Nice People 13: Nice Save

ukmaggie45

Oh dear, the "Designers" seem to be making a total mess of it all today on the Interior Design thing on BBC2... (I missed the start) Hmm, this will be fun! LOL!

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

The comments don't rate it though.

The comments don't know what they are talking about. This is a product that has been designed by experts in the field. It's something that will mostly be used by people with a pre-existing problem. It isn't as though I don't know what I'm looking for, but a camera can identify changes that are imperceptible to the human eye. So still a great spot. Thanks!

PasturesNew wrote: »

Architects are being wheeled out on the BBC News this morning with the "houses are too small" mantra. Suggesting a minimum size requirement.

Trying to find the sizes they recommend so that NPs can compare theirs with the minimum.

Mine's "big" for what it is - indeed I've a "huge" kitchen, unfortunately size isn't everything and layout's also important within a space.

I compared my floorplan with next door's (rightmove gave the sizes on the floorplan so easy to do) and mine's 10% bigger than theirs and there are three of them and a pet in theirs. And their garden's half the size of mine. So I know mine's "big".

My house is 68 sq m over two almost identical floors.

On the telly she said a 1-bed recommended minimum is 6m x 8.6m = 51.6 sq m.

The average new build house is 76 sq m - although they don't say what sort of house that is, I suspect it's an average 3-bed. I just looked up the (spacious) 1950s build council house I grew up in and that was 80 sq m.

Mine's 3 bed, 82 sq m. My old 1 bed was about 33 sq m. No idea about anywhere else that I've lived, but my parent's house is way bigger, as is my brother's.

Wheezy wrote: »

I'm applying for another role in the company I'm currently with.
First hurdles have been cleared , next one is interview with some senior managers and 'giving a presentation'. Gosh I hate that. Presentations. Bah.

Bonne chance Wheezy!

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

The comments don't know what they are talking about. .... So still a great spot. Thanks!

Cheers for the update. I feel a ridiculously high level of anxiety when it appears I might be "suggesting" something to somebody when I've no experience of it myself. I put the link in for you to read and you seemed so excited I suddenly felt "guilty" in case it was pants.



I'd just assumed you'd click the link, read it, close the window and get on with your life, but that the knowledge it existed was in your head.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have noticed that the rubber seals on my windows aren't all that great - I can feel small draughts round them. So I've added "window insulation rubbers" to my list of "things to keep an eye out for". You can get rolls of it that you just open the window and stick round the frame. Shouldn't be needed in these days of building regs - it's funny how you have all these regs, but still quality of products is inferior.

I've just done mine. You need P profile draught excluder. It was on special in Aldi for about £3.00 for 10 metres. 10 metres did 3 windows in my house, not big windows, but they were ok. When I went back there wasn't any left, so for my two remaining windows I bought some more from Wickes for £5.19 for 10 metres. Same stuff. E profile draught excluder will do the same job but isn't quite as thick. Aldi had it in white and brown. Wickes has it in white (not sure about the brown).

What DH has done different is to attach it to the outside of the window rather than inside the frame. It is so toasty in here since, no draughts, and strangely no noise either.

Nikkster wrote: »

I need to do something about my bathroom - it's not watertight either!

That's next up on my shopping list too. I think I may go for a new suite now and change the tiles when I can afford it. The suite is dreadful, and as I've said before it is pale grey so always looks dirty:(.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Everything is on sale the week before you want it

Re noise - yes, I'm aware of traffic noise that I really feel I shouldn't be hearing. It's not noisy here, but I am aware of traffic that I really feel I shouldn't be able to hear going past.

If there's an Aldi near you, it's worth seeing if there's any left. They only had brown left when I went back here, hence my need to go to Wickes, but it is still an in stock item.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

If there's an Aldi near you, it's worth seeing if there's any left. They only had brown left when I went back here, hence my need to go to Wickes, but it is still an in stock item.

There is one I've never visited. It's in a bad area, so not been.

Nikkster

vivatifosi wrote: »

If there's an Aldi near you, it's worth seeing if there's any left. They only had brown left when I went back here, hence my need to go to Wickes, but it is still an in stock item.

Thanks for mentioning this product, Viva. I'm going to call into Aldi on the way home tomorrow - sounds great (and I think new windows may be on my wish list, so I'm more than happy to stick loads of insulating tape all over the current ones!).

vivatifosi

Nikkster wrote: »

Thanks for mentioning this product, Viva. I'm going to call into Aldi on the way home tomorrow - sounds great (and I think new windows may be on my wish list, so I'm more than happy to stick loads of insulating tape all over the current ones!).

DH and I have been talking about how happy we are with it.

Bear in mind our windows are slightly distorted as a result of the Buncefield explosion. We will need new windows at some point, but we're probably talking £3-5k. At the moment, we'd rather pay that off the mortgage. This has given us the same degree of toastiness, but for less than £10. Very happy!

Even if it isn't possible to get from Aldi, £5.19 from Wickes isn't a bad price. It's available from Amazon too, but a bit more expensive:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/tesa-05395-Draught-Excluder-Profile/dp/B000QB303W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415909457&sr=8-1&keywords=p+profile+draught+excluder

michaels

vivatifosi wrote: »

I've just done mine. You need P profile draught excluder. It was on special in Aldi for about £3.00 for 10 metres. 10 metres did 3 windows in my house, not big windows, but they were ok. When I went back there wasn't any left, so for my two remaining windows I bought some more from Wickes for £5.19 for 10 metres. Same stuff. E profile draught excluder will do the same job but isn't quite as thick. Aldi had it in white and brown. Wickes has it in white (not sure about the brown).

What DH has done different is to attach it to the outside of the window rather than inside the frame. It is so toasty in here since, no draughts, and strangely no noise either.

I thought your house was pretty modern, I can't believe you need to do that to stop the windows being draughty - I would have thought most DG windows using that stuff would stop them from closing and sealing properly....


.....edit - cross posted with Viva and I have my answer.

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

I think next thing for us, once we have some t's crossed etc is to remove 'old bathroom' suite and lion, and just let that floor ( which we 'know' we have to remove) Dry out and forget about it for a while. Then tackle that and the rooms below I think. ( but maybe not fully, not new windows yet....just ceilings and walls and stuff)

AIUI, lion removal is not DIY job, you really need to get a tamer in.