Discussion
Hoofy said:
Congrats. Nice first home!!
£200k, 4 bed detached with nice size of garden... I'd be lucky in this area.
+1, that's what I was thinking. We bought our first house two years ago, I was 27. It was a fair chunk more than £200k and I have to make do with a semi detached and only 3 beds! £200k, 4 bed detached with nice size of garden... I'd be lucky in this area.
Congratulations, the house looks superb, it looks like you have a lot of space. I'd like a bigger garden, yours looks great. I've been considering a hot tub too
AB said:
Indeed!
Looks lovely. I'd love a hot tub. Been thinking about it and I'd like to hear from you in a few months as to how much it actually gets used. I told the OH we'd use it every other day minimum but in reality... Would we?
I'm hoping to do some tests on running costs too. Use it for say 20 mins per night for a month and enter some meter readings online. Then just leave it idling for a month then finally completely drain it and turn it off for a while.Looks lovely. I'd love a hot tub. Been thinking about it and I'd like to hear from you in a few months as to how much it actually gets used. I told the OH we'd use it every other day minimum but in reality... Would we?
In the mean time there's decking to prepare, showers to fix and all manner of sanding and painting to be done
samdale said:
Craikeybaby said:
That looks like a great first house! I bet the lack of social life and living with your folks feels like it was worth it now.
Am I the only person that made good all the picture holes when I sold my last place, I thought you were meant to do that.
Totally worth it! And now I won't be able to afford a social life... Am I the only person that made good all the picture holes when I sold my last place, I thought you were meant to do that.
This is what I've had out of the walls so far. Not including holes left by the 4 wall mounted TVs, the screws from which have been taken...
My tub holds 1500L water costs around £4.00 to fill up. I now fill from the hot tap heated via gas, rather than cold water and heated by electric.
Water is changed every 3 months and I try to use the old water through the jetwasher to do the patio etc.
Running costs around £40-50 a month, can be lower if you keep the temp
down and only use it in the summer.
If you do turn it off for the winter, make sure you drain the pipes and pump to prevent freezing.
Our water bill is £40 a month, large house with family of four, which is less than when we were unmetered.
Water is changed every 3 months and I try to use the old water through the jetwasher to do the patio etc.
Running costs around £40-50 a month, can be lower if you keep the temp
down and only use it in the summer.
If you do turn it off for the winter, make sure you drain the pipes and pump to prevent freezing.
Our water bill is £40 a month, large house with family of four, which is less than when we were unmetered.
Right well I'm back on shift this week and then I'll start phoning around for a couple of quotes for the shower.
In the mean time I want to gather the things I need to treat my decking. I'm looking at using clear liberon deck oil. But what do I use to prepare the deck? Soap and water? Just a stiff bristle brush or wire brush? Want to get everything bought so when I get a few days clear weather I can just go for it.
Also got a couple of bits where the lawn had encroached and made the end of a couple of timbers start to rot. Turf has been cut back but is there any product the can be used to treat the ends and vault the rot?
In the mean time I want to gather the things I need to treat my decking. I'm looking at using clear liberon deck oil. But what do I use to prepare the deck? Soap and water? Just a stiff bristle brush or wire brush? Want to get everything bought so when I get a few days clear weather I can just go for it.
Also got a couple of bits where the lawn had encroached and made the end of a couple of timbers start to rot. Turf has been cut back but is there any product the can be used to treat the ends and vault the rot?
Well a friends pressure washer should be arriving today so I can make a start on my decking.
And look what else has arrived!
A box in a box in a box revealed this.
FYI I ordered from Jpenny Ltd (no connection). They seem to be doing a deal on 10litres with free next day fedex £52.44.
Quick before pic.
Watch this space
Sam.
And look what else has arrived!
A box in a box in a box revealed this.
FYI I ordered from Jpenny Ltd (no connection). They seem to be doing a deal on 10litres with free next day fedex £52.44.
Quick before pic.
Watch this space
Sam.
OK so the decking is still as is due to lack of pressure washer. Painting a room was done instead. For reasons that will remain secret for now, I need to find some 2mm sheets of clear acrylic. A dozen 500x700mm sheets should do, as cheap as possible. Only thing I can think of so far is them frameless picture frames but that works out quite expensive... Any ideas?
Well my "clip frames that aren't clip frames" project is well under way and around 60% complete. However I'm getting rather bored of all the blu-tacking...
In other news I have a true first world problem. My hot tub heater seems to have stopped working just 2 weeks before my house warming party. Continuity/resistance in heater seems fine but no voltage being supplied from the PCB. I suspect it's a problem with the control relay which seems to mean a new PCB, a £750+ part 
if anyone knows anything about hot tub repair that would be great. Its an '05 Arctic spa cub for reference
In other news I have a true first world problem. My hot tub heater seems to have stopped working just 2 weeks before my house warming party
. Continuity/resistance in heater seems fine but no voltage being supplied from the PCB. I suspect it's a problem with the control relay which seems to mean a new PCB, a £750+ part if anyone knows anything about hot tub repair that would be great. Its an '05 Arctic spa cub for reference
If the hot tub repair guy turns up and looks like Christopher Walken, make sure you don't drop energy drink into the control panel or you'll be whisked away to a 1980's US ski resort...
Congrats on the house btw - as a fellow single bloke in a 4 bed detached house, I can confirm that you need to turn one of the rooms into a home cinema.
Congrats on the house btw - as a fellow single bloke in a 4 bed detached house, I can confirm that you need to turn one of the rooms into a home cinema.
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