Any must have gadgets/items for a new home?
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true they are not but I was merely making a point that people long to have the latest gadgets yet neglect that what is important. .. and you'd be surprised by how many people don't have a fire alarm.. let alone a CM alarm.
They look good dont they.
Underfloor heating is obviously the king, but I would expect skirting board radiators to be far easier and cheaper than an underfloor system. Tons of different makers as well, in a huge range of prices.
Should also include, smoke, pizza oven, tandori oven, bbq, cheese cave. Vodka freezer, beer fridge.
X10 or similar automation network, with nearly all plugs and sockets automated.
One press of a button could switch everything of when you go on Holliday, or go to bed, whatever.
I'll throw out a few boring things:
-Shelving, you will be surprised at how less cluttered they can make a room feel with the same amount of stuff in because effectively they are utilising space higher up in the room(I don't always practice what I preach, we have piles of DVDs near the DVD etc and it looks rubbish)
-Decent power drill for DIY work
-Standalone grill (George Foreman etc)
-Temporary seating that can be used when you have lots of guests but put away at other times (poofs, deckchairs etc)
-Some means of cooling for hot summer months (fans, air conditioning)
-Shoe rack (one of our most surprisingly awesome purchases, it's great, we have it in the hall and it holds about 12-16 pairs of shoes plus space on top for putting keys, pens, mail, coin jar etc basically all the crap you want to put to one side when you get home. I can't believe we lived without it for so long... shoes randomly scattered in the hall/kitchen/downstairs loo..... keys forever getting dumped on the kitchen surfaces and then misplaced etc)
-Shelving, you will be surprised at how less cluttered they can make a room feel with the same amount of stuff in because effectively they are utilising space higher up in the room(I don't always practice what I preach, we have piles of DVDs near the DVD etc and it looks rubbish)
-Decent power drill for DIY work
-Standalone grill (George Foreman etc)
-Temporary seating that can be used when you have lots of guests but put away at other times (poofs, deckchairs etc)
-Some means of cooling for hot summer months (fans, air conditioning)
-Shoe rack (one of our most surprisingly awesome purchases, it's great, we have it in the hall and it holds about 12-16 pairs of shoes plus space on top for putting keys, pens, mail, coin jar etc basically all the crap you want to put to one side when you get home. I can't believe we lived without it for so long... shoes randomly scattered in the hall/kitchen/downstairs loo..... keys forever getting dumped on the kitchen surfaces and then misplaced etc)
How much do you have to spend for them to be classed as decent ?
Rubbish screwdriver bits do ,my head in,, I have so any ruined ones it's not even funny
Not too bad when you consider a Type 22 600 x W: 1800mm radiator cost from £130 upwards depend on brand.
ThermaSkirt is available is various skirting profiles & looks very good & stylish.
Biggest advantage is you reclaim the room, no ordinary radiators taking up space, cuts down on pipe work, if I was refurbishing or building a house, I would seriously considered skirting radiators.
ThermaSkirt is available is various skirting profiles & looks very good & stylish.
Biggest advantage is you reclaim the room, no ordinary radiators taking up space, cuts down on pipe work, if I was refurbishing or building a house, I would seriously considered skirting radiators.
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Hmmm Guess its not that bad, Hadn't really looked into the costs of actual radiators. With the Thermaskirt would you have these running through every skirting board in the house or rooms you would normally have rads I.E living room, bed rooms etc? Id imagine its easy to install compared to a conventional system due to no underfloor pipes etc.
I'm more interested in the performance vs a standard radiator.
And how much of it do I need to equal the performance of a normal radiator, these details seem to be lacking severely on their website.
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Wemo Plugs....
I purchased a Bosch set of titanium screwdriver bits for £25 I think it was.
As for the perfomance on skirting board radaitor, I don't know as I haven't looked into it in to much detail and it'll very from brand to brand, after a quick google thermaskirt look good as the pipes are structurally integrated and so no thermal barrier. Some other deisngs have finned pipes with a slot over metal cover, that can't be efficient. As I say they aren't the only manufacture there seems to be lots offering skirting board.
Actually it says on the website it's 13% more efficient than conventional radiators. I assume you would replace all the skirting board.
So yeah designed to replace all skirting.
Small room kit 12m-squared £395
large room kit 20m squared £595
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I would also assume they would be cheaper to run due to them requiring less water in the system so less water to heat up etc etc especially as you can get the Thermatwin stuff that is a solar panel that completely powers it all.
Very tempted to have it done but need to convince the gf. I'd be interested in reading some reviews of people that have actually had it installed.
Very tempted to have it done but need to convince the gf. I'd be interested in reading some reviews of people that have actually had it installed.