Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Itismehonest

rozeepozee wrote: »

At the moment, I'm favouring an industrial look. Something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TEKNOMEK-HYGIENOX-LARGE-DOUBLE-CUPBOARD-CATERING-SINK-STAINLESS-STEEL-COMMERCIAL-/121233482924?pt=UK_BOI_Restaurant_RL&hash=item1c3a1424ac

I keep looking at the likes of Fired Earth and DeVOL and how hugely over priced they are. If we can get by in the short term, probably medium-ish term, OH, who has done a 2 year furniture making course and is a half decent but slow carpenter, could probably knock something together that is far more bespoke at half the price.

Aberglasney looks lovely. Very close to the Llandeilo livestock auctions too....

Yes, the Belfast in our kitchen is in a bespoke pine free-standing unit - very similar to this one. Above it is a large two-tier plate rack with shelves at each end. Both were made by one of our regular builders. Much cheaper than buying, as you say, & you get exactly what you want.

It will soon be coming up to the time in the year when many hotels do their refurbs. If your after stainless, it would be worth keeping your eyes & ears open in case someone's doing up their commercial kitchen.
They're also often a good source for cheap furniture if you don't mind doing a bit of re-upholstery.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I know all upstairs windows have got have an opening so people can get out, and I know because our downstairs windows are at a certain level they got to be a certain thickness and type of glass ..to comply with safety issues..

choille

They also have to be at a certain height - again so people can get out.

They also have to have vents - straight forward stuff.

I get a bit sniffy about this sort of stuff as I knew of two young lads who were living in a basement flat & they were gassed with carbon monoxide. Dodgy gas fire. They couldn't be got at for a while - a crucial while, as there were bars on the windows.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

choille wrote: »

They also have to be at a certain height - again so people can get out.

They also have to have vents - straight forward stuff.

I get a bit sniffy about this sort of stuff as I knew of two young lads who were living in a basement flat & they were gassed with carbon monoxide. Dodgy gas fire. They couldn't be got at for a while - a crucial while, as there were bars on the windows.

vents in the windows??????

lostinrates

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

vents in the windows??????

Yep, even out historic grade double glazing units.

(I haven't noticed where though )

COOLTRIKERCHICK

lostinrates wrote: »

Yep, even out historic grade double glazing units.

(I haven't noticed where though )

so EVERY window in the house has got to have a vent in them?, which I presume the windows now being sold in b&q have them in, but where in the window are they?

Itismehonest

Yep, our windows at the newest end (c.1999) have them, CTC. Upstairs ones have sliders to open or close them. I keep them closed or a ruddy draught whistles through :rotfl:

Ours are along the top of the outer frame. Something like this but ours are brown as the wood is varnished or waxed & not painted

No vents visible inside on the downstairs ones although there is something on the outside which has little covers.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Itismehonest wrote: »

Yep, our windows at the newest end (c.1999) have them, CTC. Upstairs ones have sliders to open or close them. I keep them closed or a ruddy draught whistles through :rotfl:

Ours are along the top of the outer frame. Something like this but ours are brown as the wood is varnished or waxed & not painted

No vents visible inside on the downstairs ones although there is something on the outside which has little covers.

Thank you for putting a link to the vent, I had visions of grill type vent.....that you put into the walls


Yes I can see the need to have some sort of ventilation BUT as you said ITSME people are going to keep them closed because of the draft that they are going to cause.. as the point in having good quality windows is to keep drafts out.

alfie_1

rozeepozee wrote: »

Thanks, Phoebe. Do you go and pick the things up? I think the problem for us is that we are soooo remote from most major urbanisations that the travel costs and the practicalities of collection (five hour plus round trips when you have children) are off putting.

Having said that, if we combine our searches with one of our regular trips to the Other Country (England ) we can probably do a bit of a detour and pick up that way.

anything hampshire, dorset ,wiltshire is in my "patch"
if you can wait a few weeks for YOU to get it...;)

choille

In Scotland you need vents in windows. They have become so ridiculously big that they have to go in the wall now as they aren't able to go in the window frame. In a bathroom you need as well as an extract fan, you need a replenishing fan. That was always the case in non-domestic, but is now in domestic dwellings now too.

Legislation - tell us about it - it's changing quicker than underwear.

Also you do need a certain amount of openeable windows.