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Just thought I’d conclude this thread with a photo of the finished Tiny Toilet. It’s petite but perfectly usable. The louvre doors were reused from the space’s former life as a cupboard and disguise the toilet’s presence nicely when shut. PS the pallet wood shelves were at the Boss’s request...

From the Lidl website: “Warranty Returns: Defective non-food products with a 3 year warranty can be returned to the store for full refund with receipt or store credit at the lowest selling price without receipt.”

Simply having a van and some basic carpentry/diy skills is a head start. Round our way builders don’t want to do minor jobs so a ‘handyman’ can fill in. Advertise on your local FB town or village group etc. Likewise try ‘man and van’ stuff. Good luck.

I i think they are paying more than their share: they haven’t benefitted from huge rises in property values, as we in in the postwar generation have. Instead many can barely afford to buy or even rent a home. They won’t again unlike many of us be retiring on salary based pensions. Indeed...

Ditto - very helpful. And when we flooded, five years after our initial order they were able to dig out our order and re-price with any necessary changes because of production mods and our revised layout. They were still cheaper than Howdens as far as I can tell. I wish I’d taken the cash from...

Our ground floor was flooded in Storm Babet and the insurance repairers said they would only use Howdens to replace our previous DIY Kitchens units which I fitted. Personally I don’t think Howdens stuff is a patch on it. The fitter was sloppy which didn’t help at all but, for example, misaligned...

Don’t know if it’s of any relevance but like most canal boats and camper vans we have separate starter and leisure 12v circuits (basically so you don’t flatten your start battery by over-using domestic stuff - you can’t bump start a boat) with a split charge relay. Ours also has an emergency...

I would still log it with the DVSA. it was a dangerous incident and the only way the DVSA know about the prevalence of such things is if they are told.

I imagine you’ve seen this but if not (from govt website): Report a serious safety defect If you find a serious defect that affects the safety of your vehicle, one of its parts, or an accessory, report it to the manufacturer immediately. Tell the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) if...

Exactly what our idiots did. I took the kickboard off and shoved my phone camera under to get a picture looking up the back of the unit. Took a few shots (using flash) but got the basic pipe location. Cut small panel out in safe spot with drill and multi tool, then gradually enlarged. Worked...

Perhaps more tricky is that you also become responsible for it having a valid MoT. (Unless it is a ‘classic car’ - eg over 40 years old - in which case it will likely not need either MoT or VED)

A wonderful read - you should turn your bucket list adventures into a book.

In a 40+ year career testing cars as a motoring journalist top of my fun list was a Peugeot 205GTI. I had a year of great driving with a long term test one … that ended when the photographer sent to snap it for the feature rolled it into a ditch. And number two was a Ferrari F40. PS since...

Ventoux is my remaining bucket list ride - if I can find low enough gears to drag my aged body up there!

Chapeau! I know of PBP but I had to look up HBKH. I’ve done easy paced LEJOG and East-West tours but my introduction to Audax at a ‘mere’ 200km was tough enough. The solution of course is ‘new bike time’.

I’m leaning towards a tiny toilet in the redundant cupboard space. Drain connection is the only complication - the nearby gulley type drain for kitchen wastes will have to be dug out and re-made.

With a wife, four daughters and five grand daughters believe me there is little that I don’t know about this and other female topics. But at age 75 I think the missus has decided it’s time for more civilised options than squatting behind the garden shed or peeing in a bucket.

Looks neat but how do you get on with leaning over the toilet to hand wash?

The main driver for the downstairs toilet is Mrs G2 who suffers with her knees (from gardening!) and has clearly a bit more issues peeing in my the garden. We don’t have stinging nettles but we do have neighbours.

The biggest convenience our house lacks is a downstairs toilet. It’s very inconvenient having to go go upstairs to have a pee after gardening or dog walking. Enough of the puns - it’s very hard to find the space to put one in a cost effective way (eg close to drains and water). One option is to...