April 27, 20188 yr Author We are finally very close to being finished inside. We have been living in dust for two months. I have been trying really hard to avoid putting up pictures until it’s all done, but the stair is going in and looking beautiful. As there is another stair porn thread re glass balustrades I thought I’d join the party. Give it a few weeks and I’ll do a full photoshoot.
April 27, 20188 yr Gorgeous. Stair porn, indeed. Really, you're going to make us wait for weeks?!!!!!
April 27, 20188 yr That realy is something ! Just love the curve. These are a set i built a few years ago, would go well in your garden.
April 27, 20188 yr Author On 27/04/2018 at 19:23, vivienz said: Gorgeous. Stair porn, indeed. Really, you're going to make us wait for weeks?!!!!! Depends how long the builders take to finish. We are very nearly there. Most work is outside now. We are just putting in retaining walls and getting ready to put the patio areas in. We still don’t have a driveway as the builder doesn’t want concrete trucks ruining it. That’s fine but one of our cars has been in my parents’garage for months and they move house in two weeks!
April 27, 20188 yr Author Thank you. I think it’s the room I most dreamed about when I wanted to build a house
May 17, 20188 yr Author We still aren't quite finished, creeping ever closer. Mostly working outside on retaining walls in the garden and finally they are installing the stone archway at the front door. A couple of pictures though. We love the way that the crystals in the WC light create a pattern on the walls. Feature brick wall with arches that my wife really wanted being installed. Edited May 17, 20188 yr by AliG
May 20, 20188 yr Stunning. Can I ask who supplied the stair case, also what is the internal radius of curve and step length. Edited May 20, 20188 yr by Alexphd1
May 20, 20188 yr Author The staircase was supplied by a company called Angus and Mack who are just outside Edinburgh. http://angusandmack.com I don't know the radius, we settled on it by looking at 3d renders until it looked right. The treads are roughly 215mm deep at the narrow end and 340mm at the wide end. They are 1100mm across with the staircase being 1200mm wide.
May 23, 20188 yr @AliG can you tell me the supplier that you used on Aliexpress for the Moooi style lights please and what was the lead time for them?
May 23, 20188 yr Author I got the lights from here - https://www.aliexpress.com/store/top-rated-products/342455.html?spm=2114.12010615.0.0.6d673d16SBgstF&tracelog=topselling_tab They stopped advertising them not long after I bought them, but they might be able to supply them if asked. They were a fraction of the price of the real lights. The big ones are more expensive as they have to be airfreighted. I have bought lights from 6 different companies on Aliexpress. Every single one has been no trouble at all and exactly as described/. One light was missing a piece and they put it straight in the post no arguing about it. Considering the prices it really does make you wonder how much mark up there is on items by the time they have made their way through the supply chain. It is hard to say that they are Chinese knock offs as most items of this kind will have been made in China anyway. I cannot find anyone currently advertising larger than a 700mm light in the same style. I have 2 of the 1000mm diameter ones. Here are some of the current ones on sale https://www.aliexpress.com/item/LED-Modern-Fireworks-Pendant-Lamps-Ball-Stars-Hanging-Pendant-Lights-Fixture-Nordic-Hotel-Shopping-Mall-Home/32816818288.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000014.4.2055421dADg2yt&scm=1007.13338.98644.000000000000000&scm_id=1007.13338.98644.000000000000000&scm-url=1007.13338.98644.000000000000000&pvid=8615d8be-51a5-4a19-8dbf-0de78796e7a7&_t=pvid:8615d8be-51a5-4a19-8dbf-0de78796e7a7,scm-url:1007.13338.98644.000000000000000 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Modern-Creative-Chandelier-Dimmable-LED-Fireworks-Pendant-Lamps-Stainless-Steel-Ball-Lights-For-Bar-Restaurant-Lamparas/32816920317.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000015.5.7bea54e1fH8gQC&s=p I find it often easier to find something on Aliexpress to find something similar then look at the list of other suppliers and other products form the seller at the bottom of the page. It is not always obvious what name the product has been given. Another thing that you can do is an image search on Google. Edited May 23, 20188 yr by AliG
May 23, 20188 yr Author @Mr Punter as requested. The poor piano has been moved all over the place and is finally where it is supposed to go. That's me to give some scale. We love the way that the lights reflect off all the glass and the floor at night. These are basically the finished stairs. They still have lights to go in on the underside of the front edge of the treads.
May 23, 20188 yr Author Turned the heating off to try and figure out how much gas we were using for hot water. Appears to be around £2 a day. This seemed very high, but having looked into it, it is the recirculating hot water system. The loop is around 70m long. From what I can find on line 28mm pipe loses around 50w per meter per hour. Thus it probably costs around 10p per hour in gas to recirculate the hot water. The builder also decided not to insulate the pipe as it is internal. This would maybe have helped a bit, but my reading on-line says that it is an inherently wasteful system to have instant hot water. I have set the pump to be on in the morning, after school and before bed which is when people are most likely to bath or shower, but that family is giving me a lot of grief for not having it on all the time.
May 23, 20188 yr Author 1 minute ago, Declan52 said: They are really nice lights. Yes, we are really pleased with them. I have to give my wife the credit for picking most of the lights. I picked the wall lights.
May 23, 20188 yr Author A small chandelier has just gone into our en suite, my wife really wanted chandeliers in our en suite and the WC. I'll post more pics of the ensuite when it is finally finished. It is one of the last parts of the house to be completed.
May 23, 20188 yr On 13/10/2016 at 18:30, AliG said: The slab is down (apart from the garage). Now we can start on the walls. I will be on site tomorrow. I feel I should lay a few blocks myself. Then as I do when I help my wife cook, I can claim I made it myself How did I miss this...it's that big! Edinburgh Airport gets second runway... Edited May 23, 20188 yr by Onoff
May 28, 20188 yr Author I haven't taken a full picture of the front of the house as it isn't quite finished. We are finally building the archway at the front door, so we are using the kitchen door at the moment. Due to the weight of the stone they are doing two pieces a day. I was a bit taken aback by the thickness of the stone, I think the architect must get commission from the quarry!
May 28, 20188 yr 11 minutes ago, AliG said: We are finally building the archway at the front door, so we are using the kitchen door at the moment. And you thought you'd be in by Christmas ????
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