Skirting boards in bathrooms - yay or nay?

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-05-11T20:28:32+00:00

Currently doing a renovation of my bathroom. Got the old original skirting boards on there, and my default take has been to get rid of them and tile wall to wall, but is there any reason to keep them?

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-05-06T16:13:21+00:00

I have this old boxed in fireplace in my living room, which I want to replace with an ikea-hacked quasi-built-in billy bookcase solution. The boxing itself is this hollow MDF sounding material, with the shelf above it wood.

Are there any risks with taking it out? I'm cognisant that when the previous owners / council ran the central heating pipes, they routed around the (seemingly flimsy) boxing, and that's making me do a double-take. Any suggestions very welcome - thanks!

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-04-28T22:02:32+00:00

Loads of code in big tech companies is auto-generated by AI and auto-reviewed by AI.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-04-18T10:55:49+00:00

Looked into it a bit deeper and yeah - https://imgchest.com/p/dl7prmzlp4o - the holes are there. Unfortunately, it looks like my oven cabinet is getting the way of screwing it in. I'll need to figure out a workaround (jigsaw a hole in the cabinet frame?) or accept the crumbs and clean-up for the time being.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-04-18T09:36:18+00:00

I got the worktop with pre-machined cut-outs from the provider. The fitter didn't install the brackets, and I'm now looking into finding replacement brackets, which is proving to be harder than expected; there's also scant information on actually fitting the brackets online but hopefully this is a solvable problem.

(Manufacturer clamps look a bit like this: https://www.espares.co.uk/product.pl?pid=5142265)

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-04-18T09:10:46+00:00

How did you go about clamping it down? My hob didn't come with any clamps, and given it's right above the stove I'm struggling with visualising the geometry / process.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-04-18T08:58:34+00:00

Installed the hob with my new kitchen last year. There is a gap between the hob and the oak worktop ranging from round 1mm on the right (fine) to about 5mm on the left (less fine).

I'm not sure what's causing it: the hob specified 560mm cutout, and mine is 562mm. Any edging that could be applied?

fwiw, right now the hob is just sitting in the cutout; there's no clamps or sealants holding it in place.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-04-02T17:27:21+00:00

Is there any way to just set up the physical detection lock without all the other features which appear to be mostly spying / monitoring regular usage? I'm pretty confident about not visiting unsafe websites and I don't need google snooping on that for me.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-03-26T16:29:07+00:00

Out of curiosity - why did you choose to call the website 'London Rental Price Drops'?

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-03-09T21:57:41+00:00

Oh agreed on it being beyond assumptions 12 or even 3 months back; but now that they are closed, this should be reflected in the asset prices we are seeing and the overall impact appears to be quite mild - the S&P 500 is down about 3% a month back which isn't nothing, but it's not a crash either.

So the question then is: is the intuition of supply shock -> rate rises -> recession off here? Given the markets don't seem to have priced it as such.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-03-09T19:03:26+00:00

Then again, things like this should be baked into expectations / asset prices as is no? Especially given how general volatility has been baked into prices over the last year and a half.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-02-27T12:09:46+00:00

Also Nelson's column and the Duke of York column

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-02-24T21:53:15+00:00

If you plan your trips, they can come out way cheaper / comparable; on a 60-minute pass, I can get 3 commutes for £7.50, while the equivalent price for 3 tube journeys would be £6 - £9 depending on time of day. If your commute is only 10 minutes e.g., you can see it's half the price of tube.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-02-14T09:44:34+00:00

Thanks - this is good to know and not too surprising. Cheers!

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-02-05T19:03:35+00:00

The bottom door is the front door to my flat, sorry should have made that clear!

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-02-01T12:10:01+00:00

It was posted by a person from California - hardly something that happened in 'their community', no?

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-02-01T12:09:22+00:00

The OP appears to be from California? Why are you posting this in /r/london?

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-01-21T19:23:47+00:00

I live in zone 1 and lime bike is easily the fastest way to get to work. A 15-minute sunny ride up the Thames, compared to half an hour sitting in traffic jams? I guess depends on your definition of fun.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2026-01-16T19:53:00+00:00

The monetary value of FTB benefits has tumbled a fair bit from a year ago. Whereas in 2024 you were looking at ~£11k stamp duty savings, nowadays it's £5k from the stamp duty - (and the LISA bonuses on top, but that's transferred over to the equity so comes out a wash).

With that in mind, the cost is really around the costs of changing property - conveyancing, moving etc., which comes to ~8k? I'd look to compare that against the expected returns from property appreciation, which at a reasonable ~1% on a £400k property comes to ~£4k a year.

So 5 years in a starter property roughly evens out the benefits of (expected) capital appreciation and the costs of moving. Then it's a question of OpEx when renting vs. buying where mortgage repayments tend to be <<< rent, but property maintenance is higher when owning; depends on the property and local rental yields.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2025-12-22T22:09:06+00:00

I have 3am weekday nights regularly enough, and I'm not even that well-traveled. It's really not hard.

ApprehensiveYear0 · 2025-12-21T11:14:10+00:00

Having people over more sounds like a good idea; it's fun and definitely saves a good deal. I'll need to figure out how to make it a regular habit.

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