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• Home DIY

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 days, 19 hours

  

  You can buy cabinet shelf hole jigs so they are evenly spaced. Or you could create your own jig by drilling holes in a piece of scrap so that even if your holes arent perfectly spaced, at least they are consistently not evenly spaced on both sides

• Anyone with an allotment?

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 3 days

  

  oof, bad luck.

  Makes me realise when I set my polytunnel up, should the curved sides face prevailing winds or the ends (could open them to allow through flow of wind on storm days)

• Keeping your home warm / heating / energy crisis / insulation etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 6 days

  

  they're going to bankrupt themselves if they think they can run plug in heaters off solar.

• Owning your own home

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 6 days

  

  I would budget 20-30k for the roof to be redone

  We had quotes around 20-25k for a full reroof for a 2 up 2 down victorian terrace. In the end we managed to get it done for 9k but they werent gold standard of professionalism or craftsmanship. They were recommended from family who had roof work done so we knew they were OK and had been out to resolve any snags. Roof is water tight which is what counts but finishing details like rendering of the parapet wall etc was done very slap dash.

  Worth it for the 10k+ saving but I'd definitely want to budget for closer to 20k to be safe.

  This was also 3 years ago so prices may have gone up.

• GPS tech (Garmin, Hammerhead, Wahoo, RWGPS, etc)

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks, 4 days

  

  will watch the review later, but shame if it is a bit shit as I absolutely hate the UI/UX of using a garmin since I switched after my bolt died

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 4 days

  

  Thanks, assumed that would be the case. There is plenty of slack inside the room. Going to be tight cutting it though as it’s about 5mm from the wall.

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 4 days

  

  frustratingly the new pipework for the heating in our bathroom had a connection that failed and leaked into the kitchen below. Seems like they didnt properly test the system before putting the floor down as it was very clearly leaking. The plumber came round and fixed but nicked an electrical cable. As far as I'm aware, it still works but what fix should I expect the electrician to make when they come round later in the week?

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month

  

  Yeah they're nice. We were going to have deck mounted crosswater taps that matched the basin taps however builder said they wouldnt risk drilling the steel bath so gone for some generic stainless steel wall mounted - still not cheap!

  Just cut the bath panel to size, now need to work out what to do with the cupboard..

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month

  

  Thanks! Plumber was in today which made a huge difference to progress. Can finally use the loo without having to chuck a bucket of water down.

  Glad we went with beige grout. Got an oak veneered MR MDF panel to go on the bath and make a cupboard door out of. The velux is new.

  @Skinny - nice, we were going to get the same bath taps but they were pricey! Stainless steel right?

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 1 week

  

  Bathroom nearly done

  Getting your only bathroom done is 10x worse than kitchen