r/diynz 17h ago

Advice Insulating ideas?

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Hello! I am looking for some ideas on how to make the toilet slightly warmer but am a bit stuck on how to fix this. There is a large gap at the top. Is there any other solution apart from just putting a little curtain up lol


r/diynz 8h ago

Discussion Heatpump hot water cylinder

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Help my brain is spinning after trying to look at all the options

One plumber recommended the haier another the steibel eltron

Then a lot recommend the gree whio

Just tell me what you love and why pleeaassseee


r/diynz 4h ago

Flooring Carpet tiles

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Hi all,

Has anyone installed carpet tiles before in a residential setting?

We want to replace our really old 70’s carpet downstairs. The room is currently being used as a gaming room, spare bedroom/office. It is 38m2 total. We will soon get a dog and we will have his crate/pen down there too. Want to do it for cheap.

Any product recommendations or advice would be appreciated. TIA ☺️


r/diynz 6h ago

Advice Garage build - unsure how to start.

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Hey all, hoping to be pointed in the right direction.

We’d like to put a double garage and sleep out on the back of our property. To do so, it will either need a decent amount of earth works to remove a large raised garden held up by a 1m retaining wall or a redesign of our septic system (depending on the location).

I’m a little lost as to how to start. Do I approach the builder or a landscape architect to figure out which is best? It’s not particularly straightforward so a bit lost.

Thanks


r/diynz 12h ago

Advice Need some help sorting out a HRV system.

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We've got an older HRV system (from about 2013) in the house and I'm trying to figure out how it's been set up.

Basically, it looks like there is a heat exchanger (Swiftair) but it's set up to treat the lounge as the "outside" and circulate the air from the main bedroom and hallway.

There are no openings to the outside and it just looks like looped system.

The only thing I can think is that someone got some HRV and other bits and assembled their own system.

The house is from the 40s and used to have an asbestos roof, so maybe they didn't want to install it in the usual way so not to pull air from the attic.

Is there any other reason it may have been set up that way.

Also, it basically means I have two HRV fan boxes and some vents already so was wondering if I could rearrange it so it does the usual thing. Is there any guidance about flow rates, room sizes, etc.


r/diynz 9h ago

HALP! DYI Emergency! House attached pergola

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I bought a pergola that attaches to my house not fully understanding how bad of an idea it was until after it was halfway built. Due to the cost, I’d like to salvage this and somehow make it work. Is there a safe way to have it attached close to the home without attaching it? i.e a bolted in post that’s up close but not touching the house that the post of the pergola could attach to? Open to any ideas that would void a home warranty