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Entries Tagged as 'Bathroom'

Bathroom Walls

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

When we had to rebuild our bathroom we actually had to pretty much rebuild all of the internal and external bathroom walls. Two of the walls had the frames rebuilt or reinforced, while the sheeting on one of the sides was left intact. The other two bathroom walls were completely removed and the frame and [...]

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Our Hot Water Tank Is Too Small - 125L

August 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Since getting our new bathtub and actually being able to have deep baths we have discovered that we never have enough water . The reason for that is that our hot water system is a electric storage type and it’s only 125L!
According to this hot water usage chart 125L on the off-peak electrical tariff, which [...]

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Bathroom Taps, Faucet and Mixer

August 25th, 2007 · No Comments

In choosing our new bathroom taps we actually decided to choose to get mixers, instead of individual taps. Our builder actually reckons that mixers require less maintenance, last longer and generally work better than separate taps do. Tamara and I personally think that they look better as well.
Our vanity mixer looks good and is working [...]

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Choosing our New Bathroom Vanity and Basin

August 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Part of the fun of our bathroom renovation was choosing a new vanity and basin. It was quite the experience again because like with our bathroom wall and floor tiles we only had an hour or so do it, it had to come from one store and it had to be in stock.
Again Tamara and [...]

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