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Why did they not fill the corner with grout? Are they expecting relative movement between those walls?
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Urinals - anyone ever considered them?
ProDave replied to Vijay's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
I sit down for a pee in the night to save putting a light on. I just know "aiming in the dark" for a stand up pee might not end well. -
We have a similar "over sized" bath. SWMBO wanted a big one, the specification being she can submerge with "no bits sticking out" of the water. Ours is a plastic one we got for £200 from another local self builder after his SWMBO changed her mind. The list price was something like £500 It takes a while to fill as the flow rate from the cheap floor standing bath filler is a bit slow, but she has not complained about that yet.
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Urinals - anyone ever considered them?
ProDave replied to Vijay's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
The whole point of a urinal is to avoid the lid up / down argument, so why get one with a lid? I was told I can have one. In the garage. -
You mention wall joints. You are not talking about those plastic strips the tile shops try and sell you to do corners, and worse still, the ones they try and sell you to finish off the bottom? Work of the devil, should be banned from sale as unfit for purpose.
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I have an electric one that can be used single handed., but it is still easier with 2 hands.
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Assumption is the mother of all,
ProDave replied to Russell griffiths's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
When Scottish water turned up to connect our water and make the road crossing, they cut through the tarmac and pulled that up, only to find a thick concrete road underneath. Much cursing and swearing and off to fetch a concrete breaker. Good job the road crossing was a fixed price. -
If you are looking for a recommendation, we have Protect VP400, chosen by the builder as it can be left exposed for a long time. It was close on a year before the roof git tiled, and the walls of our sun room are still clad in this (with no outer covering) 3 years later with no problems.
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We have both. the ladies wanted the rainfall thing. Dreadful invention. I want a shower that I can have wetting my body, and wetting my head when I choose it to do so the rainfall you can't stop it wetting your head and I hate that. I won't be using it and as far as I am concerned it is redundant. but I am outvoted so we have both.
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If it is a garden office, the last thing I would be building it from is blocks. I would want a well insulated timber framed construction, which as I am sure we have discussed many times, could very easily be built as a portable building so exempt from building control.
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I gave up trying Roller Door UK. They never answered their phone, and then a negative review popped up on ebay. I tried a couple more, and ended up placing an order with Roller Doors Direct in Scunthorpe, they are another one that lists on ebay. £505 including delivery for a 55mm insulated roller door made to measure. Paid for in full by credit card so I should have some protection if it fails to turn up. I will keep you posted.
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Rationel from ADW in Cumbernauld. Of the 6 quality window supplier I got quotes from, they were the cheapest and second best in terms of quality. Only beaten quality wise very slightly by Internorm who were twice the price.
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I must ask my neighbour how his situation ended. He has the "Dounereay line" passing over his garden on a temporary wayleave. About 2 years ago he served the 1 year notice to have it removed. It is still there and indeed they have done some upgrade work on it. I suspect there was a settlement involving ££££ to keep it.
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the dress sold for more.
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Thar's one team of men who will sleep well tonight.
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it might have sold by now.
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You must be remembering that famous ebay advert for a dress
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That's what I thought, but the invoice came back Bradford bathrooms. One of those companies that trades under multiple names?
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I wanted a remote shower mixer and found it strangely hard to find. We visited a couple of the bathroom "sheds" in town, and none of them had one, just a variety of showers with the controls directly below the shower head. It was only asking on hear that I found what I wanted and bought it all mail order from Bradford Bathrooms. To me it just made sense. Whenever you turn a shower on, you always get cold water out first before the hot gets there. Why would you want your arm sprayed with cold water?
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Hot water tanks, Temperature and Legionella
ProDave replied to ProDave's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
The Scottish Government are bringing in a new rule that rented properties need a Legionela risk assessment. I think I will be basing mine on that analysis. -
Optimising Domestic Heating (UFH and Radiator mix)
ProDave replied to AliMcLeod's topic in Underfloor Heating
Something missing there. I would expect the top left "call for heat" contacts to connect to the boiler to turn it on when the UFH wants some heat. Without that connected, what turns the boiler pump on and off? I suspect at the moment it runs all the time the boiler timer is on, so I would expect the radiators to work. It would be better if this call for heat contact controlled the boiler, and you could put an upstairs room stat in parallel with that, so the boiler would only come on when either the UFH or upstairs actually wants some heat. -
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Hot water tanks, Temperature and Legionella
ProDave replied to ProDave's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
I do, temporarily have one hot water dead leg, the feed to the utility room that as yet has no sink or tap on the end of it. But if there is nothing there to grow and multiply anyway.....
