I’ve got a new system for controlling the floor heating in my house. The old system from Uponor wasn’t that good. Fifteen years ago, it probably was great, but time has passed, and it is now outdated. Furthermore, I’ve replaced the control box once, and my neighbors have changed their control box twice. So, without a doubt, my control box wouldn’t last much longer. That’s why I decided to replace the system within the next couple of years.

The plumber who helped me a while ago gave me a price for a new system, and I decided to take him up on the offer. The new system is installed, and I’m very pleased. As you can see in the pictures below, the temperature on the old thermostats from Uponor was not visible, so when I wanted to adjust the temperature, I had to guess how much to adjust the thermostat. I also didn’t know how to adjust the dial and had to look it up in the manual.

Luckily, both problems are solved with the new thermostats (see picture). I can see the current temperature in the room and the set temperature. Everything can be controlled via an app on my phone or the individual thermostats. It is easy and very intuitive.

For some time, I have been thinking about how to decorate the wall in my dining area. Earlier, a picture was hanging on the wall, but it looked weird because the picture wasn’t big enough.

Last year, I bought Santa Claus in his sled as stickers and put them on the wall. I didn’t know how difficult it would be to take it down, but it was very easy, and the stickers didn’t leave any residue on the wall. So, I took the chance and bought stickers with a cherry tree. After spending some time cleaning the wall and putting the stickers on it, I’m very happy with the result. One thing that is missing is more colors. It would look great with something green, but I’ve also seen stickers with blue blossoms, which would look fantastic with the pink tree.

The picture isn’t great, but avoiding the shine from the stickers was difficult. The wall is light yellow, so the pink contrast is pretty.

In my former house, I was able to repair the taps when they started to drip by taking them apart, cleaning them, and replacing the rubber rings. It was nice to be able to do small things like that myself. Unfortunately, that is not the case in my current house.

The thermostat in the shower mixer hasn’t worked since summer last year, so I bought a new one last year, but I haven’t gotten around to replacing it yet. The shower mixer had started dripping, so it was time to replace it with the one I bought. I thought it was easy, but I couldn’t unscrew the old shower mixer and was afraid I would do something wrong. I called a plumber to do the work and asked him to check the valves underneath my sinks.

The first bath with the new shower mixer went fine, but a couple of hours later, I noticed that it was dripping. I still had the old one, so I thought I could take it apart and find out which rubber ring should be replaced. How hard could that be? It turned out that it was very hard because it was impossible to take the shower mixer apart, whether it was the old one or the new one.

Then, I tried replacing the cartridge in the bathroom sink tap because it was leaking. Again, I failed. I removed the screw, but I couldn’t remove the cover, and now the water was running out of the tap. Damn. I closed the valves under the sink and called the plumber again. This time, another person showed up, and he couldn’t remove the cover either, so I decided to order new taps.

I decided to order a more advanced kitchen tap than the one that I had. I wanted to try a tap with a pull-out spout, and I’m looking forward to using it.

Finally, everything works as expected. It took four weeks to sort everything out, but finally, nothing is dripping or leaking, which makes me happy.