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Don't want to start the perennial debate, but is there a forum approved oil/finish for wooden kitchen worktops? It's an Ikea butchers block style (oak?) one.

I need to sand and re-finish it. I used to use the Ikea oil on our old one but I think they changed it and I wasn't impressed with the new one.

More bothered about protection than aesthetics, although I don't want a varnish that will peel/crack over time.

Painting question. I stupidly said we could change the bathroom colour from F&B Stifkey Blue (dark blue) to a much lighter probably colour, Setting Plaster. This will be Leyland Hard Wearing Matt Emulsion colour matched. I've used this paint in the hall and bathroom ceiling and I like it (other suggestions considered).

Ceiling and woodwork is white, lots of cutting in, fireplace, window, 1/2 tiled wall etc.

I was thinking of painting the whole thing white first (same paint as final colour) as I have to re-paint the ceiling anyway and I figure I can get away with being a bit less accurate with the white paint before cutting in with the new lighter colour. Otherwise I feel like I will really struggle to total hide the blue when cutting in the new paint etc.

Is this a bad idea?

Dibs circular saw and possibly angle grinder. Pending pics which appear to be popping up.

Edit - Un dibs. Looks like it's a bigger angle grinder not a circular saw.

There is also the fact that you might be buying a genuine 4 bed, with potential to add a 5th later, rather than buying an already extended 3 bed. But there are not many actual 4 beds around E11/17 from what I've seen.

Similar question to @RodSaetan - I bought some Alliums from the garden centre yesterday, about 6 inches of greenery coming out of the bulb each in a separate pot. I presume they have come from a greenhouse and are currently sitting on the wooden decking in their pots.

Are they ok there for a few days or are they going to die of cold/shock? Should I get them into the ground asap?

You can also just hide the cables with all the house plants.

I fished cables through a 125yo stud wall today using a gear outer, then winding the earth of a 3 core cable round an inner cable. Taped it all together and got it all through in one go.

I went through the basement to get lights in the alcoves recently. Only useful if you have access.

Cable came down 3 m from the bit of the basement I can stand in, but I fished it out with a bit of rope looped out the end of a plastic pipe, hooked the cable then pulled the rope to trap it. Worked surprisingly well.

I thought of that, but it seems to be a bit overkill for a bathroom, maybe not.

I forgot to add that there is an extractor fan controlled by the same switch, which I don't want people to easily be able to bypass.

I guess one switch for now, and then smart bulbs if I want to be able to program different 'moods' using a remote button.

Bathroom lighting question. We have three downlights and are adding a flos mini globe on either side of the mirror. It's a dark alcove on one side of the chimney breast.

I'm leaning towards having all the lights come on together using the existing pull cord.
Alternative could be a second cord next to the first one, maybe smart bulbs and a remote button so we have less things hanging down.

90% of the time we will need the lights on by the sink. But potentially if we are having a bath, it might be nice to have them on, but not the main lights. Not possible with one pull cord.

Thoughts? Any options I'm missing?

I’ll take them please.

Thanks, I suspected it wouldn't be that simple.
I've checked the nearest two spots and they each just have a cable going in, not another coming back out to the the next spot as most online examples show.

Would I be fine to run a cable back out of one of these to the new fitting?

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I want to add 2 wall mounted Flos Mini Glo-Ball wall lights on either side of a mirror above our sink.
Is it possible to wire them directly from this pull cord light switch as I think I can get a cable from there to where I want the lights?

We had a bathroom extractor fitted a few years back which involved holes in the ceiling so I asked the builder to run a cable to the general area, just in case I wanted to do this in the future. A calamitous attempt yesterday to find the cable yesterday failed, although I did find a crap load of rubble that came out of a tiny hole and the sink unit came off the wall for good measure.

The switch controls 3 x GU10 spots and the extractor. The extractor has a separate isolator outside the bathroom.

That hurts.

We inherited this kitchen and I would never have thought of/chosen the glass but it has never bothered me and never stays dirty after cooking. Old place had subway tiles and the grout was stained and generally looked much worse.

It won't get featured on insta but it works.

Found Ikea ones listed as 90 and a very serious guy (I assume) who did some research that at least suggests that Ikea don't lie about their CRI claims.

Will get an ikea one when I next order or visit and report back.

I'm going to remove a small and totally unless built in alcove wardrobe and replace it with a cut to size ikea pax. I think at best it will end up looking like the attached pic once it's removed and I will have to fill and sand the chimney breast and any bits not hidden by the new wardrobe.

Question is, to remove it as neatly as possible, do I score the plaster/render with a stanley knife or cut a straight line with a multi tool prior to removing the timber. I want to try and avoid taking half the chimney breast with me as I remove the frame.

Edit- for clarity, the image is from the web, but ours is built in the same way, wrapping round the chimney breast.

Has anyone found any Hue compatible bulbs with a decent CRI? As pointed ouyt by @dbr the standard hue (warm white) ones are not great. They don't really mention CRI but I have found one pic of a box that says 80CRI.

Thanks. And it will clean up and I can glue it into a rim safely? Sorry, not a tub expert.

Also, how long is the valve and is it a removable core?

Any of them suitable for wooden track use? If so I’m interested. Tore a sidewall and looking for a cheap but fast replacement.

Our neighbour in E10 just did a loft company/non architect, pretty standard 2 rooms and a bathroom, albeit with a new roof, sourced a few things to keep costs down and is still looking at 70K+ so I don't think 200K is unrealistic for that and a kitchen extension.

Did modern house really count the 'roof terrace' in the floor area on this floorplan?

Anyone got a moodboard/pintrest of bathroom sink/mirror/lights area? Looking to replace an ugly sink/drawers unit in a dark corner with something a bit nicer.

16/1/23 - 80.6kg 21.7% BF. Trend - 0
24/1/23 - 79.9kg 21.4% BF. Trend - 0.7
31/1/23 - 79.6kg 20.3% BF. Trend - 1.0
07/2/23 - 79.6kg 20.2% BF. Trend - 1.0
14/2/23 - 78.6kg 19.5% BF. Trend - 2.0
20/2/23 - 78.1kg 20.1% BF. Trend - 2.5
28/2/23 - 77.8kg 19.1% BF. Trend -2.8
06/3/23 - 76.7kg 18.7%BF. Trend - 3.9
15/3/23 - 76.6kg 18.8% BF. Trend - 4.0
22/3/23 - 75.8kg 18.6% BF. Trend - 4.8
28/3/23 - 76.2kg 17.8% BF. Trend -4.4

Small increase this week, prob not being as strict with diet and a busy work week, but BF is still trending down at least.