Projects At Home During Lockdown

**TheDemonLord** · 18th May 2022, 16:41

So this was what the Finished Kitchen install looks like - as you can tell, We like Black. The Blackest Black.

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Which includes a Black Tap and a Black sink

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We got the outside door Bricked up

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And finally, after tens of thousands of dollars, hours of swearing, several pulled muscles, one 'Oh shit Help!' call to the Builder, Sparkies having to cancel an Invoice cause it was their fuckup that caused it and the Glaziers turning up to install the Splashback (which needed a bottle jack and some wooden blocks to 'persuade' the cabinetry just enough apart to allow it to fit....

Ta Daaaaaa:

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There's a few things we are waiting on completing (there's some holes in the GIB where power points were and were removed) and some sealing around the place and some scotias up top (to hide my shitty GIB joins...) but you only notice if you know where to look and look really hard.

I'm happy with the extra space and the new Oven is awesome.

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Something else that you may find interesting - we pretty much replaced all our Whiteware with Blackware (no, litterally - all our appliances went from White to Black \m/) and I've noticed in our Power bill, that we are using approximately 20% less energy than the same time last year, which was something I hadn't factored, but it's quite nice to not pay as much in Power.

**george formby** · 18th May 2022, 17:03

Originally Posted by TheDemonLord

Something else that you may find interesting - we pretty much replaced all our Whiteware with Blackware (no, litterally - all our appliances went from White to Black \m/) and I've noticed in our Power bill, that we are using approximately 20% less energy than the same time last year, which was something I hadn't factored, but it's quite nice to not pay as much in Power.

Nice job. Again it seems parallel lives. I'm in the middle of doing up a kitchen, bathroom and laundry. Was looking at using benchtop paint until we can totally rip out and replace the kitchen. This stuff - https://www.gianigranitepaint.co.nz/

I'm guessing after your current experience that you're part of the black appliances matter movement?

Burnt orange and brown corduroy fan meself.

Oh, whats the coating for the inside of the sink? Might work on my exhaust headers.

**TheDemonLord** · 18th May 2022, 17:07

Originally Posted by george formby

Nice job. Again it seems parallel lives. I'm in the middle of doing up a kitchen, bathroom and laundry. Was looking at using benchtop paint until we can totally rip out and replace the kitchen. This stuff - https://www.gianigranitepaint.co.nz/

I'm guessing after your current experience that you're part of the black appliances matter movement?

Burnt orange and brown corduroy fan meself.

Oh, whats the coating for the inside of the sink? Might work on my exhaust headers.

The sink is a Granite sink - no idea what coating it has - and yes, Black Appliances matter

Good luck with the paint

**sugilite:Me** · 18th May 2022, 17:10

So the skull in the last photo - is that what remains of the electrician that fucked up?

**TheDemonLord** · 18th May 2022, 17:45

Originally Posted by sugilite

So the skull in the last photo - is that what remains of the electrician that fucked up?

Nah, it's where we keep Cookies.

**caseye** · 19th May 2022, 15:00

Originally Posted by TheDemonLord

Nah, it's where we keep Cookies.

Note, theres nothing to say you're not keeping cookies in a past electriaians skull, though???
Looks good Demon, well done.

**george formby** · 19th May 2022, 17:05

Originally Posted by caseye

Note, theres nothing to say you're not keeping cookies in a past electriaians skull, though???
Looks good Demon, well done.

So, you could say that the electrician has shrugged off this mortal coil.

Wonder if he was called Yoric, but could have been a poor lass?

**wetanz** · 14th June 2022, 14:25

Originally Posted by george formby

Wonder if he was called Yoric, but could have been a poor lass?

'Alas, poor Yoricka! I knew her, Horatio; a lass of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; she hath borne me on her back a thousand times; ... '

def. morphologically female but also plastic enough to be a gender bender

**TheDemonLord** · 16th October 2022, 12:09

Bump! So it's gonna be time to revisit this as GIB is once again available and in-stock! DIY Gods be praised!

This means it's gonna be time to rip out the GIB upstairs that I repaired and repainted and then cracked when one of the recent Earthquakes rumbled (Yes, I am still salty as fuck about that) - First is gonna be the upstairs Master bedroom (so that we can finish off our Sex Dungeon...) then after that it's gonna be the downstairs living room, then it's gonna be the 2 kids rooms.

There will be one more bedroom after that to do, but currently it's my Mancave and has a Drumkit and other stuff in there - which I CBF moving.

Realistically, this will keep me out of trouble (Bets, Gentlemen please?) for the next year at the rate of DIY I'm going.

**pete376403** · 16th October 2022, 15:09

Originally Posted by TheDemonLord

Bump! So it's gonna be time to revisit this as GIB is once again available and in-stock! DIY Gods be praised!

This means it's gonna be time to rip out the GIB upstairs that I repaired and repainted and then cracked when one of the recent Earthquakes rumbled (Yes, I am still salty as fuck about that) - First is gonna be the upstairs Master bedroom (so that we can finish off our Sex Dungeon...) then after that it's gonna be the downstairs living room, then it's gonna be the 2 kids rooms.

There will be one more bedroom after that to do, but currently it's my Mancave and has a Drumkit and other stuff in there - which I CBF moving.

Realistically, this will keep me out of trouble (Bets, Gentlemen please?) for the next year at the rate of DIY I'm going.

Wondering why you capitalise the abbreviation for Gibraltar Board?

**F5 Dave** · 16th October 2022, 16:43

What surprises me is that you can string together a thread that makes you seem likable and funny.

Why don't you try keeping out of the political threads and post more on riding bikes and this sort of thing? It will do your sense of worth wonders and make you happier. Heck I might even take you off ignore.
Might.

**Berries** · 16th October 2022, 18:30

Sounds like a builder to me.

Scum of the Earth.

**TheDemonLord** · 18th October 2022, 11:14

Originally Posted by pete376403

Wondering why you capitalise the abbreviation for Gibraltar Board?

Honestly - a Bad habit, my penchant for random word capitalization is well know.

**TheDemonLord** · 18th October 2022, 11:17

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

What surprises me is that you can string together a thread that makes you seem likable and funny.

Aren't we Humans such curious creatures...

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Why don't you try keeping out of the political threads and post more on riding bikes and this sort of thing?

I post in Politics threads because Politics (especially of late) has had a habit of making my life worse, in multiple different ways.

Believe me, I would love nothing more than for Politicians, of all stripes and flavours to stop trying to engineer the perfect society and limit themselves to public infrastructure, Law and Order (bounded to Natural Rights), Education and Health Care.

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

It will do your sense of worth wonders and make you happier. Heck I might even take you off ignore.
Might.

I mean, admission is free and you do seem curiously up-to-date with my postings - the choice, as for everyone, is yours.