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Wow, you've been very lucky by the sounds of it ...
A cousin of mine did a similar thing in the bridal suite after her wedding. Caused thousands of pounds worth of damage
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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A cousin of mine did a similar thing in the bridal suite after her wedding. Caused thousands of pounds worth of damage
We had an incident the other, not as bad as yours though! Mrs Sk8 opened the washing machine door and unknown to her at the time it has decided to skip the pump out sequence and just unlock the door. The worst part was she was running it through a maintenance cycle so it had no clothing in it at all and all the water just poured out on to the floor (and her
).Fortunately it's on the ground floor and we have a wet and dry vacuum but it was still a couple of hours of cleaning up as it went under all the cupboards. It seems the MDF skirting and kickboards held up and didn't blow which is good.
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We had an incident the other, not as bad as yours though! Mrs Sk8 opened the washing machine door and unknown to her at the time it has decided to skip the pump out sequence and just unlock the door. The worst part was she was running it through a maintenance cycle so it had no clothing in it at all and all the water just poured out on to the floor (and her
Fortunately it's on the ground floor and we have a wet and dry vacuum but it was still a couple of hours of cleaning up as it went under all the cupboards. It seems the MDF skirting and kickboards held up and didn't blow which is good.
Returned from holiday this year and a day after, was sitting there and could hear this kind of high pressure steam release sound coming from the kitchen.
On checking the hot water pipe going into the mixer tap had somehow made the worlds smallest split and was throwing water out the side which was being redirected off the top of the dishwasher and up the wall.
Lucky we returned then and isolation was quick to find, with no lasting damage caused...
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My job today is to go and swap the heat pump in my dishwasher. Pump arrived today so hopefully the kids will leave me alone while doing it.
Moved the loft light from the old hatch to the new hatch. And like a plonker totally forgot I could have just run it directly across/under the insulation (I went up the joist and around and down). This was the third best way as I'm certain there is a live feed just beneath that board lol.
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Fixed the dishwasher, think I found the issue (I'd ordered that part on a hunch).
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Moved the bathroom extractor fan onto a board which is attached to the joists so its up out the way (going to move it a bit further up), then laid a layer of 100mm insulation nonadjacent to the existing stuff underneath. Decided not to remove the old stuff as even just carefully tidying up some areas it was awful stuff to deal with. This new recycled from plastic insulation was much nicer to work with. With the house being just under 6m wide it made for easy single runs too.
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Moved the bathroom extractor fan onto a board which is attached to the joists so its up out the way (going to move it a bit further up), then laid a layer of 100mm insulation nonadjacent to the existing stuff underneath. Decided not to remove the old stuff as even just carefully tidying up some areas it was awful stuff to deal with. This new recycled from plastic insulation was much nicer to work with. With the house being just under 6m wide it made for easy single runs too.
Ideally you want insulation round the ducting to stop condensation. If you’ve got any spare stick some over the ducting. I wouldn’t move the fan too much either, you want the ducting as short as possible
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Solder splash?Fixed the dishwasher, think I found the issue (I'd ordered that part on a hunch).
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No idea, but it's worked fine for 5 years. Was actually surprisingly easy to change. Was expecting it to be very hard, the only thing is when I finish I noticed there was a jubilee clip in the box. There was some form of clip on the pipe already so I managed to persuade the new pump to go in so I'm sure it's fine.
OK thanks yes have plenty spare. The duct has always been too long, so will reduce it too.
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It's been a horrendous slog, but finally all the old tiles and cement have been chipped up. Unfortunately the thickness of the cement meant I have had to raise the floor level 12mm, so boarding has been cut to size and screwed down. Finally ready to put underlay and luxury vinyl planks down.
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I have been in Tesco for buzz for tonight if this is man job?
What LVT have you gone for? It seems a minefield with all the different types and price points!It's been a horrendous slog, but finally all the old tiles and cement have been chipped up. Unfortunately the thickness of the cement meant I have had to raise the floor level 12mm, so boarding has been cut to size and screwed down. Finally ready to put underlay and luxury vinyl planks down.
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Just went for the stuff I could get hold of quickly in the end. Wickes Novocore. Was £50 per pack.
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Coming on well now. Will finish it tomorrow.
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All done now, barring sealing the edges and refitting the toilet.
And amazingly, it needed almost every last square inch from two of the three packs I bought. I thought wastage would just take me into the third pack. So a nice £50 rebate
Doesn't usually work out that way 
And amazingly, it needed almost every last square inch from two of the three packs I bought. I thought wastage would just take me into the third pack. So a nice £50 rebate
Doesn't usually work out that way
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Fixed a flickering ceiling spot in my kitchen (12V).
The cable had freyed, and must have been shorting on the metalwork of the fitting. A bit of electrical tape appears to have solved it. Will need to check the other fittings for any signs now too.
The cable had freyed, and must have been shorting on the metalwork of the fitting. A bit of electrical tape appears to have solved it. Will need to check the other fittings for any signs now too.