Room to Improve.

secman

Why did nobody here or more importantly the design team and clients not mention the orange wavin soil pipe in the living room . Thought I was seeing things ladt night, a real elephant in the room situation.

freshpopcorn

secman wrote: »

Why did nobody here or more importantly the design team and clients not mention the orange wavin soil pipe in the living room . Thought I was seeing things ladt night, a real elephant in the room situation.

It would be great for wrapping tinsel around at Christmas!

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secman wrote: »

Why did nobody here or more importantly the design team and clients not mention the orange wavin soil pipe in the living room . Thought I was seeing things ladt night, a real elephant in the room situation.

That's gas, missed that but I was only half watching. I get the feeling that many aspects of the house weren't finished, we didn't get to see much of it.

matrim

liam7831 wrote: »

Do people not understand it's staged lack of communication to make programme more interesting, remember it's a tv show, can't believe people fall for this

Everyone I know who has built a house / had a large renovation has had some kind of mis-communication happen. I agree that it's blown up / made more dramatic for TV but I do think that these things do happen. For example, the frosted window thing was probably genuine. But the part of getting them together to discuss it on the building site was probably staged.

damienirel

secman wrote: »

Why did nobody here or more importantly the design team and clients not mention the orange wavin soil pipe in the living room . Thought I was seeing things ladt night, a real elephant in the room situation.

I don't think that was a wavin, I was watching on a 50inch in hd and it didn't look like a waste pipe as it wasn't shiny enough to be a waste pipe, which brings me to the horrible conclusion that it was a pillar painted a terracotta colour - why oh god why?:eek:

TheChizler

I'm pretty sure it was a pillar, you could see it when they were assembling the steel beams for the new extension.

secman

There was a big discussion about the stove and where it was to be positioned, but not a meeting whatsoever about the orange soil pipe in the room in front of the window. When we the viewers saw it , Dermot and the woman were standing with their back to window admiring the room, the orange soil pipe was right behind them , dead centre of them...... not a mention of it . Unbelievable elephant in the room situation. Mind you , my OH didn't see it either, definitely there though.

secman

TheChizler wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it was a pillar, you could see it when they were assembling the steel beams for the new extension.

If it was a pillar, why paint it that orange/ terracotta colour, definitely looked like a soil pipe

damienirel

secman wrote: »

If it was a pillar, why paint it that orange/ terracotta colour, definitely looked like a soil pipe

Errr that was my point? it wasn't a waste pipe - first it was too narrow to be one and it didn't have a glossy finish. Why on earth you would paint it such a brutal colour beats me?

damienirel

Also guessing building regs. wouldn't allow a bare soil pipe run down in the middle of a open plan room. Great sound/smell effects every time you flush etc.

lawred2

looked like a sh!te pipe to me

damienirel

lawred2 wrote: »

looked like a sh!te pipe to me

Clean the sh!te out of your eyes!:D

Eyepatch

They wanted to be able to see the garden while watching TV at the same time. Puttng the stove in the middle of the glass wall seems ridiculous. Bit of a disaster, IMO.

I'm watching it for the 2nd time - and sure, the orange pillar (soil-pipe?) is much in evidence. LOL!

Love the overall design. The setting/site is wonderful. A great result in the end! Wishing the lucky family long life and happiness in their lovely home. Well done, Dermot and all concerned!

freshpopcorn

Nest weeks episode.

A teacher plans to move into her grandparents' old 19th-century farmhouse in Co Meath before her wedding. Dermot Bannon discovers the property is outdated, cold and cramped, and begins making plans for a single storey extension. However, costs soon escalate as major problems are discovered with the drains and septic tank

Quazzie

An insistence by Dermot for all properties to have a Survey of the site carried out before he makes his plans would turn this program into a series of 15 minute specials.

arkrow

Still don't get how she didn't know she could see the sea from the window, was it her house at all?

damienirel

arkrow wrote: »

Still don't get how she didn't know she could see the sea from the window, was it her house at all?

Fairly simple it was a roof light window - hard to see out of at the best of times and factor in the window was taller than her - i.e she needed a step to see out of it - and voila - never knew view of sea existed in fairness it was far away but a view nonetheless.

Red Kev

arkrow wrote: »

Still don't get how she didn't know she could see the sea from the window, was it her house at all?

Because it's a Velux sky light up high in the roof. They had to climb up to see out. You wouldn't normally climb on furniture to look out a window. Also not a proper sea view as you saw a bit of Bull Island over the rooftops of some houses.

I wouldn't regard it as a proper sea view. I think I know the road it's on and you'd never think you were near the sea there.

youcancallmeal

Hate the way they never talk about heating and energy efficiency. Unless those big bay windows are triple glazed would it not be a very hard house to heat? At the start of the episode she even said it was a very cold house but then we never heard any mention about the heating after that?

lawred2

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Hate the way they never talk about heating and energy efficiency. Unless those big bay windows are triple glazed would it not be a very hard house to heat? At the start of the episode she even said it was a very cold house but then we never heard any mention about the heating after that?

too much time spent on the people themselves... it's going away from a build and design programme to just another 'reality' biopic show.

recipio

Quazzie wrote: »

An insistence by Dermot for all properties to have a Survey of the site carried out before he makes his plans would turn this program into a series of 15 minute specials.

You mean they would pick up things like the sewer pipe problem a few episodes back ?

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Hate the way they never talk about heating and energy efficiency. Unless those big bay windows are triple glazed would it not be a very hard house to heat? At the start of the episode she even said it was a very cold house but then we never heard any mention about the heating after that?

Very good point. Despite the big budgets no one seems to be bothered about energy costs - unlike Grand Designs which always seems to have an alternative energy solution one way or another.

freshpopcorn

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Hate the way they never talk about heating and energy efficiency. Unless those big bay windows are triple glazed would it not be a very hard house to heat? At the start of the episode she even said it was a very cold house but then we never heard any mention about the heating after that?

I know somebody who bought a 1980's bungalow that was very cold and hard to heat. We used call it the baked Alaska.
They went off and did the Room to Improve style extension and apart from a few twigs at the start due to a builders fault with insulation their were no issues with heating. Once you buy good windows and make sure you've insulated properly and you have proper heaters installed for the size on room it should be easy enough to heat.
(the majority of those big sliding windows are triple glazed.)

OwaynOTT

Hate the way they never utilise straw bales in the builds.

Radio5

lawred2 wrote: »

too much time spent on the people themselves... it's going away from a build and design programme to just another 'reality' biopic show.

I noticed that in this series in particular , they seem to spend more time on the family than in older episodes.

One thing I'm not mad about is timber decking. I know this couple wanted it but from my experience of it, I wouldn't be too keen on it.

It is probably different on the east coast where there is less rain but here in the West, I have 2 friends who have got rid of timber decking as it was damp and therefore quite slippy for most of the year. They went back to the traditional patios and are quite happy with them.

youcancallmeal

Radio5 wrote: »

I noticed that in this series in particular , they seem to spend more time on the family than in older episodes.

One thing I'm not mad about is timber decking. I know this couple wanted it but from my experience of it, I wouldn't be too keen on it.

It is probably different on the east coast where there is less rain but here in the West, I have 2 friends who have got rid of timber decking as it was damp and therefore quite slippy for most of the year. They went back to the traditional patios and are quite happy with them.

It could be composite which is a lot less slippy than traditional timber when wet

TheChizler

youcancallmeal wrote: »

It could be composite which is a lot less slippy than traditional timber when wet

They reused the old wooden decking didn't they?

Sunny Dayz

TheChizler wrote: »

They reused the old wooden decking didn't they?

I think that was only for the raised seating area.

FAILSAFE 00

lawred2 wrote: »

too much time spent on the people themselves... it's going away from a build and design programme to just another 'reality' biopic show.

Actually its very little time spent out of a 50 minute episode. I think the people are just as important as the build itself.

Colser

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

Actually its very little time spent out of a 50 minute episode. I think the people are just as important as the build itself.

I love hearing about the people but it seems to be repetitious in that it's the same info over and over eg the utility room or the parents that owned the house...also we don't seem to be seeing much of the houses when they're finished which defeats the purpose..I love the show but this series seems lacking somehow imo.

Penn

Radio5 wrote: »

I noticed that in this series in particular , they seem to spend more time on the family than in older episodes.

Agreed. Some of it is okay, but some of it is just bullsh*t. The one with the brussel sprout farmer where Dermot met him in his field outside Swords at the start, then they went to the house in Rush. Then Dermot checking out his factory afterwards, and on a boat with him...

Given his lack of building experience it would have been far more interesting to see how he did more of that and the challenges he faced doing that than counting bags of brussel sprouts.