Author Topic: Pimp my bathroom (Read 40674 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #175 on:** 14 April, 2018, 02:21:24 pm »

Not this:

Poncy sink by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

Polar Bear · « **Reply #176 on:** 14 April, 2018, 03:52:39 pm »

Similar but no. Ours sits atop of a cabinet and has an overflow in the back wall of the sink.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #177 on:** 18 April, 2018, 09:03:06 pm »

Towel rails, yea or nay?
Mumsnet seems to suggest they are crap cos you get warm towels but a freezing bathroom.

Kim · « **Reply #178 on:** 18 April, 2018, 09:41:34 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 18 April, 2018, 09:03:06 pm

Towel rails, yea or nay?
Mumsnet seems to suggest they are crap cos you get warm towels but a freezing bathroom.

Radiator thing with electrickery in the middle to dry the towels out in summer?

ian · « **Reply #179 on:** 18 April, 2018, 09:42:40 pm »

They don't do much if they're swamped with towels, though they are useful for drying those towels.

Ours was broken for months (blocked pipe apparently). I can't say it affected the temperature of the bathroom much. Soggy towels though. It's one of those radiators with multiple bits for hanging towels, not just a singular rail. Technical terms r us.

If I did the bathroom again, I'd contemplate underfloor heating, but to be honest as we can (and most) leave the bathroom door open it's typically at the ambient temperature of the rest of the house, and upstairs is usually quite toasty. Plus there's three radiators directly below the bathroom (one in the hallway, one at the bottom of the stairs, and one in the downstairs loo), so I think we get underfloor heating by proxy.

Of course, if I lived in a cold house, it might be different.

(I'd always assumed Mumsnet was some kind of niche porn site. I'm somewhat disappointed that it's towel rails.)

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #180 on:** 18 April, 2018, 09:48:46 pm »

Suppose i could just have a new radiator. The towrl rail is situated over it but at least there's convention from the fins.

Have spent the night trying to decide if a bit of shiny mosaic tiling round the sink area would look naff next to wall panel in the shower. It's a minefield, wish there was a magic bathroom fairy cos this is doing my head in. The kitchen was way more fun.

Kim · « **Reply #181 on:** 18 April, 2018, 09:51:55 pm »

Quote from: ian on 18 April, 2018, 09:42:40 pm

If I did the bathroom again, I'd contemplate underfloor heating, but to be honest as we can (and most) leave the bathroom door open it's typically at the ambient temperature of the rest of the house

From experimentation, this has conclusively proven to be the best way to keep our bathroom at a sane humidity.

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(I'd always assumed Mumsnet was some kind of niche porn site. I'm somewhat disappointed that it's towel rails.)

How have you missed @mumsnet_madness?

Towel rails are just the tip of the iceberg. Mumsnet is also a rich vein of:

Am I being unreasonable? (Spoiler: Yes you are.)
The many and varied ways in which toxic masculinity causes cishet men not to know how to poo properly.
Penis beakers.
Middle class entitlement.
Middle class obliviousness.
Befuddling parent utterances.

ian · « **Reply #182 on:** 18 April, 2018, 10:10:21 pm »

I feel your pain. I spent too many Saturdays being dragged around bathroom showrooms and 'tiling boutiques' and being expected to look interested. After my request for a Japanese robo-toilet had been summarily rejected, which really put me out of sorts. At least I could protest colour blindness when it came to choosing colours. I may have over-emphasised that disability. Really that's dark purple, are you sure?

Probably best to have somewhere to dry towels though, there's nothing worse the a damp towel, plus they start to smell like a soggy dog. And if you have a dog, it's grounds for awkward morning confusion.

I'm not sure any of the refurb of the Asbestos Palace was fun. Though we do occasionally dig up the pictures of what it looked like when we bought it for a laugh. The before and after are more than a bit oh my. I can't think why it took 18 months to sell.

Blimey mumsnet is a lot worse that I anticipated as a niche porn site. Poo crumbs? I had to stop reading after that.

Polar Bear · « **Reply #183 on:** 18 April, 2018, 10:38:56 pm »

Towel rails seem to be an unnecessary evil to me.

ian · « **Reply #184 on:** 20 April, 2018, 10:23:28 am »

I'm frankly more worried about poo crumbs. I didn't even know such a thing existed. I think my life was enriched by that ignorance.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #185 on:** 20 April, 2018, 06:53:30 pm »

I will say that I only use google to search MN for specific things. I'm not actually browsing that weirdness...

I think given that towel rails seems to be a 50:50 split I might just go for a taller standard radiator with a rail in front of it.
Plumber (who passed the "I'll phone you back" test, zOMG) coming for a look Tuesday.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #186 on:** 20 April, 2018, 08:17:30 pm »

Reading a translation of german engineers toilet testing. The fun never stops here.
http://plumbingconnection.com.au/rimless-toilet-testing/

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #187 on:** 21 April, 2018, 07:04:10 pm »

I think I have seen the answer to the radiator vs towel rail problem.
People make vertical radiators that you can buy towel rails to attach on to, like so:
http://www.bestheating.com/milano-chrome-towel-rail-for-aruba-and-alpha-vertical-designer-radiator-470mm.html

Kim · « **Reply #188 on:** 21 April, 2018, 08:04:41 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 21 April, 2018, 07:04:10 pm

I think I have seen the answer to the radiator vs towel rail problem.
People make vertical radiators that you can buy towel rails to attach on to, like so:
http://www.bestheating.com/milano-chrome-towel-rail-for-aruba-and-alpha-vertical-designer-radiator-470mm.html

That looks good.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #189 on:** 21 April, 2018, 08:57:37 pm »

It does, dunnit

De Sisti · « **Reply #190 on:** 21 April, 2018, 09:50:04 pm »

Or a simple towel rail above a normal radiator?

Kim · « **Reply #191 on:** 21 April, 2018, 09:57:36 pm »

Quote from: De Sisti on 21 April, 2018, 09:50:04 pm

Or a simple towel rail above a normal radiator?

That works too.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #192 on:** 22 April, 2018, 10:21:50 am »

I've found a problem with my choice of rainfall/drench shower. The head is located 1.2m above the mixer valve. The enclosure height is 1950mm. So if I have that shower I'd have to bend over to turn it on. Seems pretty stupid to me....

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #193 on:** 23 April, 2018, 09:46:07 pm »

Holy crap, modern tiles are booooring!

Apart from these, obv, and they don't seem tremendously practical. https://www.marrakechdesign.se/en/product-category/contemporary-tiles/dandelion/

Kim · « **Reply #194 on:** 23 April, 2018, 10:03:50 pm »

I'm not sure that boring is a bad thing when it comes to tiles.

You can always liven things up by installing tiles with an abstract but not quite rotationally symmetrical pattern in a way that encodes a SEEKRIT message for the benefit of future IBS sufferers who a) have already read the label on the bleach 3 times and b) enjoy puzzles. Like the ones in the CrinklyDen don't^[1].

_{[1] Or at least, if they do I haven't decoded it yet.}

thing1 · « **Reply #195 on:** 23 April, 2018, 10:14:14 pm »

14 months on and you've still not cracked the code?

Kim · « **Reply #196 on:** 23 April, 2018, 10:22:12 pm »

Quote from: thing1 on 23 April, 2018, 10:14:14 pm

14 months on and you've still not cracked the code?

My postcholecystectomy syndrome isn't what it used to be...

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #197 on:** 24 April, 2018, 05:49:22 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 23 April, 2018, 10:03:50 pm

I'm not sure that boring is a bad thing when it comes to tiles.

Even the sea of beige?

Kim · « **Reply #198 on:** 24 April, 2018, 05:50:08 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 24 April, 2018, 05:49:22 pm

Quote from: Kim on 23 April, 2018, 10:03:50 pm
I'm not sure that boring is a bad thing when it comes to tiles.

Even the sea of beige?

GPWM! Beige is always a bad thing.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #199 on:** 24 April, 2018, 06:26:26 pm »

Looked it up;
Meaning. GPWM. Guidelines for Participatory Water Management (Ministry of Water Resources; Bangladesh) GPWM. Good Point Well Made.
GPWM - Definition by AcronymFinder
Laughed!

My mate's bathroom fitter has just been. I reined in all his great ideas (that I've already discounted through this thread haha). He phoned back when he said he would and he was early. Think he might be a keeper....