Annoying little things for some odd reason you put up with!
Discussion
I live in an upstairs flat, but with internal stairs and a ground floor front door - purpose built.
There are three switches for the hall/landing lights. Two upstairs ones are fine, downstairs one is a two gang that also does the outside light. Outside light only works when the inside ones are on.
Nowhere in the kitchen (open plan) to put the bin.
Bathroom door inexplicably opens outwards and blocks the landing off completely.
The lounge door is missing, I need to put a new one on.
The inside cover on the letterbox is missing.
The bath is around 8" shorter and 4" shallower than a standard bath.
The loo seat is wobbly.
The shower only has one temperature.
The spare bedroom door needs about 1mm planing off it to work without catching the carpet when fully opened.
There's a bush immediately outside the front door that needs completely removing.
I've ballsed up the tiling in the kitchen in a few places, needs sorting.
I've got one new switch fascia to fit in the kitchen, the rest are new, I have the switch. ICBA.
I'm describing what is actually quite a nice flat as sounding extremely ramshackle.
There are three switches for the hall/landing lights. Two upstairs ones are fine, downstairs one is a two gang that also does the outside light. Outside light only works when the inside ones are on.
Nowhere in the kitchen (open plan) to put the bin.
Bathroom door inexplicably opens outwards and blocks the landing off completely.
The lounge door is missing, I need to put a new one on.
The inside cover on the letterbox is missing.
The bath is around 8" shorter and 4" shallower than a standard bath.
The loo seat is wobbly.
The shower only has one temperature.
The spare bedroom door needs about 1mm planing off it to work without catching the carpet when fully opened.
There's a bush immediately outside the front door that needs completely removing.
I've ballsed up the tiling in the kitchen in a few places, needs sorting.
I've got one new switch fascia to fit in the kitchen, the rest are new, I have the switch. ICBA.
I'm describing what is actually quite a nice flat as sounding extremely ramshackle.
havoc said:
We've just bought some new (very stylish) ceiling lamps...except their design is such that you can't find a single low-energy bulb that fits, only incandescent / halogen. So much for energy-saving... 
I spent several weeks scouring the internet, trying to find suitable wall lights for my lounge that would take simple LED bulbs with an ES fitting. Which in the end we did manage, but I had to drill and cut the metal brackets to get them to fit where the old ones did without having to decorate the whole room. We then had to spend £30 on a decent dimmer switch to avoid the resultant flickering from the previous 1980s dimmer that was in there when we bought the house.Oh, and like everyone else, we have a shoddy pedal bin (in the cloakroom). The plastic lid-lift falls off it if we dare try to open it. I hate it, Christ knows why we've not replaced it as yet.
dazwalsh said:
Oh christ where do i start.
I didnt plane the bathroom door enough when i redid my bathroom and so it kind of vibrates against the polished porcelain when im closing the door (doesnt do it when i open it). It only needs at most half a mm more off it but i cba
What started out nice and silent, the two extractors to our bathroom and en suite have now turned into such an annoying sound when running that they wake me up if im asleep and the mrs gets up for a piddle (which she does several times a night) 3 years ive been meaninng to look at them (in line loft ones but the isolator is up there too grr)
The en suite shower had a bit of sealant fall out so it now leaks. Solution - use the main bathroom shower (again 3 years)
Our feckin bin drives me nuts for several of the reasons outlined above.
there is a slightly riased screw on the carpet seperator to the lounge and when in barefoot i always stand on the bloody thing.
Downstairs loo seat is wobbly as f
k being one of those top mounted piles of crap
Ensuite loo seat is wobbly as fk being one of those top mounted piles of crap
Main bathroom loo seat is wobb...you get my drift
I have to put an alarm PIR up in the lounge as its just a wire hanging down, i have it in the crap drawer and its been there 9 months
I have an AV cupbord that should house all the sky box and modem etc but i havent got round to moving the sky cable yet so there is a sigle black cable that is on show behind my tv. 1 year and counting
My uupvc french doors have dropped meaning you have to lift them to get them into the frame
My front door PIR is faulty and will beep randomly
The smoke detector in the utility room is fubar and currenty just a wire hanging down.
I need about 2 days to rectify most of that but cba as i renovate properties and manage them day in day out.
Said everyone that's ever renovated a house ever.I didnt plane the bathroom door enough when i redid my bathroom and so it kind of vibrates against the polished porcelain when im closing the door (doesnt do it when i open it). It only needs at most half a mm more off it but i cba
What started out nice and silent, the two extractors to our bathroom and en suite have now turned into such an annoying sound when running that they wake me up if im asleep and the mrs gets up for a piddle (which she does several times a night) 3 years ive been meaninng to look at them (in line loft ones but the isolator is up there too grr)
The en suite shower had a bit of sealant fall out so it now leaks. Solution - use the main bathroom shower (again 3 years)
Our feckin bin drives me nuts for several of the reasons outlined above.
there is a slightly riased screw on the carpet seperator to the lounge and when in barefoot i always stand on the bloody thing.
Downstairs loo seat is wobbly as f
k being one of those top mounted piles of crapEnsuite loo seat is wobbly as f
k being one of those top mounted piles of crapMain bathroom loo seat is wobb...you get my drift
I have to put an alarm PIR up in the lounge as its just a wire hanging down, i have it in the crap drawer and its been there 9 months
I have an AV cupbord that should house all the sky box and modem etc but i havent got round to moving the sky cable yet so there is a sigle black cable that is on show behind my tv. 1 year and counting
My uupvc french doors have dropped meaning you have to lift them to get them into the frame
My front door PIR is faulty and will beep randomly
The smoke detector in the utility room is fubar and currenty just a wire hanging down.
I need about 2 days to rectify most of that but cba as i renovate properties and manage them day in day out.
I keep saying there's enough annoying jobs that need sorting that I could take a week off and not get them all done. So the wife tells me to take a week off, so I do and spend it building another project that needs even more finishing off!
Our fitted dishwasher broke 6 months ago, I have on no less than 4 occasions had the money to order a replacement (including fitting), but didn't do it straight away and spent the money else where. Each day I have to stand at the sink bemoaning the fact it is too low for and average sized man (6 foot) to be washing dishes at and demanding to know why I have not replaced the faulty article..
paulrockliffe said:
dazwalsh said:
Oh christ where do i start.
I didnt plane the bathroom door enough when i redid my bathroom and so it kind of vibrates against the polished porcelain when im closing the door (doesnt do it when i open it). It only needs at most half a mm more off it but i cba
What started out nice and silent, the two extractors to our bathroom and en suite have now turned into such an annoying sound when running that they wake me up if im asleep and the mrs gets up for a piddle (which she does several times a night) 3 years ive been meaninng to look at them (in line loft ones but the isolator is up there too grr)
The en suite shower had a bit of sealant fall out so it now leaks. Solution - use the main bathroom shower (again 3 years)
Our feckin bin drives me nuts for several of the reasons outlined above.
there is a slightly riased screw on the carpet seperator to the lounge and when in barefoot i always stand on the bloody thing.
Downstairs loo seat is wobbly as fk being one of those top mounted piles of crap
Ensuite loo seat is wobbly as fk being one of those top mounted piles of crap
Main bathroom loo seat is wobb...you get my drift
I have to put an alarm PIR up in the lounge as its just a wire hanging down, i have it in the crap drawer and its been there 9 months
I have an AV cupbord that should house all the sky box and modem etc but i havent got round to moving the sky cable yet so there is a sigle black cable that is on show behind my tv. 1 year and counting
My uupvc french doors have dropped meaning you have to lift them to get them into the frame
My front door PIR is faulty and will beep randomly
The smoke detector in the utility room is fubar and currenty just a wire hanging down.
I need about 2 days to rectify most of that but cba as i renovate properties and manage them day in day out.
Said everyone that's ever renovated a house ever.I didnt plane the bathroom door enough when i redid my bathroom and so it kind of vibrates against the polished porcelain when im closing the door (doesnt do it when i open it). It only needs at most half a mm more off it but i cba
What started out nice and silent, the two extractors to our bathroom and en suite have now turned into such an annoying sound when running that they wake me up if im asleep and the mrs gets up for a piddle (which she does several times a night) 3 years ive been meaninng to look at them (in line loft ones but the isolator is up there too grr)
The en suite shower had a bit of sealant fall out so it now leaks. Solution - use the main bathroom shower (again 3 years)
Our feckin bin drives me nuts for several of the reasons outlined above.
there is a slightly riased screw on the carpet seperator to the lounge and when in barefoot i always stand on the bloody thing.
Downstairs loo seat is wobbly as f
k being one of those top mounted piles of crapEnsuite loo seat is wobbly as f
k being one of those top mounted piles of crapMain bathroom loo seat is wobb...you get my drift
I have to put an alarm PIR up in the lounge as its just a wire hanging down, i have it in the crap drawer and its been there 9 months
I have an AV cupbord that should house all the sky box and modem etc but i havent got round to moving the sky cable yet so there is a sigle black cable that is on show behind my tv. 1 year and counting
My uupvc french doors have dropped meaning you have to lift them to get them into the frame
My front door PIR is faulty and will beep randomly
The smoke detector in the utility room is fubar and currenty just a wire hanging down.
I need about 2 days to rectify most of that but cba as i renovate properties and manage them day in day out.
I keep saying there's enough annoying jobs that need sorting that I could take a week off and not get them all done. So the wife tells me to take a week off, so I do and spend it building another project that needs even more finishing off!
None of the bedrooms in my house have ceiling lights, I just have lots of lamps so have to switch them all on one by one. However the rooms all have light switches, which are connected to a bunch of old style round pin plug sockets. If I swapped all the plugs on the lamps to the round pin style I could then switch them on from the doorway in one go, without blundering around in the dark.
If only I could get off my arse and do it.
If only I could get off my arse and do it.
Door from kitchen through to dining room is a very narrow glass double door in a single width doorway for some reason (it's a higgledy piggledy old listed place). At least one morning a week after making the first brew I catch my dressing gown sleeve on one of the door handles and spill tea on the carpet.. Still haven't got round to changing it!
gregd said:
Door from kitchen through to dining room is a very narrow glass double door in a single width doorway for some reason (it's a higgledy piggledy old listed place). At least one morning a week after making the first brew I catch my dressing gown sleeve on one of the door handles and spill tea on the carpet.. Still haven't got round to changing it!
When you do consider lino. you'll be able to mop up spills more easily My toilet seat won't stay up. The toilet and cistern are designed 'as one' so that the cistern position cannot be adjusted, but that means that with the seat in the upright position, it can only open <90 degrees, meaning that it just won't stay in the upright position.
As I'm the only bloke that ever uses it, I've resorted to either having a 'posh' wee (sitting down) or I have to continually hold it with my free hand to take a whizz.
What really gets me is that it's a soft close seat, so just when you think it's going to stay in position, it mocks you and slowly closes itself.....mid flow.....
VERY annoying......five years so far.....
As I'm the only bloke that ever uses it, I've resorted to either having a 'posh' wee (sitting down) or I have to continually hold it with my free hand to take a whizz.
What really gets me is that it's a soft close seat, so just when you think it's going to stay in position, it mocks you and slowly closes itself.....mid flow.....
VERY annoying......five years so far.....
Mr Ben said:
5 or so years ago I bought a stand alone kitchen waste bin.. you know the type, 3 or so feet tall, step on the pedal and the lid opens type affair.
I fking hate the thing.
Its positioned on a tiled floor, so when you step on the pedal it slides back and the lid smashes against the wall, marking the paint in the process.
But this is nothing compared to the blood boiling frustration I experience every time I replace the bin liner... The stupid metal handle attached to the inner 'bin' always drops down, so when you try and lift the bag out it catches on anything that isn't perfectly smooth and lifts the inner bin with it. This then clatters the lid into the wall again.
Absolute of a bin.
Yet when we moved house it came with us. And it just sits there, like the bd bin it is and I do nothing about it.
Anyone else put up similar st and yet just live with it? (wives/girlfriends excluded)
Not just similar, exactly the same problem I f
king hate the thing.Its positioned on a tiled floor, so when you step on the pedal it slides back and the lid smashes against the wall, marking the paint in the process.
But this is nothing compared to the blood boiling frustration I experience every time I replace the bin liner... The stupid metal handle attached to the inner 'bin' always drops down, so when you try and lift the bag out it catches on anything that isn't perfectly smooth and lifts the inner bin with it. This then clatters the lid into the wall again.
Absolute
of a bin.Yet when we moved house it came with us. And it just sits there, like the b
d bin it is and I do nothing about it. Anyone else put up similar s
t and yet just live with it? (wives/girlfriends excluded) 
drives me bonkers.
There's two big windows in our bedroom that look towards the lane. The curtains are hung from big brass poles that are held about 6 inches away from the wall so when I close the curtains there's a gap at either end for peeping Toms. So every night I adjust the curtains to cover the gap. All it really needs is a couple of hours work to cut the supports back to 3 inches and the curtains will then be fairly flush to the wall but it was decided I'd do it when we decorate the bedroom. Unfortunately other rooms have been more of a priority (serious work done in some of them) so I've now been fiddling with the curtains for eight years.....
Gary29 said:
My toilet seat won't stay up. The toilet and cistern are designed 'as one' so that the cistern position cannot be adjusted, but that means that with the seat in the upright position, it can only open <90 degrees, meaning that it just won't stay in the upright position.
As I'm the only bloke that ever uses it, I've resorted to either having a 'posh' wee (sitting down) or I have to continually hold it with my free hand to take a whizz.
What really gets me is that it's a soft close seat, so just when you think it's going to stay in position, it mocks you and slowly closes itself.....mid flow.....
VERY annoying......five years so far.....
I rented a place once that had that problem. A bent metal coathanger that hooked round the seat and the flush handle did a great job for about 2 years :-D As I'm the only bloke that ever uses it, I've resorted to either having a 'posh' wee (sitting down) or I have to continually hold it with my free hand to take a whizz.
What really gets me is that it's a soft close seat, so just when you think it's going to stay in position, it mocks you and slowly closes itself.....mid flow.....
VERY annoying......five years so far.....
A broken button on a nice range cooker hood.
To replace it, I need a part that costs (IIRC!) about £40.
But to remove the hood to install it, I have to take the whole 'chimney' surround off....and that has two screws that are behind some coving.....& I've not got the enthusiasm to sort that out yet (yes, my finishing skills are....sub-optimal).
So I have some silver tape on the dodgy button to hold in when we want it on.
Pffft!
To replace it, I need a part that costs (IIRC!) about £40.
But to remove the hood to install it, I have to take the whole 'chimney' surround off....and that has two screws that are behind some coving.....& I've not got the enthusiasm to sort that out yet (yes, my finishing skills are....sub-optimal).
So I have some silver tape on the dodgy button to hold in when we want it on.
Pffft!
TheRainMaker said:
Mr Ben said:
5 or so years ago I bought a stand alone kitchen waste bin.. you know the type, 3 or so feet tall, step on the pedal and the lid opens type affair.
I fking hate the thing.
Its positioned on a tiled floor, so when you step on the pedal it slides back and the lid smashes against the wall, marking the paint in the process.
But this is nothing compared to the blood boiling frustration I experience every time I replace the bin liner... The stupid metal handle attached to the inner 'bin' always drops down, so when you try and lift the bag out it catches on anything that isn't perfectly smooth and lifts the inner bin with it. This then clatters the lid into the wall again.
Absolute of a bin.
Yet when we moved house it came with us. And it just sits there, like the bd bin it is and I do nothing about it.
Anyone else put up similar st and yet just live with it? (wives/girlfriends excluded)
Not just similar, exactly the same problem I f
king hate the thing.Its positioned on a tiled floor, so when you step on the pedal it slides back and the lid smashes against the wall, marking the paint in the process.
But this is nothing compared to the blood boiling frustration I experience every time I replace the bin liner... The stupid metal handle attached to the inner 'bin' always drops down, so when you try and lift the bag out it catches on anything that isn't perfectly smooth and lifts the inner bin with it. This then clatters the lid into the wall again.
Absolute
of a bin.Yet when we moved house it came with us. And it just sits there, like the b
d bin it is and I do nothing about it. Anyone else put up similar s
t and yet just live with it? (wives/girlfriends excluded) drives me bonkers.
Edited by KMB on Monday 29th October 21:59
We had some building work done recently and I took great delight in giving the carpenter a whole list of jobs to do that were annoying me. All ill fitting/shutting doors, done. All kitchen cupboards not closing flush; done. Bifold doors catching as they opened; no more. Builders are now gone and my list is growing again. Gripe now is the en suite door doesn’t shut without a firm shove which it wasn’t doing while the building work was going on dammit!
This our forever home so I’m trying to make it perfect, only to be ruined by the 5 and 2.5 year olds running about.
This our forever home so I’m trying to make it perfect, only to be ruined by the 5 and 2.5 year olds running about.
Spumfry said:
None of the bedrooms in my house have ceiling lights, I just have lots of lamps so have to switch them all on one by one. However the rooms all have light switches, which are connected to a bunch of old style round pin plug sockets. If I swapped all the plugs on the lamps to the round pin style I could then switch them on from the doorway in one go, without blundering around in the dark.
If only I could get off my arse and do it.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5A-ROUND-PIN-PLUG-FITTED-TO-TWIN-GANG-13A-TRAILING-SOCKET-WHITE-230V-5A-MAX/331853386009?hash=item4d4400d119:g:30IAAOSwj0NUjuv9:rk:8If only I could get off my arse and do it.
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