C2RL R
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Just thought i'd post a couple of pics of my bathroom that i finished last week:
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John_C
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looks great did you do much your self?
bet it didn't cost too much either
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C2RL R
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me and my old man did it all. I know a guy who works at a local place called hopkinsons where they supply bathrooms and kitchens to places like B&Q etc so i got it really cheap. I paid £180 for the bathroom suit and he gave me an extra toilet and sink which i've put downstairs. Spent another £100 on tiles and flooring etc. Did all the plumbing myself. I reckon the whole room cost less than £400.
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John_C
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excellent are you a tradesman full time?
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C2RL R
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i'm a sparky and my dads an experienced brick layer although thats not his profession anymore. He's really good at anything he tries his hand at and i've always paid attention when i was a kid watching him work.
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John_C
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how do u find being a sparky? i have been looking at this. Do you work for a company or yourself?
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C2RL R
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i'm doing maintenance work at a manufacturing plant for the time being. I would reccomend doing this if you get on with the right company but you dont wanna be a sparky for the rest of your life. My company paid me to go to college 1 day a week for the last 7 years and now i have a HND in engineering which should get me a better job in the near future. I could have gone on to do a degree also but i'm not that academic. If you want to be a contracting spark there is allot of money to be made. I was gonna do this but I found allot of the work to be repetative and boring. Being a sparky is like being a doctor in a way as there are loads of different areas you could specialise in. Its all down to your personal choice what you want to get into.
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John_C
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nice one thanks. i need some updates on mine, think i will share
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Colin
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Cool I fitted my own aswell 
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Colin
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All plumbing/electrics, fitting towel rail & vanity units, wall & floor tiles & suspended ceiling done myself
[Edited on 17-01-2007 by Colin]
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C2RL R
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thats awesome colin, really nice. I was gonna go for somethin similar but i decided to sell the house and i'm not sure the dark tiles are to everyones taste although i like them.
Its a pain in the arse when your doing a place up to sell it coz i've been known to have different taste than most people so if i do somethin i like but its a bit different any viewers might think "god that looks gash"
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Colin
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Black/white & chrome  Im living in here for another year then i'll move I think
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neoquip
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both bathrooms look really nice, i'm looking for ideas on bathrooms, i like the small spot light/multi colour optic fibre stuff and under shelf/bath plinth lighting, a bit like mood lighting
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drunkenfool
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Both really nice!! Im gonna attempt mine but probably not till uni has finished now.
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mav
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Thats looks ace mate..My bathroom is my project for later on in the year....
Want similiar style with floor tiles and walls times same colour etc and white suite...
Only thing I will not do myself is the plumbing...
Colin you can come and do that  yours looks good too
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Painted mine, fitted a mirror and some more lights and bought a plant 
Before
After
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Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
Just thought i'd post a couple of pics of my bathroom that i finished last week:
Nice, toilet roll is on the wrong way though - If I use the loo round a friend/familys house and their loo roll is that way round I take it off, swap it over and put it back 
No really I do! 
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p4uls corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
All plumbing/electrics, fitting towel rail & vanity units, wall & floor tiles & suspended ceiling done myself
[Edited on 17-01-2007 by Colin]
really like that
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Ian
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I've always thought the paper should be closest to the wall
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Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I've always thought the paper should be closest to the wall
No no no, furthest from the wall (i.e rolling over the top of the roll)
I feel a poll coming on......
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Colin
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Ive not attached my loo roll holder to the wall yet.....I just stick it on the shelf behind
Ian have you ever came home pissed & watered the plant??
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Ian
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Only got it the other day, not come in pissed yet
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Colin
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It will happen though
Also if you run out of paper you now have a secondary bum wipe 
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Ian
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I'm not even sure if it can stay in there - there is no natural light in to that room, need to leave the door open to the hall and even that isn't the brightest.
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C2RL R
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I've always thought the paper should be closest to the wall
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