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layout: ../../layouts/LayoutMdx.astro
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title: 2022 Works 2
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date: 2022-10-08
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image: year2022-w2/hall_nightclub.jpg
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dir: year2022-w2
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image: hall_nightclub
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description: things go dark
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---
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export const s = (s) => `year2022-w2/${s}`;
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import { generateImageHyrdationFunction } from "../../utils";
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export const s = generateImageHyrdationFunction("year2022-w2");
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import Cards from "../../components/Cards.astro";
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import Callout from "../../components/Callout.astro";
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@@ -23,13 +26,16 @@ We made so much progress in the last update, getting all the cabinets built and
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We installed the kickboard under the cabinets. Not sure if this was really worth it as there's only one angle to view it without falling on the floor.
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<Solocard title="Kickboard is there, honest" src={s("utility_kickboard.jpg")} />
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<Solocard title="Kickboard is there, honest" src={s("utility_kickboard")} />
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Our worktop was delivered to the front of the house (though we asked for it to be delivered to the back). This was a bit annoying because the worktop was too long to fit down the stairs. We managed to convince Will that what he really wanted to do was help us move it, so Ozzy and Will then had to carry the very heavy worktop all around the houses and back up through the garden to get to the basement where we were going to cut it.
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First we made a cardboard template of the worktop. This was a really really good idea.
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<Solocard title="Cardboard worktop - not very durable" src={s("worktop_templating.jpg")} />
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<Solocard
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title="Cardboard worktop - not very durable"
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src={s("worktop_templating")}
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/>
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Next was transferring the template to the worktop. We lopped off some bits to get the back edge and length closer to size, then it only just fit for us both to carry it between the utility room and the basement between cuts.
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@@ -39,17 +45,17 @@ As you may know 🎉🎉🎉 tools are our favourite 🎉🎉🎉 so we couldn't
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**Hoover** Another useful-but-not-exciting tool. It sucks dust. The snazziness of this hoover is that you plug your corded power tools into it, and the hoover automatically turns on when it detects you're using the tool. **Rating:** Kind of cool 😎
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<Solocard title="Fancy tracksaw" src={s("worktop_tracksaw.jpg")} />
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<Solocard title="Fancy tracksaw" src={s("worktop_tracksaw")} />
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**Tracksaw** This one is really useful. It's definitely one that we've seen lots of professionals use. The tracks are nice and solid - you can daisy chain them together. The tracks also have a slot in the underside to accomodate the clamps, so you don't need to worry about the clamps getting in the way of the saw. The saw itself cuts immediately next to the tracks, so you don't have to worry about adding 34mm on the side of the line you actually want to cut. **Rating:** Really, really useful 👍👍👍
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<Solocard title="Fancy jigsaw" src={s("worktop_jigsaw.jpg")} />
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<Solocard title="Fancy jigsaw" src={s("worktop_jigsaw")} />
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**Jigsaw** This one is good, but perhaps we don't quite understand it yet. The 'trigger' is an on-off button rather than something you have to continuously hold down. That's interesting, but it means that if you want to change the blade you need to remove the battery because otherwise it would be far too easy to accidentally turn it on. The blade itself has its own proprietary connection (boo!) which seems to just make it super awkward to attach. It's also got a built in light that strobes in time with the blade once it's at full speed, so that it looks like the blade isn't moving... We don't really get the point of that feature...
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I tried to film it, but it doesn't show up very well.
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<Solocard title="Slo-mo Strobe" src={s("strobe.gif")} />
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<Solocard title="Slo-mo Strobe" src={s("strobe", "gif")} />
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It does leave a very nice finish though. **Rating:** A bit weird but 👌
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This is arguably the most dramatic change - the hallway has changed from a very bright yellow to a very dark green, by way of a lot of wall filler and white undercoats.
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<Cards images={[
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{title: "Undercoats", src: s("hallway_white.jpg")},
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{title: "All the testers look black", src: s("hallway_testers.jpg")},
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{title: "Dark green!", src: s("hall_nightclub.jpg")},
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]} />
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<Cards
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images={[
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{ title: "Undercoats", src: s("hallway_white") },
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{ title: "All the testers look black", src: s("hallway_testers") },
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{ title: "Dark green!", src: s("hall_nightclub") },
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]}
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/>
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As the hallway gets no natural light, we thought we'd lean into it and make it _really_ dark. We didn't want it to feel like a poorly lit whiteish room, so we're aiming for a moodily lit passage to lighter rooms. We are going to be installing wall lights along the stairs, but at time of writing we haven't sourced any we like. We need to make sure the lights don't come out too far from the wall or they'll get in the way.
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<Cards images={[
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{title: "Building out the wall and ceiling", src: s("dining_studs.jpg")},
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{title: "Lots of holes in the ceiling again", src: s("dining_electrics.jpg")},
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]} />
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{title: "Building out the wall and ceiling", src: s("dining_studs")},
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{title: "Lots of holes in the ceiling again", src: s("dining_electrics")},
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]} />
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Just as he was packing up (extra stuff always happens when you're just packing up) we heard a bang and all the electrics in the house went off! Very concerned, we went down to see what had happened. Luckily Rob was still alive.
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The consumer unit has a flap that you have to lift up to access the switches beneath which is hinged with some metal tabs. These tabs have a stupidly sharp edge. Because of our arrangement of consumer units we've got an 💪armoured cable💪 supplying this one, and those wires inside are very stiff - very difficult to get where you want them, and then very resistant to moving again. The neutral wire was curved up a little too close to the front of the box and this meant that every time the lid was replaced, the hinge-tab dug a little bit further through the insulation. Until...
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<Cards images={[
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{title: "⚡⚡⚡ BZZZT ⚡⚡⚡", src: s("bzzt.jpg")},
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{title: "⚡⚡⚡ BZZZT ⚡⚡⚡", src: s("bzzt2.jpg")},
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]} />
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<Cards
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images={[
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{ title: "⚡⚡⚡ BZZZT ⚡⚡⚡", src: s("bzzt") },
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{ title: "⚡⚡⚡ BZZZT ⚡⚡⚡", src: s("bzzt2") },
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]}
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/>
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It was pretty dramatic. The 80A whole-house-fuse blew. Rob is pretty annoyed with the unit manufacturers for having such a dangerous hinge design. Especially as the dangerous tabs are right next to captive screws that are blunted to avoid this sort of issue.
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Simon then installed some new pipes for the radiators, then up went some plasterboard. After that we had Dan the Plasterer over for a few days to cover up the awful textured paint and fill in all the holes left by the kitchen uninstall.
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<Cards images={[
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{title: "Some pipes", src: s("dining_pipes.jpg")},
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{title: "Some plasterboard", src: s("dining_plasterboardshapes.jpg")},
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{title: "Getting a bit plastered", src: s("dining_plasteredhalf.jpg")},
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{title: "Completely plastered", src: s("dining_plastered.jpg")},
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{title: "Plastered all over the walls", src: s("dining_plastered2.jpg")},
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]} />
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<Cards
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images={[
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{ title: "Some pipes", src: s("dining_pipes") },
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{ title: "Some plasterboard", src: s("dining_plasterboardshapes") },
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{ title: "Getting a bit plastered", src: s("dining_plasteredhalf") },
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{ title: "Completely plastered", src: s("dining_plastered") },
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{ title: "Plastered all over the walls", src: s("dining_plastered2") },
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]}
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/>
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We can really see this room coming together after the plastering. It will soon be painted dark green to match the hallway, and should become a really cosy room. Looking forward to some dinner parties!
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For those of you that haven't seen, or can't remember, what our guest bathroom looked like, here's a refresher
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<Solocard title="So refreshing" src={s("guest_bathroom_before.jpg")} />
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<Solocard title="So refreshing" src={s("guest_bathroom_before")} />
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Will had so much fun stripping woodchip wallpaper that he was thrilled to find the bathroom covered with more of the same, but even more annoying because it was covered with a shinier bathroom paint. Some of this can be left behind the stud wall instead of removed. Stud walls to the rescue again!
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<Cards images={[
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{title: "Bringing down the ceiling", src: s("bathroom_ceilidhstuds.jpg")},
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{title: "Studwork for shower and toilet wall", src: s("bathroom_studs.jpg")},
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]} />
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<Cards
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images={[
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{ title: "Bringing down the ceiling", src: s("bathroom_ceilidhstuds") },
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{
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title: "Studwork for shower and toilet wall",
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src: s("bathroom_studs"),
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},
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]}
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/>
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I don't think we've yet shared the design for the top floor bathroom on here. The main idea is that the shower will be at the back, and the toilet and sink on the wall in a line.
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<Cards images={[
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{title: "Floorplan", src: s("bathroom_plan2.jpg")},
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{title: "Design", src: s("bathroom_plan1.jpg")},
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{title: "Materials moodboard", src: s("bathroom_moodboard.jpg")},
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]} />
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<Cards
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images={[
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{ title: "Floorplan", src: s("bathroom_plan2") },
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{ title: "Design", src: s("bathroom_plan1") },
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{ title: "Materials moodboard", src: s("bathroom_moodboard") },
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]}
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/>
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There have been quite a few discussions on how far the raised platform comes out from the back wall. In the original design (above) it just encompasses the shower. But given Nikki's abhorrence of shower doors we decided to pull the platform all the way out to include the toilet as well, so that any extra water splashing from the shower could flow back in.
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We offer our unreserved apologies for the slight down-time of the Nozzy House News website - which we are sure was noticed by everybody.
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<Callout type="warning" title="⚠️🛎️ Public Service Announcement 🛎️⚠️">
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Backups are important!
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Backups are important!
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</Callout>
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## 🍏 Apples 🍏
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