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You might be reading square metres as square feet? That house is 6 times bigger than my flat.

Big picture window on the shower/bath... No thanks! Maybe if it overlooked remote mountainside or moorland. Definitely not when it overlooks a bunch of other houses.

Sounds tough, I find doing work while living in the property hard enough without having to care for a kid at the same time.

Keepin' it concise :)

are they ever finished

No

black with silver sparkley bits in it.

Yes!

I don't like to think about sequencing of this stuff now I just ask my plumber, as he's really good. Unfortunately in Edinburgh.

Plumber should be able to get the pipe tails to come out of the floor in the right location as long as they know the spec of the rad. Then the redecorating can be done at leisure and the rad installed last.

A tip I got from another trade guy is do the floor sanding etc last so that you can make good any accidental damage that may occur during the other works.

It's got metal kickplates on the bottom, attached with knackered old screws, and a 5mm gap at the top. But I thought the same as you until I looked closely.

Cool, good to know. Sounds like a two person job. I'll wait til the father-in-law visits and spring it on him as a surprise.

It keeps one distracted from the existential void I suppose.

Just a general observation, as I sit here in my lounge staring at a pile of power tools, some not-yet-fitted threshold strips, and the front of my bathroom cabinet (partly repainted): this shit never ends and I should learn to love the process, right?

It still makes amusing bleep noises when you turn it off mid-cycle :)

Could you post a photo and some description of how you've mounted the E3 front light? Is it a stem mount with the light inverted? Do you harbour any concerns about water ingress with the light upside down? Thanks in advance, kind regards, C. Upcakes

Good idea, that could work.

Any tips on getting the door to the right level? I'm guessing some shims/packers below.

Can relate. Recently the other half's friend visited, with their young child, who discovered the fun bleep bloop noises our new washing machine makes. It's a Samsung, and it's painfully close to actually being half washing machine, half toddler toy. Kid was having a whale of a time to be fair. Less fun for me, trying to work in the same room :/

Urgh, doors. The main door to my (circa 1880) block of flats is catching on a high spot on the floor.

I've tried shimming behind the lower hinge. It helped a bit, but it's still catching on the floor a bit, and now it's catching on the door frame (as the door has rotated due to the shims). I've also stripped one of the old screws and failed to drill it out. Still 3 of 4 screws holding that hinge in place, but nevertheless annoying.

I tried planing the side of the door which again has helped a but but not fully solved the issue.

Really I need to somehow move all three hinges up by about 2-3mm.

Anyone got tips on how to achieve this? I'm sure there must be A Way To Do It. I'm fearful of making the situation worse at this point. It's a big old heavy solid wood door and the hinges are screwed into timber framing behind.

Excellent news, well done!

Would a crown race puller fit on the crank spindle?

Nay, our superking bed precludes this (also mega awks when the in-laws are staying and have to use the loo during the night)

Oh yeah @TW sadly combining bath and utility is a no go, due to requirements to support the utility walls in the flat above (would make it a warrantable work).

Also the utility is currently my larder and coffee prep area which trumps all other requirements :)

How would you heat the room if no towel rail? Low level rads? (Bear in mind the towel rail is existing).

Yeah moving the soil pipe is a pain! There's no real way to do so other than run it under the floor, hence the step to the shower. Presumably as high as needed @aggi

Cheers, the existing door swing is out to the hallway so no bother keeping that as is, although sliding/pocket may make more sense.

Agreed smaller sink, but by God the space feels cramped with the current sink position so my plans are a definite improvement on what we have now!

Interesting, could actually generate a bit of space in the hallway as the door swings outward just now.

1.5 (bedroom plus boxroom, which we use as occasional guest accommodation plus regular bike cave).

It's the only bathroom.

Very limited space in the bathroom in my flat. Here's a proposed new design by me. What do people think?

Transfer of equity to partner: full shared ownership, or equal half-and-half shares?

Apples, oranges

Probably the wrong idiom but meh.