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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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28th Sep 07 at 07:54

the bath/shower will be built into the window (once the new one is fitted)... so the shower curtain is just a temp measure

Fee

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Registered: 16th Nov 05
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28th Sep 07 at 08:13

quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
That is an outrageously cool shower

It's quite cool isn't it

That's the second one we bought....we did have a quite expensive one, but when we decided to put in an en suite we chose to keep that one for in there and just buy a cheap one for the main bathroom since it won't be used as much eventually

That one was about £80 off ebay....quite impressed with it

C2RL R

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Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
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28th Sep 07 at 09:40

the water looks ace coming out of that shower head! Did you go for shower rated spot lights in the end?

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Location: Aberdeen City
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28th Sep 07 at 12:50

nah.... they are zone3 rated.... the height is outwith the zone2 area...

Will fit fire hoods on them too.

Hammer

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28th Sep 07 at 13:41

Is there half decent pressure off that shower?

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28th Sep 07 at 14:02

pressure you cant really get an idea of as its so bloody wet

Its a great shower... its not the sort to worry about high pressure/power shower... its more like a heavy heavy (very heavy) rain storm.

The shower for the 2nd shower/en suite is the same idea but round (more like a sunflower)

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28th Sep 07 at 16:48

some progress...

[Edited on 28-09-2007 by AK]

[Edited on 28-09-2007 by AK]

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:20

fire hoods fitted, downlighters secured....

walls and ceiling finished.

Kitchen half underlined now too... Kitchen arrives this weekend supposedly

C2RL R

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3rd Oct 07 at 23:38

how much were the fire hoods if you dont mind me askin?

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4th Oct 07 at 05:21

20 quid for 8...

The are 1hr rated, and acoustic

ebay

C2RL R

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4th Oct 07 at 07:11

bargain that.

Daimo B

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4th Oct 07 at 15:35

Just caught up with this. Looks really good, I like the bathroom layout. Nice tiles....

Fee

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4th Oct 07 at 16:09

Its just so annoying that we can't properly finish anything....have to wait until the new windows are in

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7th Oct 07 at 20:20

done a bit more work in the kitchen..

Underlined the walls, painted the roof and cornice. Cornice will 100% need a coat in oil based paint as the aul wifey must have smoked like a chimney in there. The white paint is yellow already.

Kitchen arrived on sat morning... all seems ok apart from a dented dishwasher.

Planning permission has been conditionaly granted for the windows. Still waiting for building warrants for the new door and work to the old kitchen.

C2RL R

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7th Oct 07 at 20:48

you could park a bike in there.....

only messin fee

stubbsy05

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13th Oct 07 at 08:31

Have you had any of he walls skimmed?

If not what are you prepping the walls with before painting?

[Edited on 13-10-2007 by Alex.S]

Fee

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14th Oct 07 at 10:33

fill / sand / lining paper
one wall will need replastered / skimmed in the master bedroom as there must have been a leaky pipe at some point and it's bulging a bitty

other than that they've been in pretty good condition

Russ

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14th Oct 07 at 14:14

get it valued when your finished!

Fee

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15th Oct 07 at 19:16

bathroom almost done now....just need to get the new window in so that we can finish off the tiling

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16th Oct 07 at 08:40

quote:
Originally posted by Fee
fill / sand / lining paper
one wall will need replastered / skimmed in the master bedroom as there must have been a leaky pipe at some point and it's bulging a bitty

other than that they've been in pretty good condition

Its been plasterboarded (poorly) where a backboiler system was put in yonks ago... All the will need removed now anyway with the new central heating.

I think people go for the option of re-plastering walls too easily. Fair enough i've filled bigger holes with a rougher gyproc filler, and skimmed imperfections (where picture rails have been etc) with a smooth ready made filler.

None of its B&Q polyfilla mince though

feckin awfull stuff

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16th Oct 07 at 08:47

I'll block off the area between the toilet and plyinth with a bit of excess plynth (is there any). Just cant get it out of my head that it looks a bit unfinished.

Fee - can you see what the framed section at the end of the bath is like for height? I.e place a cut/broken tile on it and see if the height is ok, or how much it needs to be raised?

Bram

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17th Oct 07 at 18:48

"Nice toilet...........I can imagine Buck Rogers using that................in the 21st century"

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18th Oct 07 at 06:54

is that an insult to the toilet? Whats wrong with it?

dna23

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18th Oct 07 at 11:15

I like it all

wasn't sure with the bathroom at first but now as it's come together it looks smart...

I'd like to do something like this, hard graft but deffo worth it!

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19th Oct 07 at 08:53

slowed down a lot recently though. We waiting for the council really.

Planning permission and building warrants

plus I'm only around for about a week and a half before the end of the year.
4 weeks off from August to Jan maybe

Fee - whats the craic with the windows? They decided on a date yet or what?