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Well the plumber had a baby last night! :) So he didn't make it this morning but sent his deputy instead - he was helpful but I don't think has had as much experience so couldn't really advise me. They've got plenty of other stuff to be getting on with though so they've given me an extension...

Thanks Dan - I may have over-reacted to Tony's comments, I was a bit shocked. Web based calculators said I'd need somewhere between 10,000 and 13,000 BTUs. If 1w = 3.4BTUs and the floor area without the kitchen units is around 30m2 - using the 70w/m2 figure it'll only output 7140 BTUs. So...

I'm stunned that you would make this comment - what exactly does insulting me achieve? I fail to see what relevance 'logic' has here - the recognised idiom is 'more money than sense', generally meaning someone is profligate. If anything, the opposite is true with me - I've overly careful with...

Thanks guys - good to have your opinions :) Sorry Dan, that really wasn't very clear about the Nest bit - I meant with Nest combined with radiators. To be honest, it's hard to express what I meant, I think what I was trying to say was - the advantages of the Nest thermostat is that it can...

The short story: I've recently realised that my open plan kitchen + living extension floor is suitable for underfloor heating. I was previously happy enough with the idea of 2 radiators + a plinth heater but given how much people rave about underfloor heating I'm thinking I would be foolish...

The guy in the more upmarket bathroom showroom said just a straight 760x760 square shower (no part glass side panel). He didn't come across as a particularly creative thinker though. I've sent it to my architectural technician anyway and I'll see what he reckons. Thanks for your help...

Right, I went to a proper bathroom showroom today with proper bathroom design consultants and everything (not just a spotty kid like in B&Q). They still didn't have many different sized showers for me to stand in but I did have a long chat with one of the guys. He confirmed that pretty much...

[/url] haha - brilliant. I'd give it a week before I dropped my toothbrush in the loo.

Thanks big-all, nice idea but I not sure I'll be able to do that. This is the front of the house - that's a cast iron soil pipe (so I'd have to replace the whole thing) and I'm in a conservation area. You can see the sink waste pipe there too. It matches the other semi so I'm not...

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Thanks Dan - it's good to get some perspective. I'm 5'1" and 54kg!

I went to B&Q after work. They didn't have many showers on display though, the only ones on display were: 800x800 square 800x800 quadrant 900x900 quadrant no offset quadrants. I had a go in each. The 800x800 square ones felt about the size of the shower I currently use in my Dad's...

Thanks KB! Good to know I'm not the only one who has been using one for years without realising they are considered too small!

Thanks Tony. I don't know about luxury, it's my first house, a very small post war semi and it took me 10 years to save for the deposit and have some money to do it up. As the whole house needs renovating and everything replastered (needs wiring chased into brick walls) - it's kind of a now or...

Thanks Blakie. I think I might have to go to B&Q tomorrow and stand in some shower cubicles. Trouble with the quadrant option is I really don't know how the shower enclosure would work with the wall. The standard enclosure would have glass right against the wall and you'd never be able to...

Thanks for the reply Dean. I'm not sure I follow though. Would the glass partition hinge off somewhere and fold against the wall when not in use? If so, where do you suggest? Perhaps it could close the cavity created by the airing cupboard when closed and open to block off the toilet...

This is my bathroom at the moment: I'd like to knock down the wall separating the toilet and the bathroom and remove the airing cupboard and put a lintel in the wall between the toilet and the airing cupboard / bedroom so I can have a separate shower N.B. that wall is load-bearing...

Thanks for the replies guys! I realised a bit belatedly what noseall wasn't just talking about the bi-fold door beam but also the beam that would be required to replace the existing beam and half wall. I just went by the house with a crowbar to try to determine once and for all if that...

Excellent, thanks Tony! Ok, I don't suppose you (or anyone else) knows how much more it would cost compared to keeping say half the external wall? Or even better would know a ballpark figure for the project? I'm in the Isle of Man so we're probably talking inflated but not London prices...

Haha - ok - thanks noseall! That's just the kind of reality check I was hoping for - I hadn't even thought about the doors (I drew them when I was planning on keeping most of the wall). Ok - so if I had a solid wall at the end. Would that be ok? Kind of like this? (I know I've now got...