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Today I did something in the house...
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The Ikea worktop came in measurements 186cm wide 63.5cm deep & 2.8cm thick,
the size I required was 80cm Wide & 55cm deep,
i had planned on cutting this myself using a hand saw which was the only power saw I have in my inventory aswell as a T-Square from Mr.Price,
but it just so happened that we had a professional carpenter here yesterday and Thursday fitting some door frames, doors and floors, so I asked if he wouldn't mind cutting the sheet to size for me which was a great load of stress from my mind.
The end results look very professional, practical and timeless with the matt black and stainless steel.
Purchased the 60L waste bin from "Homestore & more" for 99.00 euro
https://www.homestoreandmore.ie/bins-liners/double-recycling-bin-60l/042329.html
again the Ikea Shopping List was:
UTBY Leg Item: 201.175.51
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/utby-leg-stainless-steel-20117551/
EKBACKEN Worktop Item: 004.090.13
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/ekbacken-worktop-matt-anthracite-laminate-00409013/
FIXA Worktop support fitting Item: 702.746.28
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/fixa-worktop-support-fitting-galvanised-70274628/
Purchased two of those Picture Ledge above.
MOSSLANDA Picture Ledge Item: 202.917.67
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/mosslanda-picture-ledge-black-20291767/
Purchased two of those Picture Ledge above.
FIXA 260 Piece Screw & Plug set Item: 001.692.49
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/fixa-260-piece-screw-and-plug-set-00169249/
PERSILLADE Plant Pot Item: 003.157.26
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/persillade-plant-pot-dark-grey-00315726/
CHIAFRON Plant Pot Item: 004.833.62
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/chiafroen-plant-pot-in-outdoor-light-blue-00483362/
FEJKA Artificial Potted Plant Item: 704.668.11
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/fejka-artificial-potted-plant-in-outdoor-hanging-eucalyptus-70466811/
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FEJKA Artificial Potted Plant Item: 403.495.31
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/fejka-artificial-potted-plant-in-outdoor-hanging-40349531/
also
SJALSLIGT Set of 3 Cactus decoration Item: 003.432.82
https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/sjaelsligt-decoration-set-of-3-green-00343282/
Loads more detailed pictures on the previous page of this thread, hope you enjoyed reading and it may inspire others to make the most out of some free space
thanks.
Such a neat job, great use of a corner.
Could I ask how you about the distribution board your have in the attic, your definitely a bit more confident than me but I'm fine laying cabel etc, how does it work for servicing if you have someone out? Did you install everything up there yourself? It's a clever use of space and so easy to see where your cabelling is.0 -
am_zarathustra wrote: »Such a neat job, great use of a corner.
Could I ask how you about the distribution board your have in the attic, your definitely a bit more confident than me but I'm fine laying cabel etc, how does it work for servicing if you have someone out? Did you install everything up there yourself? It's a clever use of space and so easy to see where your cabelling is.
Thanks very much,
I installed the panel myself, just two square strips of wood running down both sides of the MDF panel purchased from woodies then fitted everything to it; on the kitchen table back in 2019 followed by lifting it up to the attic for fixing to the wall,
I got an independent TV aerial & sattelite installer in to change the LNB on my sattelite dish to an "octo LNB" octo as in octopus where it provides 8 feeds,
So I had a roll of webro wf100 twinsat also known as shotgun cable,
Had the installer fit the octo LNB and feed in four lengths of that cable from the sattelite dish on the chimney in to the attic via the facia vents under the gutter on the roof,
I then fitted a plate in the attic panel to terminate these cables, then ran feeds to each room from that panel,
Regards sky; they generally won't enter your attic space these days without a cash payment, so they will be happy enough to see a wall plate or cable where they just fit the viewing box,
If fitting today I wouldn't get an "octo LNB" anymore as there sort of old now, what you would be best fitting is a "Hybrid LNB" where you would have two feeds for SkyQ and four feeds for regular sattelite boxes,
Standard skyQ LNB blocks the use of other sattelite boxes where the hybrid LNB doesn't,
All items available from freetv.ie
Moving on to virgin media then; there installer's are generally more flexible than sky, there installer's fitted there box directly on to the panel in my attic and admired my install which was nice.
The cables then feeding out from the panel;
I've fitted some 50mm trunking along both sides of the apex as saw in image below:
I've cut side sections out of it where cables exit off, the cables then go under the insulation and in to the rooms either down through the ceiling in to floating box shelves or inside the partition walls to exit at the rear of the television.
The Orange & black box on the panel then is an Edison HDMi modulator which takes in a HDMI feed then broadcasts it via coaxial cable to appear on all connected televisions along side the regular saoirview channels,
So you can have a CCTV DVR hidden in your attic which can be viewed on all televisions with the cameras fitted on the facia sofit outside,
I've fitted another Edison HDMi modulator in the living room to share a blue-ray player throughout the house.
I've chosen to fit three Lan routers, one for each bedroom making it easy to ground the kids by removing one cable in the living room I can stop there internet, but in a normal install one large say 24 port Lan would do perfectly fine.
Here's the floating shelves in the bedrooms connected to the televisions, I've got sky DRX595c boxes with UK sky cards fitted which are not affected by the Brexit channel restrictions and don't cost anything after purchase, they were 12 euro each for the cards and the boxes varied from 20-45 euro on eBay at the time.
Any further questions feel free to message me and thanks for your time.
Television's are plugged in to digital time clocks in the attic which switch off the power to televisions at 20:00 until 16:00 Sunday-friday and 21:00-06:00 Friday-sunday when there's no school or homework.0 -
Thanks very much,
I installed the panel myself, just two square strips of wood running down both sides of the MDF panel purchased from woodies then fitted everything to it; on the kitchen table back in 2019 followed by lifting it up to the attic for fixing to the wall,
I got an independent TV aerial & sattelite installer in to change the LNB on my sattelite dish to an "octo LNB" octo as in octopus where it provides 8 feeds,
So I had a roll of webro wf100 twinsat also known as shotgun cable,
Had the installer fit the octo LNB and feed in four lengths of that cable from the sattelite dish on the chimney in to the attic via the facia vents under the gutter on the roof,
I then fitted a plate in the attic panel to terminate these cables, then ran feeds to each room from that panel,
Regards sky; they generally won't enter your attic space these days without a cash payment, so they will be happy enough to see a wall plate or cable where they just fit the viewing box,
If fitting today I wouldn't get an "octo LNB" anymore as there sort of old now, what you would be best fitting is a "Hybrid LNB" where you would have two feeds for SkyQ and four feeds for regular sattelite boxes,
Standard skyQ LNB blocks the use of other sattelite boxes where the hybrid LNB doesn't,
All items available from freetv.ie
Moving on to virgin media then; there installer's are generally more flexible than sky, there installer's fitted there box directly on to the panel in my attic and admired my install which was nice.
The cables then feeding out from the panel;
I've fitted some 50mm trunking along both sides of the apex as saw in image below:
I've cut side sections out of it where cables exit off, the cables then go under the insulation and in to the rooms either down through the ceiling in to floating box shelves or inside the partition walls to exit at the rear of the television.
The Orange & black box on the panel then is an Edison HDMi modulator which takes in a HDMI feed then broadcasts it via coaxial cable to appear on all connected televisions along side the regular saoirview channels,
So you can have a CCTV DVR hidden in your attic which can be viewed on all televisions with the cameras fitted on the facia sofit outside,
I've fitted another Edison HDMi modulator in the living room to share a blue-ray player throughout the house.
I've chosen to fit three Lan routers, one for each bedroom making it easy to ground the kids by removing one cable in the living room I can stop there internet, but in a normal install one large say 24 port Lan would do perfectly fine.
Here's the floating shelves in the bedrooms connected to the televisions, I've got sky DRX595c boxes with UK sky cards fitted which are not affected by the Brexit channel restrictions and don't cost anything after purchase, they were 12 euro each for the cards and the boxes varied from 20-45 euro on eBay at the time.
Any further questions feel free to message me and thanks for your time.
Television's are plugged in to digital time clocks in the attic which switch off the power to televisions at 20:00 until 16:00 Sunday-friday and 21:00-06:00 Friday-sunday when there's no school or homework.
Thanks so much for this, I'm just about to move into a new house and am trying to come plan as best I can from the start while we have electricians ECT in doing other jobs. This is a great idea, always good to get advice from someone who's done it! Brilliant you can control the internet access so specifically0 -
I do like overcoming a third world problem which exists with modern outdoor technology,
Perhaps I should patient this one and sell them as a kit,
Modern outdoor floodlights are LED and I'm sure we can all agree they really are fantastic nice white light,
But when they stop working; you have to replace the entire unit; unlike the halogen version where you could replace the bulb,
And if you can't find a replacement which has a similar bracket to your existing unit; then your poor walls could see some extra holes being drilled; which is something I absolutely hate doing; is drilling holes in the exterior walls of my home unless they are absolutely essential and well thought out.
So to summerise; here's my original 1200w LED flood light which I bought from China through eBay for 35 euro and fitted four years ago; lasted until recently and was fitted with two 12mm wall bolts.
Now; the replacement 50w LED floodlight has a slimmer bracket and it takes two 8mm bolts; unfortunately the bracket isint wide enough to drill out the 8mm holes to 12mm there simply isint enough bracket; plus the bracket doesn't span as wide as the original in order to meet both 12mm bolts,
A right pain altogether;
So this got me thinking; as there was absolutely no way; I was drilling holes in the outside wall again,
I got some unibar from the maintenance workshop in work along with some end caps and spring inserts to take two 8mm bolts,
These bolt holes can slide along the rail to accommodate any formation of bracket in the future or be changed to a bigger diameter socket if required,
Bolted this to the wall using the two existing 12mm bolts,
Then fitted the replacement flood light to it, completely future proof
The bracket is straight; the joint box is not straight but not as noticeable when the light is positioned correctly,
I'm very happy with this, didn't have a pliers today; to shorten the cable down and refit, but I'll get back to that this weekend, main thing is that it's up and operating,0
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