neighbours but not jump out too much. You are right crinkle galvanised would be too much. Probably vertical white tgv would be okay - I’m overthinking it all massively I expect - any fun ideas welcome please

Wise - I think the damage is from before they added a hopper and down pipe - the support pipe is a drain but clearly not a very good one. I’ve got a new hopper and downpipe (galvanised) on order that will feed into the rain barrel. Could run a plastic pipe across the roof directly into the hopper I guess .

Yeah laid it myself. Made a pigs ear of it but the floor was smooth so passable at night.

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It was a single sheet and it’s not even glued down.

Love that porch and while I love the wood cladding I can’t help but feel it’s edging towards passé if used wrong. It may work here but also like the corrugated sheet idea, there’s a local loft done on that painted red, wish I could find the pics again it was mint! Maybe in Leyton?

As Chris above - I was gonna say, if I did it again, I'd forgo the glue and just lay it dry - it's got a decent weight to it, and combined with thresholds, skirting, and fixtures/fittings, it shouldn't be minded to go anywhere.

Would say roll over tiles unless you want to mix and match colours and/or shapes - nice to have a continuous surface with no gaps for water to get through.

Can anyone recommend a easy softwares for drawing out a bathroom to get a feel?

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Ace thanks