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@zoothorn's floor? I don't think he knows. Like me. Out of 8 rooms downstairs I have 7 different floor constructions.

Slight thread drift but in my kitchen I've considered leaving the wall units in place and digging a big rectangle out of the middle of the floor. Then insulating bottom and sides of the excavated hole, adding UFH pipes and topping off with concrete back to the original level. In effect a big heat store.

My kitchen floor is about 4 or 5 inches higher than the rest of the house. The previous owner had a damp issue so laid a plastic sheet down and poured a slab. When I cored out the "new" slab for the breakfast bar leg it had the old floor lino under the slab.

Ah, the master of floor jobs speaks!

@zoothorn I feel your pain. This is my lounge with the probe sat on the floor: Then with the same probe hanging off the light fitting. The probe is about 5' from where it was on the floor. Quite a big issue here is the suspended wooden floors. Cold air just comes in through the air bricks and up through the uninsulated floors, through plug sockets, around skirting etc. Gutting sat here with a beanie on and under a blanket KNOWING what needs to be done and having the ability to do it. It all needs gutting back to the dirt at floor level, the joists in the ceiling and the bare brick/block walls. SWMBO just won't buy into doing it yet will happily burn through oil and sit moaning how cold it is.

F*** it, let 'em burst. Might convince SWMBO we need to start doing things round here my way rather than her mental attempts at papering over the cracks. She won't buy into my ideas primarily as it's my idea. Menopausal madness.

Ooh, totally tropical! I've 175mm of insulation under my bathroom floor, it's made a huge difference in there...

You can get upvc extensions to go at the header like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/362475908487 However...you really want to get the same make to ensure it clips in properly.

I like pickle as much as the next guy but I wouldn't go that far!

You at the fertility clinic again?

Sorry, thought this was a urology thread.

We're just revisiting the printer enclosure, moving the printer PSU outboard and making a sealed cabinet to better print the nasties like ABS.

Hmmm.....as he appears to have no intention of getting a job I try and keep him busy..... 24 at Christmas, I'd been working 8 years at that age 🤬

2 handles on the fridge freezer and one on the freezer, all cracked and broken over the years. When laddo first got his 3D printer he made some new ones in white PLA. That was early days in terms of knowing about infills and reinforcing around screw holes so the handles failed and delaminated over time. They also got dirty and were hard to clean. SWMBO's liberal use of bleach may have hastened their demise of course. Cue now and his latest efforts in grey PETG: These will get a spray coat of Parkside Clear Plastic Paint and we'll see how that stands up.

Mayday, mayday, ravers in the UK...

Tropical fish tank's another 70's fave.....

I used something similar... 😉

I used a combination. Tile backer boards for the wet room corner and behind the loo, then mrpb everywhere else. Helps they're both 12.5mm thick. It was all tanked: The someone made a hash of the tiling, letting down what would have otherwise been a fantastic job 😤:

Buffalo board. We get it from here. They do 10'x5' sheets from memory. Cut edges will eventually let water in so need sealing. There is a branch in Lanarkshire. https://www.lathamtimber.co.uk/products/advanced-technical-panels/atp

Ignore me, first post suggested it! Think there's been a few motorised sliders on GD in the past.

Sliding glass roof? No need to worry about windage at least.

Same here. I made the mistake of buying a stand-alone, clamp on track from Lidl. At only 1m long it's no good on an 8'x4' board!

It's not a bad shout to have fridge/freezers on their own dedicated rcbo. At least if something else causes a trip you shouldn't come back from holiday to a defrosted freezer! I ran a dedicated trunking to a double socket for this though it's currently still on the kitchen ring.

More like a full sack!