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  1. Ferdinand
    Do we think this Ebay chap is on the up & up? Or too good to be true? https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/dilip1719 Ferdinand
  2. Ferdinand
    I think it works if you buy using the App. They are probably trying to infiltrate all their customers' smartphones and iPads. See http://www.wickes.co.uk/Trade Ferdinand
  3. Ferdinand
    OK. Probable Recommendations. *This* shower recommended on another thread by - I think - @Nickfromwales. It seems well built and has a lot of fitting bits with it. Worth a try and delivered quickly. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332130829568 The shower bath is also well made, thick, and well reinforced. I think it also comes in 1700 and 1800mm sizes. But in 1700 you can probably buy cheaper as part of a suite from eg Wickes. 1600 x 850/700 L-Shower bath with Screen from Cheeky Bathrooms: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172603618735 = £265 The bath waste received is also as recommended on BH. And is heaevy and chunky. Bath swivel flip plug and overflow: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391493900884 = £22
  4. Ferdinand
    Suggest the best answer to that is a Surestop airswitch that can click off water like a light switch. Mount it on the wall or just inside a cupboard, and use every time you go out. A WRAS approved version is available. About 30-50 £££. F
  5. Ferdinand
    Hi Rich I do not know very much about block and beam, but my first thought on your situation was "fill, damp proof and insulated slab", given how far you have already gone in removing the floor. You would also get the opportunity to do a really well insulated floor. As a belt and braces a French drain along the walls outside if possible might be beneficial. If you are damp-proofed then it surely does not matter that the clay underneath remains damp. Suggest a post in the Introduction section, and put a link to this thread in it for wider input .. as it seems slightly to have been missed. Ferdinand
  6. Ferdinand
    Can we ask for a BH discount on this from the manufacturer? Are there enough of us yet?
  7. Ferdinand
    From breaking ground to opening on Empire State was about 16 months . It might even have been built by a Polish Builders .. 'emigrants from Europe'.
  8. Ferdinand
    I wonder if your traditional locksmith can help? I changed ours to keyed-alike via our local hardware shop, and it was about £40 per lock for 3 cylinders with slightly different mm measurements (eg 50/50 and 55/45). On the LBB this was one I *did* remember, and I now have 12 hosuekeys, but I forgot to ask for thumb turn locks. Ferdinand
  9. Ferdinand
    Trusting that you can turn up Perry Como in the room where the small person is playing what small people play...
  10. Ferdinand
    Would speculate that @Barney12 is installing a bigger stereo downstairs. Or a trombone.
  11. Ferdinand
    The order I enetered with PlumbNation actually showed no delivery charge - but was well over £500 and The Midlands is hardly Timbuktu. It is part of Travis Perkins. But I actually went for the other one.
  12. Ferdinand
    Correction. I have been happily talking about "AB Multipanels". It turns out that AB Building Products are actually a distributor for Multipanels made by a big supplier called Grant Westfield, and that they are available more competitively at eg Plumbnation https://www.plumbnation.co.uk/site/wet-wall-shower-panels/?manufacturer=grant-westfield and The Big Kitchen Warehouse. http://www.thebigkitchenwarehouse.co.uk/ourshop/cat_975511-Multi-Panel-Wall-Ceiling-Panels.html Seem to be about 15-20% less. Ferdinand
  13. Ferdinand
    We have previously talked about seondhand kitchens and French Doors on ebay. I have just been looking for a pair of bi-fold doors for a 1.2m hall closet (probably need to pay £30 for pine bi-folds, and came across quite a lot of interesting deals for general doors. Probably it is all in "go and see first" territory. But lots of potential. So just a heads-up for a place to look - potential savings of hundreds of £££. Example: 5 brand new 1981*838mm Cotrtage Oak doors for £249 Buy It Now. Alloa http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Internal-Oak-cottage-veneer-doors-1981mm-x838-/272843925264?hash=item3f86c3e710:g:q~0AAOSwhIFZoqAI 5 B&Q Shaker Oak Doors (27" x wide) potentially for £20-40 each. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-B-Q-4-PANEL-SHAKER-OAK-VENEER-INTERNAL-WOOD-OAK-DOOR-1981-X-686-27-Inch-/272886337093?hash=item3f894b0e45:g:rmIAAOSw76JZ4PZL Wickes Oaks Veneer will need a sand down - about £20. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wickes-Oak-veneer-Internal-door-1981x762-/272886004685?hash=item3f8945fbcd:g:54cAAOSwn1FZuR2N 8 1920s trad doors just sold for £3 each. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1920-internal-doors-/172915651218?hash=item2842937292:g:AqcAAOSwp0NZ0hkF&autorefresh=true 3 used Cottage Oak 78x30 doors where the auction is currently at £47. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-OAK-VENEER-INTERNAL-DOORS-/282694187985?hash=item41d1e2fbd1:g:J5kAAOSwb0hZ4hiD Cottage Oak door near me that looks liike gong for £20-40. Unfortunately I need 6 and they have to be trimmable by 50mm+. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cottage-style-Oak-Veneer-internal-door-/222678011131?hash=item33d8a4ccfb:g:3LwAAOSwVohZ4eqj
  14. Ferdinand
    You probably want to post to an online marketplace where etablished developers offer such skills - same mechanism as the ones where Caddies offer their AutoCAD skills to draw up your plans for a few 10s of £££ over a weekend. Someone here will know such a marketplace. Probably. Or - of you are suitably connected - smuggle it onto the Final Year Project list for your local uni Comp Sci or Med Tech course. F
  15. Ferdinand
    Just checked. Water pressure is good - so I will go for a mixer shower. Thanks all. Ferdinand
  16. Ferdinand
    The offspring of Noggin the Nog. Or do you want the other definition?
  17. Ferdinand
    Far from being my specialist subject, but I am about to buy replacement doors plus one door set. Todd Doors are directing me to *this* product for a pre-primed MDF door lining kit for £30.00. Ferdinand
  18. Ferdinand
    Further comment. When we came to do the topcoat I used a Dulux paint (from Wickes) which did not say spray on the tin, but both Wickes staff and the local Dulux Decorating Centre told me it was sprayable. It was not sprayable - claggy stuff. Dilution did not help. We ended up rollering the topcoats. This was described on the tin as "Matt for Walls and Ceilings". So take care. Ferdinand
  19. Ferdinand
    I am sure you have it covered, but a replacement drawstring just in case :-). Ferdinand
  20. Ferdinand
    It was always a rental project, so we have not moved. Ferdinand
  21. Ferdinand
    Yep. I have done better with Miras than Trtons, but both seem OK - I have one that has been going since 1994. I think I just need a check on the water pressure then it will be a normal electric shower or a mixer. Cheers all. F
  22. Ferdinand
    I wonder how I check that given that the water is currently off for the install of the new bathroom ? I think it is OK, even though it is a high property. Mainly because I had the wiring in as part of the rewire, and I have had little trouble with electric showers in the past. Thinking... F
  23. Ferdinand
    Loving the clear opinions. More ...
  24. Ferdinand
    I need a shower for the Little Brown Bungalow - which is a well-fitted out rental property. I have wired for up to a 10kW model. The nominal budget is up to £125, but I can stretch it if I need as I saved £250 elsewhere in the bathroom. The shower is mains fed; there is no tank. I am inclined to go Mira / Triton, and I think I want 9-10kW with variable shower patterns. Q1: What is "Airboost"? Is that aerating to use less water? Q2: Is there a major benefit to a thermostatic electric shower? Q3: I think I cannot have a Power Shower in the above setup. Correct (I am not hot on plumbing :-) )? Q4: Can anyone recommend a solid model that will take any abuse and last a decade or two? Cheers Ferdinand
  25. Ferdinand
    There are also the Unknown Unknowns - things you haven't asked for because you do not know that they can be done. You only find them by visiting lots of interesting houses. eg increase the perceived size of your interior against a path or wall on a boundary (or hiding a closed off view) by putting in a window below the height of the wall outside and planting something green against the wall that feels like a windowsill a metre away but is actually outside. A window with the top at 1m and sill at 0.2m is a good trick in the front if you ar tight to a path and do not want the public to see in, but the Council limit your wall to 1m or 1.2m. Equally something similar looking inside, lit froma source that cannot be seen (consider a former fireplace lit from a hidden source above) and you start playing games with inside/outside. etc. F
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