First House Renovation / Do-er upper
Discussion
Thanks Olly!
Electrician has been and fitted the down lighters, LED batten and new MK flush fit sockets in the kitchen last night - Looks awesome, pictures to follow.
Next question - which shower do I go for? Plumber coming tomorrow to fit the bathroom suite and electrician is wiring the new shower mid next week.
these are the options i'm looking at after recommendations from my plumber and electrician to go with Mira Sport:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/mira-sport-max-with-airb...
http://www.screwfix.com/p/mira-sport-electric-show...
Any others - I'm happy to have a look at any. Ideally after a minimum 9kw but best if it's 10.8kw really.
As always - opinions welcome.
Dion
Electrician has been and fitted the down lighters, LED batten and new MK flush fit sockets in the kitchen last night - Looks awesome, pictures to follow.
Next question - which shower do I go for? Plumber coming tomorrow to fit the bathroom suite and electrician is wiring the new shower mid next week.
these are the options i'm looking at after recommendations from my plumber and electrician to go with Mira Sport:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/mira-sport-max-with-airb...
http://www.screwfix.com/p/mira-sport-electric-show...
Any others - I'm happy to have a look at any. Ideally after a minimum 9kw but best if it's 10.8kw really.
As always - opinions welcome.
Dion
Are the recoup energy solutions ways of gathering and keeping the waste hot water into the heating system? They look very expensive and confuse me!
As for the digital showers - i REALLY do like the look of them and have looked into them before my plumber recommended Mira - I agree that the 'box on the wall' type showers don't look as good - but I was swinged over by the reliability argument. It's a hard one..
To be honest in regards to running the shower off the combi boiler - I'm a bit clueless about anything to do with plumbing to be honest, What would be the benefits of running it off the combi? I'm assuming that means running it as a mixer shower using the hot/cold water from the boiler and relying on the water pressure in the house? rather than using the electric to heat and pump it?
I always assumed I'd need an electric shower so I could get the force/power from the shower. I'm happy to take any advice - and my plumber and electrician are happy to fit whatever I buy. Just recommended the Mira on what they've seen before
Thank you for all the advice.
Dion.
As for the digital showers - i REALLY do like the look of them and have looked into them before my plumber recommended Mira - I agree that the 'box on the wall' type showers don't look as good - but I was swinged over by the reliability argument. It's a hard one..
To be honest in regards to running the shower off the combi boiler - I'm a bit clueless about anything to do with plumbing to be honest, What would be the benefits of running it off the combi? I'm assuming that means running it as a mixer shower using the hot/cold water from the boiler and relying on the water pressure in the house? rather than using the electric to heat and pump it?
I always assumed I'd need an electric shower so I could get the force/power from the shower. I'm happy to take any advice - and my plumber and electrician are happy to fit whatever I buy. Just recommended the Mira on what they've seen before
Thank you for all the advice.
Dion.
Electric showers don’t pump the water they use only heat it and the spray comes from mains water pressure. Using the combi gives you hot water at a third of the price of an electric shower.
The recycle unit transfers heat from the shower drain to the shower water inlet which gives you either a bigger/longer shower for your money or the energy used per shower can be lower.
I would read up about showers because there’s a big difference between an electric shower and a mixer shower. Normally electric showers are only installed if mains gas is not available for water heating.
The recycle unit transfers heat from the shower drain to the shower water inlet which gives you either a bigger/longer shower for your money or the energy used per shower can be lower.
I would read up about showers because there’s a big difference between an electric shower and a mixer shower. Normally electric showers are only installed if mains gas is not available for water heating.
Electrician has been back to extend a few sockets and fit the down lighters and LED batten in the kitchen. Ceiling and the board part of the window was bone dry so given it a first mist coat at 50:50 emulsion:water to be able to leave the mist to properly dry whilst the rest of the plaster is drying.
Down lighters fitted with GU10 LED's but Cool white are not 'white' enough for me - looking for an alternative - will pop to screwfix this weekend.
Plumber also been in - First fixed the whole bathroom ready for me to fit the cladding, ran Hep2o through the wall for a neater (invisible) shower plumbing instead of the previous (see picture) ugly pipe running from the attic.
Bath fitted and a twist-lock bath plug / waste fitted to it.
Waterfall bath taps, corner basin and pedestal, shower screen, Mira sport Max 10.8kw shower (after much umm'ing and aah'ing with the plumber and looking at different options) and 25m of 10mm twin and earth cable arrived too.
Feels like progress now!
Dion
Down lighters fitted with GU10 LED's but Cool white are not 'white' enough for me - looking for an alternative - will pop to screwfix this weekend.
Plumber also been in - First fixed the whole bathroom ready for me to fit the cladding, ran Hep2o through the wall for a neater (invisible) shower plumbing instead of the previous (see picture) ugly pipe running from the attic.
Bath fitted and a twist-lock bath plug / waste fitted to it.
Waterfall bath taps, corner basin and pedestal, shower screen, Mira sport Max 10.8kw shower (after much umm'ing and aah'ing with the plumber and looking at different options) and 25m of 10mm twin and earth cable arrived too.
Feels like progress now!
Dion
So - Unfortunately been off work sick with my tonsils for a few days last week.. here's the progress I managed before then.
Kitchen painted, One mist coat and two normal coats of emulsion. two coats of Pure Brilliant White 'kitchen' paint going on later on this week hopefully so I can fit the kitchen asap as it's taking up the living room!
Watered down mist coat:
Onto first and second:
Kitchen taking over the living room - ready to go..
And the reason the progress has been fairly slow these last few weeks, I've a rally this coming weekend and been trying to squeeze in some time getting the car ready.. Nearly there.
Dion
Kitchen painted, One mist coat and two normal coats of emulsion. two coats of Pure Brilliant White 'kitchen' paint going on later on this week hopefully so I can fit the kitchen asap as it's taking up the living room!
Watered down mist coat:
Onto first and second:
Kitchen taking over the living room - ready to go..
And the reason the progress has been fairly slow these last few weeks, I've a rally this coming weekend and been trying to squeeze in some time getting the car ready.. Nearly there.
Dion
So - rally car finished, Rally over and done with until the next event at the end of the year (When i should be living in the house!) 24th overall out of 90 starters and 6th in class. Here we are if anyone is interested in rallying:
.. Back to the house! Progress has been a little slow over the last few weeks.
Joiner on holiday, HETAS engineer on holiday (for a month!) and my friend who's a builder that's helping with everything is working away building a house in Mallorca..
All good though, I needed the break to be honest.
So - Kitchen and bathroom plumbing now all done, Waterfall bath tap fitted and I have running water again downstairs! Plumbing fitted for the towel rail and ready to fit the hardiebacker to the bathroom floor before Tiling with 10mm real slate tiles. Same tiles are going throughout the rear half of the ground floor (Kitchen, toilet room and small corridor/room)
Spark also been in to wire 10mm cable for the shower through the ceiling and into the stud, Added some extra sockets to downstairs wall and chased a few new lights in.
Progress should pick up this weekend, Joiner back from holiday so New worktops & kitchen is being fitted, skirting boards and hanging a couple of the new oak doors. Living room and all of upstairs should be plaster boarded ready for the plasterer to come in and give the house a whack in a week and get it done.
Pictures will be up as soon as I can get some (No lights in the house is a real downer) until it's boarded and skimmed.
Dion.
.. Back to the house! Progress has been a little slow over the last few weeks.
Joiner on holiday, HETAS engineer on holiday (for a month!) and my friend who's a builder that's helping with everything is working away building a house in Mallorca..
All good though, I needed the break to be honest.
So - Kitchen and bathroom plumbing now all done, Waterfall bath tap fitted and I have running water again downstairs! Plumbing fitted for the towel rail and ready to fit the hardiebacker to the bathroom floor before Tiling with 10mm real slate tiles. Same tiles are going throughout the rear half of the ground floor (Kitchen, toilet room and small corridor/room)
Spark also been in to wire 10mm cable for the shower through the ceiling and into the stud, Added some extra sockets to downstairs wall and chased a few new lights in.
Progress should pick up this weekend, Joiner back from holiday so New worktops & kitchen is being fitted, skirting boards and hanging a couple of the new oak doors. Living room and all of upstairs should be plaster boarded ready for the plasterer to come in and give the house a whack in a week and get it done.
Pictures will be up as soon as I can get some (No lights in the house is a real downer) until it's boarded and skimmed.
Dion.
Another busy weekend, Fitted the kitchen units, new legs on them, cooker hood fitted, chased up the wiring for the cooker and hob in the wall, hung the doors and fitted the plates for the wall units so they're also ready to hang.
Units Fitted: (Measures to the mm for a 600mm fridge! - lucky!)
Cooker hood on (leaving cellophane until everything is painted)
Doors Fitted and cooker wiring chase filles with conc before filling and tiling:
Tonight's job is to fit the worktop and cut holes for the hob and sink and finish that off before hanging the wall units and fitting doors to them.
Here's the worktop (3 lengths) I love it:
Dion.
Units Fitted: (Measures to the mm for a 600mm fridge! - lucky!)
Cooker hood on (leaving cellophane until everything is painted)
Doors Fitted and cooker wiring chase filles with conc before filling and tiling:
Tonight's job is to fit the worktop and cut holes for the hob and sink and finish that off before hanging the wall units and fitting doors to them.
Here's the worktop (3 lengths) I love it:
Dion.
[QUOTE=0-MAT-0;5302964]Great progress there. Coming along nicely.
Once you have the bulk of the kitchen done you wil, sail through the rest of the house.
Keep the updates coming.[/QUOTE]
Cheers Mat - That's what I'm hoping.. Once the kitchen and Bathroom are done apart from a few skirtings, trims and plinths etc. The rest of the house 'should' be a doddle. (Hopefully!)
So here is the kitchen with the worktop, Sink, units, Hob etc. all in.. Still needs cleaning, I know!
Very happy with the choices of worktop/unit doors - works really well I think.
ANY ideas on tiles for the backs and splashback? I'm thinking Metro tiles in a light grey? any ideas welcome or pictures of yours!
Plasterer coming in this weekend to board the rest of the house, Living room ceiling, stud walls and spot/dabbing around fireplace, landing ceiling, 2x bedroom ceilings and then coming in the following week to plaster the house.
Dion.
Once you have the bulk of the kitchen done you wil, sail through the rest of the house.
Keep the updates coming.[/QUOTE]
Cheers Mat - That's what I'm hoping.. Once the kitchen and Bathroom are done apart from a few skirtings, trims and plinths etc. The rest of the house 'should' be a doddle. (Hopefully!)
So here is the kitchen with the worktop, Sink, units, Hob etc. all in.. Still needs cleaning, I know!
Very happy with the choices of worktop/unit doors - works really well I think.
ANY ideas on tiles for the backs and splashback? I'm thinking Metro tiles in a light grey? any ideas welcome or pictures of yours!
Plasterer coming in this weekend to board the rest of the house, Living room ceiling, stud walls and spot/dabbing around fireplace, landing ceiling, 2x bedroom ceilings and then coming in the following week to plaster the house.
Dion.
We have similar colours to you and went for a small wooden upstand and bright glass splashbacks in key areas
Kitchen Splashback by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Kitchen Splashback by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Busy few days on the house over the end of term holidays.
Managed to get the rest of the house boarded over, Downstairs and the landing area skimmed and nearly dried off.
Cleaning the walls and boarding ceiling:
Stud Boarded and more sockets first fixed in:
Spot & Dabbed the fireplace out:
Boarded Landing area:
Back bedroom:
Whilst doing the rear bedroom I looked out to the rear garden and got a little depressed looking at the mess so used one of the nice sunny days to sort it out, shed taken down and put to one side:
Emptied so I can get the van in for now:
All the wood had to go somewhere so I built a tidy logstore:
Dio
Managed to get the rest of the house boarded over, Downstairs and the landing area skimmed and nearly dried off.
Cleaning the walls and boarding ceiling:
Stud Boarded and more sockets first fixed in:
Spot & Dabbed the fireplace out:
Boarded Landing area:
Back bedroom:
Whilst doing the rear bedroom I looked out to the rear garden and got a little depressed looking at the mess so used one of the nice sunny days to sort it out, shed taken down and put to one side:
Emptied so I can get the van in for now:
All the wood had to go somewhere so I built a tidy logstore:
Dio
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