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Downstairs toilet done, apart from the window, which someone else can do.
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Wrestlers? Legs could do with a stretch.
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New Year's Day spin to Cambridge. Bib shorts & forum jersey were just the ticket. So warm!
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Today was a glorious day to commute by bike. The A10 was super quiet and north of the Great Cambridge Roundabout was actually closed completely.
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Swung by the parents in the Peaks last week & stopped by the Buxton Brewery tap house.
Had a Trolltunga last night - Gooseberry Sour. Was tasty.
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Well yes, the silver thing is an isolation valve allowing you to isolate the tap feed. You want to keep that.
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solder a short length of copper pipe on to get up to the correct height and delete that silver compression fitting altogether - it's only there because (assumption!) the flexible pipe can't come down far enough.
I don't think it's that easy, unfortunately - looks like the flexible hose from the tap is for a different thread diameter to what the silver valve will have and the brass reduction fitting will be compression fit. I have a similar arrangement for a downstairs sink and it was a right pita to get right.
I'm guessing these are German taps (Grohe or similar) which ship with hoses that don't fit typical UK fittings.
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EN1's effort
All the detailing is a bit rough tbh - looks OK from a distance but looking close it's a bit rough & ready.
I might revisit once the other rooms are done - after 4 years here we finally have a bedroom, bathroom and downstairs toilet pretty much done. Lounge is coming along too - just need some storage in there now.