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So my parents' house has been undergoing a much needed renovation, including all new insulation, outside doors, paint and new upstairs and downstairs bathrooms. It all looks great for the most part but the bathroom fixtures are a bit... odd. Like, imagine a bathroom being built with by an alien with good intentions, but no idea how human physiology worked.  The flush handle is installed upside down, so you have to sort of flop it upwards for anything to happen.  These shower handles are also installed upside down.  The doors on the cabinet swing open towards the middle. Whyyyy  A toilet roll holder placed perfectly for contortionists and people with dislocated shoulders. Apparently one of the toilets was also in the process of being installed at a 45 degree angle to the wall until my mom interfered.
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Splizwarf posted:Hanging flush levers are pretty common. Did it not work? I don't see what's upside down about the shower handles, is there lettering on the assembly or something? Toilet paper holder is a bit high but doesn't look unusable. The smaller handle for the bath faucet is placed unintuitively, above the larger handle for the shower. They both only turn downwards, between 90 and 270 degrees. That's precisely the opposite of how a normal shower handle would be expected to work. Still usable, it's just contrary to normal design conventions. Same with the flush lever. The only levers I've seen that pull downwards are the European style attached to a chain connected to a tank in the ceiling. I suppose the inwards opening doors would make sense for a vanity cupboard, except the mirrors are so small that it's impossible to get a good look at the sides of one's face for shaving or whatever. There isn't anything faulty with the construction per se, but just an extra 2 minutes spent thinking about what it would be like to actually use the fixtures would have made a big difference. As it is, the bathrooms are going to mildly confuse all our houseguests.
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Sep 17, 2014 16:47
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mds2 posted:My cousin is in the process of turning an old beer keg into a urinal. To put in is garage. Right next to the fridge. One of my local bars had a line of keg urinals for a while. The rounded sides were actually pretty great for preventing backsplash. Whoever put them together did a decent job too, but they were eventually switched out, probably thanks to a grumpy food safety inspector.
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Jan 22, 2020 21:16
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Facebook Aunt posted:Didn't some of the real old tenements not have bathrooms in the apartments at all? I saw an old movie like that once: a family had a 2 bedroom apartment with a kitchen but no bathroom, the bathroom was down the hall. It was quite common in apartment blocks in Europe. There would be a latrine and perhaps shower facilities in the inner courtyard. Just 20 years ago, my uncle's apartment still had no shower so he would fill a giant tub from the bathroom sink and bathe in that. That apartment is now renovated and probably valued close to a million bucks.
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Jun 30, 2020 11:51
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Empty Sandwich posted:I stayed at a hostel in Rome where they went one better. Add a cup-holder for beer/coffee and I'm sold.
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Jul 2, 2020 15:17
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Platystemon posted:Order? They have 2(!) stations specifically made for sealing used dvd cases in plastic before putting them up for sale. Heat guns, plastic sealer and everything. That and a lot of the boxes are identical form factor to dvd shipments to stores back in the day. I left my video rental job over 10 years ago and didn’t think I ‘d ever see that kit again. I wonder if it’s still possible to turn a profit on dvds. Probably hinges on the porn.
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Oct 26, 2020 11:02
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I just lurk this thread, but seems like Dareon's circumstances merit their own thread - partly for our entertainment but also because it calls for some pretty specific advice and there are some really knowledgeable folks in DIY that could probably help in some way.
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Nov 14, 2020 03:22
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It looks like the brown patches on the floors are poorly treated wood bleeding through the paint. If it was the walls, I would have guessed old tar from smoking. That poo poo is pernicious.
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Jan 4, 2021 14:54
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Horrifying DIY art aside, that's a clever way to store pot lids.
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Jan 22, 2021 11:53
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Liquid Communism posted:Eh. Having used a cast iron tub in a drafty old house, I can see why people want rid of them. All that metal takes a ton of hot water to get up to temp. My folks had one. Accidentally banging a shin against the metal rim early in the morning sucked. The concave shape also made it real easy to slip when I was taking showers. I think it wanted to murder me.
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Feb 8, 2021 18:45
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Lemniscate Blue posted:That looks like mysost, a spreadable whey cheese which I have tried to make several times with the whey leftover from homemade mozzarella and which I seem to gently caress up every time. Myseost has a very particular taste, you may be doing it right 
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Feb 16, 2021 14:09
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It's a good way to save money on smoke alarms Now if only there was a way to cram the stove in there too...
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Apr 11, 2021 10:18
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Blindeye posted:Also those could be factory built panels of concrete backed brickwork that are hung off the frame of a commercial building in big prefab sections, hence the uniformity and blandness. Not universally true but definitely popular for large structures when you want a brick facade. I’m gonna assume it’s this, because there’s an absurdly large amount of brick-laying patterns and variations out there thanks to regional tastes and historical fads. English bond, Flemish diagonal, Dutch pyramidal etc etc.
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Apr 29, 2021 18:35
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Is... is it all like that? And why? Trying to bodge those pieces together can't possibly be faster than cutting to fit, even if they are using a handsaw.
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May 3, 2021 15:42
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Good point, I'm not sure what could have made those "cuts". A steak knife?
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May 3, 2021 16:00
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KozmoNaut posted:Here's a real beaut for the ambitious handyman: Lmao, there isn’t a gas connection and the only source of heating is an oil furnace “in unknown condition”. On the plus side, its cheap enough that a complete rebuild would make a profit. That’s a pretty desirable area for vacationers.
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Aug 9, 2021 22:31
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IIRC scientists are kinda stumped by Ramsar because there isn't a statistically significant change in the cancer rate.
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Jan 18, 2022 15:04
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Is... that what I think it is? And if so, why go to all that trouble for just a couple liters? They could at least daisy chain several kettles in a row
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Jan 18, 2022 19:34
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Shower aside I... kind of like this? Its ugly but converting kitchen cabinets into desk storage is kinda handy. Plus the "desk" is easy to clean.
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Feb 24, 2022 10:44
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Feb 11, 2024 19:01
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Uthor posted:And it was punched through the wall in the corner to keep from having to make a super sharp bend. Ahh, that could be the reason. Not sure how I want to re-route it yet. Might just cut it short and mount a new plug in the corner. That or run a new power cable behind the wall.
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