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• MAJs gay bikes [she’s in her fitness era]

  in Current Projects • 1 week, 5 days

  

  Very sad to hear this. Hayley was an important part of this community. RIP.

• How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 2 days

  

  I'm looking to have some windows made. Recommendations?

  Fixed single panes, tilt/turn single panes, fixed roof lights for flat roof (5 degree), openable roof lights for pitched roof, sliding patio doors (3 panes).

  Bonus if flat roof light could also be openable and have internal blinds (both motorised).

  Also looking for recommendations for a smart-controllable vent for the flat roof.

  Someone previously mentioned Klar as a supplier but they don't do all of the above. It would be good to check prices as I can adjust sizes and specifications to control budget

• Architecture and interior design thread

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 3 days

  

  Do you mean a Morso 1412, requiring 100mm to the combustible materials behind?

  https://morsoe.com/en/product/indoor/multifuel/p1412_squirrel

• How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 6 days

  

  Moved house in march this year. There's always been a smell from inside the wall cavities in the bathroom. No extractor fan, so it's been necessary to keep the window open so that the room doesn't get too stuffy. The smell is unpleasant, but not horrific.

  Medium to long term we'll gut the room and have the whole bathroom re-fitted. Short term, we can't immediately fit a fan because we are in a conservation area, so would need planning permission or dispensation (it's in the works).

  Recent cold weather meant we had to shut the window; the smell got annoying again so I investigated.

  First problem: the basin waste outlet is push fitted into a 90° elbow that disappears in the wall cavity. The elbow is legit push fit, but the trap outlet isn't. The fitters have apparently compressed the joint to get it to hold. In so doing they've made it egg shaped, and pulled the o-ring into the gap. So the basin has been leaking into the cavity.

  Second, the toilet waste is plastic and connects to the old cast iron stub pop-up. Access is really difficult, but today I managed to get a photo which seems to show the plastic pipe is just slipped into the cast iron, rather than use a proper fitting.

  Any thoughts on how to solve these in the short term? I'm thinking caulk the joints with plumbers mait - not ideal, but if it stops the smell then I could look at a more substantial solution. The pipes are all buried in the walls, along with a shower bilge pump (so I really don't want to be cutting holes for access, since it will expose an electric element to the splash zone).

  Properly annoys me to see shoddy work like this. The bathroom fit was done for the previous occupant who had mobility issues, and it cost £12k. The room is 2.25 square metres.

• How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 weeks

  

  I wouldn't be keen on an inspection chamber within my home. Even if double sealing the cover is acceptable technically I still wouldn't want it.

  How sure are you that there isn't a way to redirect the sewer? Presumably there is actually a way to redirect but it requires an intolerable amount of digging and laying new pipework.

• Kitchen appliances chat

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 weeks, 1 day

  

  When I looked at this recently I thought that the units with a higher "litres" rating still had the same tank volume. So, I figured the rating was about the rate of moisture extraction.

  I also concluded meaco, specifically arete two. Haven't bought yet though.

• Hulsroy's Hustle

  in Current Projects • 1 month

  

  You need more coffee.

  Done

  the flange is brazed to the dropout

  Got it, I hadn't understood that from the previous discussion.

  I'd want the pink bit to be much more stiff than the hanger, otherwise the removable nature of the hanger is a bit redundant. Hanger is shown as thicker than pink bit, so presumably hanger to be machined aluminium alloy?

  If the hanger did have a flange on the inside face of the dropout, you'd be able to avoid brazing the pink bit, be able to replace it if it did become damaged, and would have a consistent relationship between the derailleur and the outer face of the hub axle - which should improve shifting consistency.

  Just my thoughts of course.

• Hulsroy's Hustle

  in Current Projects • 1 month

  

  You need something on the inner face of the dropout, connected to the hanger, to stop it moving to the right. Or I need to have more coffee :)

  Looks great either way. I'm also a fan of the bricoleur approach.

• ojwithbikes

  in Current Projects • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  Grease those threads!

  Otherwise the 3mm allen key will round out on the pan head screws. (Ignore if you went for hero-spec Torx )

• Owning your own home

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  You could cut into the pipe to form a rodding point and rod it from there.

  You could also jet the drain; I know you've tried a hose but proper drain jetting is higher pressure.