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Author:  Grim... [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:42 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
I put some usb powered LEDs behind my TV for a similar effect. Looks good man

That's what I've used.

Author:  Jem [ Thu Jan 11, 2018 17:43 ]
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My bath re-sealing went OK, if anyone cares ;) bit of a blob in one corner where there was quite a lot to fill and I got carried away but apart from that it's mostly smooth and even. Here's a terrible / boring photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdyOEqahGUf/

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:41 ]
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Grim... wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
I put some usb powered LEDs behind my TV for a similar effect. Looks good man

That's what I've used.

That's looking really good!

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:42 ]
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Jem wrote:
My bath re-sealing went OK, if anyone cares ;) bit of a blob in one corner where there was quite a lot to fill and I got carried away but apart from that it's mostly smooth and even. Here's a terrible / boring photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdyOEqahGUf/

That looks really neat Jem - good work!

Author:  BikNorton [ Fri Jan 12, 2018 23:12 ]
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Bricklaying! Fireproof and not! Worth doing a course in?

Author:  Jem [ Sat Jan 13, 2018 22:59 ]
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Goddess Jasmine wrote:
Jem wrote:
My bath re-sealing went OK, if anyone cares ;) bit of a blob in one corner where there was quite a lot to fill and I got carried away but apart from that it's mostly smooth and even. Here's a terrible / boring photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdyOEqahGUf/

That looks really neat Jem - good work!

Thanks Jazzy :D It's made a surprising amount of difference to the bathroom, actually (well, that and a good clean :DD )

Author:  Mimi [ Sat Jan 13, 2018 23:04 ]
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Super work, Jem!

Can I ask what the round thing is? At first I thought it was a bar of soap, but now it looks like a button. Do you have some kind of ‘fun’ button on your bath? Lights, bubbles....

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:45 ]
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Jem wrote:
Goddess Jasmine wrote:
Jem wrote:
My bath re-sealing went OK, if anyone cares ;) bit of a blob in one corner where there was quite a lot to fill and I got carried away but apart from that it's mostly smooth and even. Here's a terrible / boring photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdyOEqahGUf/

That looks really neat Jem - good work!

Thanks Jazzy :D It's made a surprising amount of difference to the bathroom, actually (well, that and a good clean :DD )


Yup, one of the biggest and best things you can do is a deep clean. Good work, especially when I know you are so busy already. :)

Author:  Jem [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 15:30 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Super work, Jem!

Can I ask what the round thing is? At first I thought it was a bar of soap, but now it looks like a button. Do you have some kind of ‘fun’ button on your bath? Lights, bubbles....

We have a spa bath thing - it was in when I bought the place. I have used it once in 6.5 years :DD

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 17:54 ]
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Jem wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Super work, Jem!

Can I ask what the round thing is? At first I thought it was a bar of soap, but now it looks like a button. Do you have some kind of ‘fun’ button on your bath? Lights, bubbles....

We have a spa bath thing - it was in when I bought the place. I have used it once in 6.5 years :DD

We have one of those in our new place. Let's see how that goes! :D

Author:  MaliA [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 19:00 ]
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Kitchen and Dining room emptied now and we await wall smashing and new kitchen. This is our kitchen/dining room/drawing room for next 4 weeks:

Author:  DavPaz [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 19:00 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Kitcheb and Di in room emptied now and we await wall smashing and new. This is our kitchen/dining room/drawing room for next 4 weeks:

How are you fixed for water?

Author:  MaliA [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 19:01 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Kitcheb and Di in room emptied now and we await wall smashing and new. This is our kitchen/dining room/drawing room for next 4 weeks:

How are you fixed for water?


Roof leaks.

Author:  asfish [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 20:00 ]
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Quote:
Kitchen and Dining room emptied now and we await wall smashing and new kitchen. This is our kitchen/dining room/drawing room for next 4 weeks:


I'm trying to persuade my wife to do this and I told her 2 weeks! Is 4 weeks a standard time for this or do you have other works going on as well?

Author:  MaliA [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 21:56 ]
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asfish wrote:
Quote:
Kitchen and Dining room emptied now and we await wall smashing and new kitchen. This is our kitchen/dining room/drawing room for next 4 weeks:


I'm trying to persuade my wife to do this and I told her 2 weeks! Is 4 weeks a standard time for this or do you have other works going on as well?


4 quotes had timescales of 3-4 weeks. Week 1 is structural building work, week 2 is plastering and running services, week 3 is interior decorating and week 4 is fitting kitchen.

Author:  GazChap [ Sun Jan 14, 2018 23:08 ]
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How much have you been quoted for it, dude? If we manage to get into this new house Jem's gonna be looking to do some wall smashing and kitchen refitting etc.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:30 ]
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MaliA wrote:
asfish wrote:
Quote:
Kitchen and Dining room emptied now and we await wall smashing and new kitchen. This is our kitchen/dining room/drawing room for next 4 weeks:


I'm trying to persuade my wife to do this and I told her 2 weeks! Is 4 weeks a standard time for this or do you have other works going on as well?


4 quotes had timescales of 3-4 weeks. Week 1 is structural building work, week 2 is plastering and running services, week 3 is interior decorating and week 4 is fitting kitchen.

There will be a gap while you wait for the plaster to dry, but after that it only takes a couple of days to do the decorating and again to fit the kitchen (depending on type).

Author:  asfish [ Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:40 ]
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MaliA wrote:
asfish wrote:
Quote:
Kitchen and Dining room emptied now and we await wall smashing and new kitchen. This is our kitchen/dining room/drawing room for next 4 weeks:


I'm trying to persuade my wife to do this and I told her 2 weeks! Is 4 weeks a standard time for this or do you have other works going on as well?


4 quotes had timescales of 3-4 weeks. Week 1 is structural building work, week 2 is plastering and running services, week 3 is interior decorating and week 4 is fitting kitchen.



Ah ok, the wall I would remove is plasterboard and none structural, the floor will need to taken out in the kitchen and redone as the levels are all over the place.

Had forgotten about plaster drying so I will revise my estimate to 4 weeks to be safe.

How are you planning to cook for the next month?

Author:  MaliA [ Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:31 ]
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Slow cooker and nuke rice.

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 21:48 ]
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Off we go!

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 21:55 ]
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not a bad first day

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 22:00 ]
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They are cracking on well. Apparently, due to the poor weather they got all their guys in to remove everything so it was done really quickly. Bit odd, my being 70 miles away, with MrsA taking communications, but there we are.

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 22:06 ]
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what's odd is you taking a picture of a picture

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 22:08 ]
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That was someone else's picture of a picture texted to MrsA and then she texted it to me, and I emailed it to my father, then downloaded it from my sent mail folder to upload it here.

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 22:09 ]
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oh right. That's ok then

Author:  GazChap [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 22:35 ]
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MaliA wrote:
That was someone else's picture of a picture texted to MrsA and then she texted it to me, and I emailed it to my father, then downloaded it from my sent mail folder to upload it here.

Giphy "inception":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/FpdLAEWpBQD1m/giphy-loop.mp4

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Jan 16, 2018 23:36 ]
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MaliA wrote:
That was someone else's picture of a picture texted to MrsA and then she texted it to me, and I emailed it to my father, then downloaded it from my sent mail folder to upload it here.

Officially a shitpic.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:25 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
MaliA wrote:
That was someone else's picture of a picture texted to MrsA and then she texted it to me, and I emailed it to my father, then downloaded it from my sent mail folder to upload it here.

Officially a shitpic.


I enjoyed that article a lot.

I'd never read that site before.

So I was disappointed to discover that it ceased operations yesterday.

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:13 ]
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Very creepy how you're taking pictures of them in the mirror.

Author:  MaliA [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:14 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Very creepy how you're taking pictures of them in the mirror.


Do you really think I would own a mirror that small?

Author:  markg [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:16 ]
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Not even for carrying round with you?

Author:  Findus Fop [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:59 ]
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doesn't particularly belong here, but it appears the plug of our iron has been sat in a sink full of water all night.

Presumably I need to wire a new plug? Or is the whole thing likely a goner? I'm proper shit at this sort of stuff.

Author:  GazChap [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 13:38 ]
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I'd probably wire in a new plug to be on the safe side, but unless you have a plug socket in that sink full of water and it was plugged in to that at the time, the iron itself should be fine.

Author:  markg [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 13:49 ]
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I'd just open the plug up, dry it out thoroughly, like leave it on a radiator for a day and perhaps spray a bit of WD40 or similar in there.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 13:51 ]
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I'd dry it out and change the fuse. But if you can't wait I'd just put a new plug on. I wouldn't spray WD40 in the plug, that stuff is incredibly flammable on something running 13A through it!

Author:  markg [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 13:53 ]
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Yeah maybe not WD40, I have CorrosionX but I was trying to think of something similar that most people might have.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 13:57 ]
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GazChap wrote:
I'd probably wire in a new plug to be on the safe side, but unless you have a plug socket in that sink full of water and it was plugged in to that at the time, the iron itself should be fine.


Thank you. Luckily we only have the one kind of plug socket in the sink, and that enables the drainage of water.

markg wrote:
I'd just open the plug up, dry it out thoroughly, like leave it on a radiator for a day and perhaps spray a bit of WD40 or similar in there.


Thank you! Will give this a go first and see how confident I feel about it.

Edit - just saw DBSnappa's post. Thanks DBS, you saved the Fop house's bacon. You nearly got us, MarkG. Next time.

Author:  markg [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 14:07 ]
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Although saying that I've seen WD40 being used loads on wet electrical things to displace moisture boat engine parts and suchlike, it's really not incredibly flammable it's just the propellant that is.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 14:10 ]
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markg wrote:
Although saying that I've seen WD40 being used loads on wet electrical things to displace moisture boat engine parts and suchlike, it's really not incredibly flammable it's just the propellant that is.

True. I still wouldn't use it though. I'd just dry the plug and change the fuse, as that's probably the only part that can be damaged by water.

Author:  myp [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:20 ]
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We have a double mains plug socket in the bathroom. That's not clever is it?

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:20 ]
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Plugs are so cheap I'd just replace it, to be honest.

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:22 ]
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If you’ve a spare, or a hardware store nearby, I think I’d just replace it, to ensure there was no moisture that might be dangerous or corrode the plug inners. It’s a five minute job and they’re so cheap that it is probably less hassle than taking it apart and trying to get every drop of moisture out.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:24 ]
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Cost isn't the issue, my magnificent cack hands are the issue.

Author:  MaliA [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:28 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
We have a double mains plug socket in the bathroom. That's not clever is it?


Best news all year.

Author:  myp [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:29 ]
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We're probably going to convert it back to a 4th bedroom anyway. Who creates a 2nd bathroom but doesn't put a toilet in it?

Author:  DBSnappa [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:32 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
We have a double mains plug socket in the bathroom. That's not clever is it?


Hmm. Not sure if it's strictly "wrong", but at the least it has to be >1m away from any water source. I'd also make sure there was a very efficient extractor fitted. Goes without saying don't plug/unplug anything with wet hands.

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:35 ]
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I thought it flat-out wasn't allowed?

[edit] Aha: Sockets are not allowed in bathrooms or shower rooms (apart from shaver-supply units) unless they can be fitted at least three metres from the bath or shower.

I've broken the law, then. Go me!

Author:  myp [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:37 ]
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We won't be using it anyway. Neither of us take baths and we have a shower cubicle in the other room.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:39 ]
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Grim... wrote:
I thought it flat-out wasn't allowed?

[edit] Aha: Sockets are not allowed in bathrooms or shower rooms (apart from shaver-supply units) unless they can be fitted at least three metres from the bath or shower.

I've broken the law, then. Go me!


Thanks for looking it up. I couldn't remember and couldn't be arsed looking :)

I recalled it being allowed as there are power supplies in all bathrooms for lights/extractors and you have to be careful with position of those as well.

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Jan 17, 2018 15:41 ]
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My socket is in a cupboard so I'm not overly concerned.

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