Re: Stun me with your bathrooms!

["yhkeppy" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've done something along these lines, though not quite as
sophisticated!!

I've installed a 17" flat panel in the bathroom in a cabinet mounted
above the sink, with the screen facing the wall when closed and
facing out towards the bath when the cupboard is opened. The
cupboard has a mirror on the front.

So, you can sit in the bath and watch TV (fed to the screen which
has a tuner), DVD (fed from the bedroom next door via distributed
composite), or listen to music via the distributed mp3 system i've
installed. The speakers are simply small PC speakers (one hidden
under the sink and one on a very high shelf, with a sub in another
cupboard) and sound fine for the room. The 240V power is outside,
with a 12V feed to the screen.

If that makes no sense, I can post pictures on my site - it took
ages to come up with the solution, but works a treat!! Also has a
high SWMBO acceptance factor.

If you want to talk nice fittings, then we've installed a HansGrohe
Raindance shower, with a pair of HansGrohe 1/4 turn thermostatics
(bath and shower). To finish it off, we've got an Axor Starck pillar
tap. Not HA at all, but as far as bathroom toys go they rate highly
for me!!!

Cheers,

Keith


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)"
<haweste@a...> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Harrison (Groups)  Sent: 21 January 2005 14:38
> >
> > We've looked at proper water-proof LCDs for a client, but
> > he's balking over the cost at the moment.
>
> This came up recently on the selfbuild list, I've pasted in part
of my
> response below:
>
> 66
> As an alternative, and I don't know if it would comply with Regs
or not,
> would be to use an IP65-rated industrial PC set into the wall (or
into a
> steel plate set into the wall). Have a look at these links for the
sort
> of thing I mean:
> http://www.cdynamics.com/choicefpcomputers.html
> http://www.impulse-
corp.co.uk/axiomtek/AXIOMTEK_industrialslimclient.htm
>
> Or, just a regular PC located outside the bathroom which feeds a
> panel-mount monitor like this one, again set into the wall or
mounted
> into a steel plate set into the wall:
> http://www.stealthcomputer.com/monitors_flat-PM.htm
>
> Thinking about it, that's probably your better option as it should
be
> cheaper, and you're not tied to the (sometimes) lower-spec PC
hardware
> of the industrial PC. The roll-your-own solution will always
involve
> more fiddling, setting up etc. and you'll need some way of
controlling
> what's shown on the TV. Perhaps a Microsoft Media Centre PC (with
it's
> own remote) feeding an industrial monitor would be the way to go ?
> 99
>
> Can you have dual head monitor cards (1 for bedroom, 1 for
bathroom) in
> a MCE PC ?
>
> HTH,
>
> Tim H.