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Nickfromwales

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  1. Looking at your feet so you don't get a slap
  2. I'm just worried now that you'll try and make one
  3. What, when bikini models work at car shows ? ??
  4. It's a race between your job and @Onoff's bathroom . Now, where to put my money ......?
  5. The ply skeleton will make fixing things like drawer runners a breeze.
  6. Spill the beans. How much was it?
  7. That was reference to the framework not the finish . Stainless mesh or cement / render board atop to accept a cementitious product or even brick slips.
  8. A table saw, some inch plywood, and some reasonable understanding of the jointing and spacing required and away to go. Rustic 'bark-still-visible' oak shelves and boards are readily available, even B&Q sell them, so you can mix reclaimed and bought materials to complete the look. How good are you with a saw and router?
  9. I bought one for tiling. Stuck it in my glovebox 2 years ago and it's still there Didnt need it........HAD to have it!
  10. On a garage conversion ( not one of mine ) the window company raved about escape windows upstairs so the customer agreed, changing the top openers to vertical openers. They fitted the windows only to find half way into the job that they hit the facia boards and wouldn't open more than a few inches. Top class survey team
  11. Is the work subject to BRegs? Do the current windows actually ( practically) provide a means of escape? Are they above 800mm from the floor? Info please! .
  12. We're not on the same page here Pic is just a random Internet grab The timber frame I'm referring to is factory integrated into the construction of the bath. See the image, where the legs meet the underside of the bath......they hit this timber batten. Does your bath have that batten built into both width and lengthways as in the pic?
  13. The wooden frame on most acrylic baths are there to receive the top lip of the bath panels. Steel baths don't typically have any timber as it can't be bonded on easily like during the manufacturing processes associated with acrylic. I have always had to make complete frames from scratch for steel baths. Does the timber frame run under the taps as well as along the length of your bath? If so it'll be impossible to jack the dog ear corner up as the whole thing will try and lift as one .
  14. In a passive-esque house, you'll introduce a lot of nuisance heat trying to get the system to deliver heat that's actually useful enough to dry towels, considering the house will most likely be sitting at a comfortable ambient temp anyway you'll actually have to 'force' the system to deliver the higher grade heat. That heat will be set at the heater, and have to traverse all the piped system, so will likely waste more energy than save. If your an exporter of electricity then it's acceptable 'collateral damage' to run the towel warmer and UTH from grid electricity for the little time and consumption they'll require. @Onoff's situation is different as he won't have PH specs to save him from having to employ a higher flow temp, plus no MVHR, triple glazing, airtightness etc so not apples for apples there . Each situation is unique .
  15. Yes, I'd not bother with wet plumbing the towel rad. It'll never be economical to run it off the wet system, and it'll be used so little, and mostly when the house is above ambient. That'll mean to get it to heat the towel rad ( essentially to overheat the room ) it'll bring the entire wet system into play, so the heater ( boiler / HP / other ), manifolds etc, and all the interconnected pipework through the house will be heated just to warm a towel .
  16. Deffo go for the electric element in the towel rad over wet plumbing it. That way you don't have to have the entire pumped warm water system going for just a trickle of heat to the one rad. After that it sounds your ok, as it's far easier to use electric solutions here vs wet warm water systems as the cost and complexity soon becomes significant. Using very good room stats which won't have too big an overshoot ( good hysteresis ) will be vital. @JSHarris may be able to provide a link to his which, iirc, switch at 0.1oC increments.
  17. +1. Try separating two pieces after a couple of hours
  18. That's easy. Make the bottom section shorter and straight by leaving the bottom right 'triangle' as part of the frame . ? You can have far less door that way too.
  19. Yup, by far the best, easiest option. Creating a gull-wing door that opens upwards would be lunacy. First big gust of wind, bye bye door. Not enough width on the top for the physics to work on that one imo.
  20. Meile is pretty much plug and play TBH, as imo they favour function over form. My dishwasher lasted 13 years and I was its second owner. It was the fill valve that went but I couldn't be bothered fault finding ( in my 4 mins per day spare time ). Would prob still be going now TBH.
  21. All Id want is a pub nearby that's serving food.
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