Home and garden projects
#226
Re: Home and garden projects
So I'm considering putting an en suite bathroom in. We have a large bedroom to fit it in and badly need another bathroom. I feel comfortable doing the studs and dry wall, installing the bath/toilet, but the plumbing is another issue.
Fortunately, we already have water taps and waste pipes in the area we want the bathroom (from where the laundry previously was). My big question is how much work/cost is it likely to be to connect a toilet soil pipe to the sewer line (City). The proposed location is 'on the way out', and ground floor.
Fortunately, we already have water taps and waste pipes in the area we want the bathroom (from where the laundry previously was). My big question is how much work/cost is it likely to be to connect a toilet soil pipe to the sewer line (City). The proposed location is 'on the way out', and ground floor.
#227
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#231
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Re: Home and garden projects
There is a very good website for do it yourself home projects. It's called DIY-chatroom. I am building a new house doing a lot of work myself, including all wiring, plumbing, insulation, some framing, and HVAC and have found it very helpful. Many pros are on the site and can offer some very useful advice.
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#232
Re: Home and garden projects
2016 not off to the best start in diy.
Dripping tap in the bathroom. Easy, I'll just turn off the water at this little shutoff valve under the sink and hey honey can you put your thumb over this while I run to the main shutoff valve out front...
Damn handle sheared off.
Dripping tap in the bathroom. Easy, I'll just turn off the water at this little shutoff valve under the sink and hey honey can you put your thumb over this while I run to the main shutoff valve out front...
Damn handle sheared off.
#233
Re: Home and garden projects
2016 not off to the best start in diy.
Dripping tap in the bathroom. Easy, I'll just turn off the water at this little shutoff valve under the sink and hey honey can you put your thumb over this while I run to the main shutoff valve out front...
Damn handle sheared off.
Dripping tap in the bathroom. Easy, I'll just turn off the water at this little shutoff valve under the sink and hey honey can you put your thumb over this while I run to the main shutoff valve out front...
Damn handle sheared off.
#235
Re: Home and garden projects
2016 not off to the best start in diy.
Dripping tap in the bathroom. Easy, I'll just turn off the water at this little shutoff valve under the sink and hey honey can you put your thumb over this while I run to the main shutoff valve out front...
Damn handle sheared off.
Dripping tap in the bathroom. Easy, I'll just turn off the water at this little shutoff valve under the sink and hey honey can you put your thumb over this while I run to the main shutoff valve out front...
Damn handle sheared off.
#237
Re: Home and garden projects
So I'm considering putting an en suite bathroom in. We have a large bedroom to fit it in and badly need another bathroom. I feel comfortable doing the studs and dry wall, installing the bath/toilet, but the plumbing is another issue.
Fortunately, we already have water taps and waste pipes in the area we want the bathroom (from where the laundry previously was). My big question is how much work/cost is it likely to be to connect a toilet soil pipe to the sewer line (City). The proposed location is 'on the way out', and ground floor.
Fortunately, we already have water taps and waste pipes in the area we want the bathroom (from where the laundry previously was). My big question is how much work/cost is it likely to be to connect a toilet soil pipe to the sewer line (City). The proposed location is 'on the way out', and ground floor.
If you're competent to do the whole project it is certainly possible to do it yourself, but if connecting the drains is beyond you, you could install the bath and wash basin, then have a plumber come and connect the drains to bath, basin, and toilet, then you finish off by installing the toilet. .... I'd have a plumber come and take a look at your proposed project before you start.
Tip: when installing the bath, push it into the corner, and secure it, and then frame the wall/ knee wall on the third side of the tub. It is much easier to install the bath that way, and eliminates the need and inconvenience of having to shim the bath when securing it, not to mention easier to get a square and vertical wall around the bath.
#238
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Faaaaack.
Turns out, I don't have a 8mm allen key and the 6mm spins as expected. I thought the biggest issue would have been yanking the old peddles off the bike as I didn't have a peddle spanner, but that was the easy job.
Turns out, I don't have a 8mm allen key and the 6mm spins as expected. I thought the biggest issue would have been yanking the old peddles off the bike as I didn't have a peddle spanner, but that was the easy job.
#239
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"Gee it's cold in the house this afternoon, what is the thermostat set to?"
"Gosh it appears to be set to four degrees above the current temperature yet it isn't trying to warm the house".
I don't touch gas so I think I'll go and check the bank balance while I wait for the gas man to cometh.
"Gosh it appears to be set to four degrees above the current temperature yet it isn't trying to warm the house".
I don't touch gas so I think I'll go and check the bank balance while I wait for the gas man to cometh.
#240
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"Gee it's cold in the house this afternoon, what is the thermostat set to?"
"Gosh it appears to be set to four degrees above the current temperature yet it isn't trying to warm the house".
I don't touch gas so I think I'll go and check the bank balance while I wait for the gas man to cometh.
"Gosh it appears to be set to four degrees above the current temperature yet it isn't trying to warm the house".
I don't touch gas so I think I'll go and check the bank balance while I wait for the gas man to cometh.