|
|
|
Jan 14, 2022 18:10:16 GMT
|
The hall - kitchen door and its corresponding liner resized and hung. I still have to fill the joins to the liner, and the countersink holes for the screws around the door, remove a little excess adhesive from the chamfered joins, and prime the timber additions prior to colour coating. I was quite fortunate in being able to find standard PSE finished sizes which were exactly what I needed for the job, so although a bit time consuming, it was not such a pain as I expected. Sometimes one gets a break.
The size of the doors, and the fact that they are pre glazed, makes them heavy going to manhandle and hang alone
Now that I have a system, and all the materials to hand, the parlour and dining room doors should be a breeze. Planned for early next week, and then back to the bathroom inshallah, provided Andi doesn't find me any more "five minute jobs" such as modifying the mounting of the lampshade which she bought for the pantry, but couldn't be attached to the light fitting because of idiotic design, which occupied me for more than an hour this morning.
|
| |
Last Edit: Jan 15, 2022 4:55:35 GMT by etypephil: Spelling
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 14, 2022 21:36:45 GMT
|
|
You probably already know this but a couple of shallow wedges can really help when hanging doors solo….
Nick
|
| |
1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You probably already know this but a couple of shallow wedges can really help when hanging doors solo…. Nick 👍🏻 That’s how I aligned the hinge recesses, but moving the door from the hallway to the kitchen to mark out and cut the recesses, then swinging it upright in the confined space was the difficulty. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Didn’t say they made it easy, merely possible 😛
Those glassed doors….. heavy and fragile 😳
Great work going on there - May the force be with you!
Nick
|
| |
1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 17, 2022 10:30:44 GMT
|
Your kid has a fantastic house too. Very Jealous  |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Your kid has a fantastic house too. Very Jealous  I envy my son his 15m long 4m wide garage, the additional 20 sqm workshop, and I'm sure that his place will be lovely when it's finished, but in the meantime I feel sorry for the way he and his girlfriend are living, and for the ever increasing costs he is having to find. He was expecting a hefty retoration bill, and he allowed a 50% contingencey, but it won't be enough.
So long as we don't run into expensive unforeseen snags, our place is likely to be 10% over budget, but that' s mostly because of material price increases over the past year. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
yeah i know those issues, it's always double what you intend to spend. But both your places will be stupendous when complete and worth the current pain
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 20, 2022 12:13:18 GMT
|
|
On Monday I resized the new glazed doors for the parlour and dining room, made a couple of adjustments to the previously hung kitchen one, and fitted its handles. Tuesday first thing, I felt a bit under the weather and went back to bed after walking the dog, thinking that a couple of extra hours sleep would sort me out. Did it hell? By mid afternoon I had a temperature of 39.9 Celcius, and was having crazy dreams whenever I was able to sleep and repetetive music tracks going around in my mind whenever I couldn't. The fever subsided later, and Wednesday morning I felt more or less OK, but a little drained. Andi wouldn't let me do anything so that's two days down the pan. Thursday lunchtime now, and I have been out chasing (unsuccessfully) replacement door handles as some of the originals have been butchered, and successfully filled some redundant cutouts in the door liners and the countersink holes for the securing screws to the door extensions. The original parlour door is off and today I'll be content with hanging the new one this afternoon.
|
| |
Last Edit: Jan 20, 2022 12:16:44 GMT by etypephil
|
|
Paul Y
Posted a lot
Posts: 1,951
|
|
Jan 21, 2022 17:49:37 GMT
|
Just as a warning when you feel unwell and have very high temperatures - get checked out immediately for Sepsis. I had this 3 years ago and was lucky to only spend a week in hospital. I ignored the high temperature etc and just thought it was a 'cold' Glad you are making a recovery but always get this sort of thing checked out. P.  |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 21, 2022 19:07:14 GMT
|
Just as a warning when you feel unwell and have very high temperatures - get checked out immediately for Sepsis. I had this 3 years ago and was lucky to only spend a week in hospital. I ignored the high temperature etc and just thought it was a 'cold' Glad you are making a recovery but always get this sort of thing checked out. P. Thanks; noted for future reference. Well, I hope not, but I think that you know what I mean.😎 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 28, 2022 12:22:05 GMT
|
I can't believe that it has taken me a week (including numerous additional 5 minute jobs, shopping and day to day sundries) to get three doors hung properly, primed and the kitchen side of one fully finished.
Some time ws spent on stripping carelessly applied old paint from the finger plate edges and handles. one had even been smothered in gold paint, rather than polish the original brass.
Far more went into adjusting the liners with fillets ranging from 10mm - 16mm to allow for the new doors being thinner than the originals, and to correct warping of the original liners to the dining room and parlour.
I still need to find some suitable material (piano wire?) and make some new return springs for the handles, but at least they are operational.
The objectives of adding natural light to the hallway and keeping Andi smiling have been achieved:
I'm having the weekend off from house stuff, back to the bathrooms on Monday.
|
| |
Last Edit: Jan 28, 2022 12:24:24 GMT by etypephil
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 28, 2022 18:27:20 GMT
|
|
You have done amazingly well so far mate.
Despite the obstacles and aggravation.
Garage time then?
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 28, 2022 19:09:00 GMT
|
You have done amazingly well so far mate. Despite the obstacles and aggravation. Garage time then? Thanks. Indeed, garage time. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"I still need to find some suitable material (piano wire?) and make some new return springs for the handles, but at least they are operational."
You can get the springs on eBay quite cheaply ...
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 29, 2022 14:44:51 GMT
|
"I still need to find some suitable material (piano wire?) and make some new return springs for the handles, but at least they are operational." You can get the springs on eBay quite cheaply ... Thanks, it didn't occur to me that one could buy them ready made, duh! I couldn't find exactly the right type on eBay, but your suggestion then sent me to ̶S̶a̶t̶a̶n̶ Amazon, where I did find them. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The ready made door handle return springs, which westbay sent me in the direction of arrived. I have only fitted one so far; it's quite fiddly, thus time consuming, and a proper bathroom is a more pressing priority. Even more fiddly and time consuming though.
The rest of the old floor taken out and the remainder of the rubbish left by previous contractors cleared out. There were some Ever Ready dry cells, the design of which I last saw in the 1960s, as well as cable offcuts, pieces of rubble and piles of flux soaked sawdust.
new floor T&G panels cut to size and shape, on the way in temporarily:
That was as far as I got by Friday evening when
beckoned, and the weekend, after some underfloor wiring alterations whilst Andi didn't need power to work, disappeared in appreciation of:
Monday am, Andi helped me to carry all the heavy / awkward bathroom stuff from the dining roon upstairs, so that I could test the layout in practice rather than just theory:
then calculate and mark on the floor exact positions where pipework would pass through, checking for obstructions:
I had to make one small change to the planned H & C supply to the bath (to clear a joist); a minor pain to do, but of no practical or aesthetic consequence once done.
The next job was to clear the decks again in preparation for the pipework; I hope we don't have any unannounced overnight guests for a couple of weeks:
Grub shopping this morning, whilst out I will hunt for a connector to join the new plastic soil to the original cast iron one. I am expecting this to be a pain as the original WC waste exits above floor level, and my plan is to run the new one below, between the joists, so a fair bit of work, and noise right oppostite Andi's office. I may leave that task until the weekend; it's not as if I can't find something else to do here.
|
| |
Last Edit: Feb 8, 2022 5:50:28 GMT by etypephil
|
|
thomfr
Part of things
Trying to assemble the Duett again..
Posts: 694
|
|
|
|
|
Nice!
One question, is a light switch (eg all electric contacts like switches, sockets etc.) allowed above a washbasin. In NL we have to keep at least a 1,5 meter distance.
Thom
|
| |
73' Alfa Giulia Super
64' Volvo Duett
65' Volvo Duett
67' Volvo Amazon 123GT
09' Ford Focus 1.8
20' VW ID4
71' Benelli Motorella
65' Cyrus Speciaal
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thats a great report.
More importantly, great job so far Phil.
Nice having a partner happy to help carry stuff.
And cook.
|
| |
|
|
glenanderson
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 4,353
Club RR Member Number: 64
|
|
|
|
Nice! One question, is a light switch (eg all electric contacts like switches, sockets etc.) allowed above a washbasin. In NL we have to keep at least a 1,5 meter distance. Thom No, it’s not allowed here either. I suspect it is on the list of things that need moving once the floor is done. It’s customary here to either have a wall switch by the door outside the bathroom, or a ceiling switch just inside with a pull cord. |
| |
My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
|
|
glenanderson
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 4,353
Club RR Member Number: 64
|
|
|
|
|
I did a similar “take a dividing wall out to make a separate toilet and bathroom one room” in our old house. Makes a big difference. I didn’t have to go to quite the same lengths as you have here, as I was lucky enough that the dividing wall was cinder blocks laid straight onto the original floorboards, so I had a level floor to work with.
In my current house, I’m mid way through fitting out what was originally the “dressing room” for the master bedroom as an en-suite. That’s been much closer to what you’re doing with yours. Bare stud walls, stripped back outer wall, dry lined, new ceiling, levelled floor (there was almost a 2” runout across the diagonal). Work on it has stalled because of domestic issues, but the last couple of weeks I’ve gutted and refitted the other upstairs bathroom, which I’m just adding the finishing touches to, and that’s restored my mojo a bit and I’m going to restart the en-suite once I’ve cleared up.
|
| |
My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
|
|
|
|
