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Modern mirrors and cabinets
Looking at the massive ranges of modern bathroom mirrors and bathroom cabinets across the internet and on sale generally, made me think about why they've become so popular in recent years. After all mirrors are useful for everyday bathroom preening (for him and her!!) but cabinets have extra functionality in that they are very useful for storing all
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Day 1 - Let the destruction begin
First major job of the day was to remove the remaining tiles from the main wall. This although menial was vital to the overall project. All in all I would estimate individually the tiles that I removed that day ran into the 000’s each tile needed three delicate hits with the end of the hammer, two for the tile and one for my thumb, or it felt that way .
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The 4 Day Challenge - Day 0.5
The first major job of the day was to remove all the old tiles. These tiles were tiled ontop of other tiles thus meaning they were incredibly difficult to remove. Around the top of the toilet came away with ease, they did remove half the plaster on the wall with them but they came away in clumps of 5+ tiles. I found the best way to remove these tiles was to use a good heavy flat head screw driver, this enable you to tap it in directly behind the tile and lever it away from the wall. Read more... -
The 4 Day Challenge - Introduction
The 4 Day Challenge As many of you may have read over that past few weeks, I had agreed to take on the mammoth task of gutting my old bathroom and replacing it with a shiny new suite from Bathshop321.com.
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Planning Your New Bathroom Suite
Everybody out there when asked would probably like a new bathroom but are scared that it will cost them a fortune not only for the purchase of the suite but also for the installation. Read more... -
Bathshop 4 Day Challenge
One of the team who for surprise purposes cannot be mentioned at this stage is going to attempt a changing rooms style transformation of his current bathroom suite. Our mystery employee has purchased everything he needs to transform his old dreary bathroom into a bathroom that kings would be proud of.
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321 Pull Out Kitchen Sink Mixer
Fitting the 321 Pull Out Kitchen Sink Mixer As many of you know fitting new kitchen taps is not the easiest of tasks, the instruction although detailed are as helpful as the instruction for a set of mechano. I purchased the 321 Pull Out Kitchen Sink Mixer from Bathshop321.com recently and fitted it last night. Keen to get the task underway I opted for the quick plumb option on the pipes with a 15mm-10mm reducing valves.
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The Typical Simple Changes People Make to Improve Their Home
How many articles are there out there on how to improve your home? The answer is a lot. What follows is a quick article that pretty much sums all of them up. There are many variations on how to do up your home but they all basically follow the same theme: Exterior improvements tend to be the most expensive and cover garden improvements and extensions. So what is our advice?
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Getting That Perfect Bathroom
Entering a bathroom that is dreary, lifeless and inert can give the user a really bad start to their day. Bathrooms are one of the only places where people can go in their home to escape the everyday worries of normal life. They can do this through the solace of a relaxing bath. It’s no secret that bathrooms help to sell houses and studies show that when people are building new houses greater emphasis always goes on the bathroom and kitchen spaces which further more highlights the importance of these spaces.
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Easy Improvements to get a Brand New House
Whenever somebody passes a beautiful house I’m sure a lot of the time they often dream of having one too some day. This can easily be achieved without even moving house with a little bit of effort and a lot of love. Dependant on how ambitious you are and of course the all important budget there is quite a lot of internal and external improvements that you can make to give the look and feel of a brand new house. Read more...