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[ann post]

the injury risk of having a tap that just spits out skin burning water is hard no for me

 

[magicbastarder]

i know a couple of people who have them and think they're great. but yes, the cost.

 

[magicbastarder]

my mother in law brims the kettle every time she makes tea, which makes my teeth itch. at least they've solar panels now, so that might defer some of the cost of that - but would also weaken the financial benefit of a quooker.

the main issue though is that in their house, the immersion is about 12 foot from the kitchen sink, but from what i can tell, there's about 100 foot of pipe between the two, because it apparently runs from the immersion at one end of the house, down to the other end, and then doubles back up to the kitchen.
it means you've to leave the hot tap running for a couple of minutes before any hot water starts to each it, and by the time it arrives it's lukewarm anyway from having come through that length of cold pipe anyway.
and then you leave several litres of unused hot water in the pipes when you're done, so more waste.

 

[ann post]

12ft?

https://www.screwfix.ie/p/wednesbury-microbore-copper-pipe-coil-10mm-x-10m/82431

 

[JohnnyRaz]

the injury risk of having a tap that just spits out skin burning water is hard no for me

Yeah, I had never heard of them but the young fella burning the paws off himself would be the likely outcome in our house I think

 

[magicbastarder]

12ft?

https://www.screwfix.ie/p/wednesbury-microbore-copper-pipe-coil-10mm-x-10m/82431

might look a bit shoddy strung along the kitchen floor.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

My mam has one of those Quooker taps and it’s grand. It’s hard to accidentally turn it on as you need to spin a collar and push/pull (can’t remember which) kind of like a childproof cap on a medicine bottle. Completely separated from your usual hot/cold tap even if using the same spout.

 

[seanc]

anyone here have a quooker or one of the knockoffs? trying to see if i can get the in-laws to invest in one, they are probably low hanging fruit in terms of getting benefit from one.
i'm curious as to whether any of the cheaper alternatives are good, because a genuine quooker is over €1.5k.

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Do boiling water taps save you money?

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quooker's own calculations say seven cups a day represents a saving. The shows own researcher reckoned it was more like 23.
And quooker's the most efficient and most expensive.

I reckon this gaff could do 23 cups of tae in the average day.

Their quite handy even though their main purpose is to increase productivity in the office environment.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I’d do 7-8 a day myself and my wife the same. But only on days we’re home all day.

 

[magicbastarder]

we were in sostrene grene the other day and i saw a simple wooden magazine rack and thought 'i could make one of them'.
i hadn't cut a joint by hand (i.e. saw, hammer, chisel) in a couple of years and starting up again on oak was not the best way to polish rusty skills.

 

[ann post]

Sliced Bread - Boiling Water Taps - BBC Sounds

Do boiling water taps save you money?

www.bbc.co.uk

quooker's own calculations say seven cups a day represents a saving. The shows own researcher reckoned it was more like 23.
And quooker's the most efficient and most expensive.

I reckon this gaff could do 23 cups of tae in the average day.

Their quite handy even though their main purpose is to increase productivity in the office environment.

wonder would this help

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[ann post]

we were in sostrene grene the other day and i saw a simple wooden magazine rack and thought 'i could make one of them'.
i hadn't cut a joint by hand (i.e. saw, hammer, chisel) in a couple of years and starting up again on oak was not the best way to polish rusty skills.View attachment 19916

Is it a wall mount deal, are you gonna mount it, and can we see it?

 

[magicbastarder]

yep, just need to decide where it goes now...
this was the design i copied:

Wall-mounted magazine holder | Oak wood. 80 x 7 x 27 cm. | Nature

sostrenegrene.com

i was thinking afterwards it probably needs a lip at the bottom, to prevent magazines from sliding out.

 

[pete]

yep, just need to decide where it goes now...
this was the design i copied:

Wall-mounted magazine holder | Oak wood. 80 x 7 x 27 cm. | Nature

sostrenegrene.com

i was thinking afterwards it probably needs a lip at the bottom, to prevent magazines from sliding out.

your hardback magazines should be ok though

 

[ann post]

your hardback magazines should be ok though

and the kindle ones

 

[magicbastarder]

one of the effects of being the secretary for your woodturning chapter is the emails and phone calls you get, which in the last few months have been two or three 'can you give me advice on shifting my dad's lathe', to this weekend, 'i've got some bastard big lumps of holly if you want them'.
happy to oblige!
two of the chunks are so big they were too much for two of us to try lifting.

 

[GO]

Im planning to build a tv room/sun room extension ... big enough for an 80" tv..or maybe a projector....and surround sound with a couch big enough for us both to lie on... you get my drift.

Its gonna be mono pitch tin roof...with a skylight..on a fully timber construction ..with one entire side glass.
Gonna knock out the sitting room window and put in french doors... turn the existing sitting room into a dedicated dining / reading room.

I would make it out of concrete but we are end of terrace and the whole terraces drains terminate in our garden . I could move the sewerage but thats serious work. So.... timber is the way. Sitting on top of the ground basically.

Probably clad the whole thing in plastic coated tin . I cant remember the exact name for it..but it lasts forever

Ill make a thread when I commence work .. be interesting

 

[seanc]

Just redo the shed thing you did before but easier?
Can't wait for this new thread. I shall try not pollute it.

 

[GO]

Just redo the shed thing you did before but easier?
Can't wait for this new thread. I shall try not pollute it.

Nah..Im keeping the shed as it is. Its my sacred space!.. although.. and this might sound a bit mad...but Im thinking of raising the roof on it by 1.5 metres and putting in a mezzanine bed.

Cos currently when I stay out here all night I just crash out on the couch cushions on the floor .. so I was thinking.. Ive never seen a two story shed... well a 1.5 story shed

I'll be documenting the whole sun room bulid..pollute the thread away...especially with ideas... sure thats what its all about.

 

[seanc]

I'm not saying move the shed. Take those plans and do something similar.

My room has a mezzanine (la-di-da), which is just full of The Stuff. But this being a boat, it gets cold in winter. but I do assure you that it's so much warmer up there on the mezz. Apparently some previous resident slept up there, and had the storage/sleep layout as the opposite of how I have it. I can't physically fit up there. Anyway, you've all been in an attic in summer