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Nov 15, 2009 17:35:52 GMT
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Well this is the reason for all car projects being on hold, however if all goes to plan it will mean i can build what i have always wanted to when this is finished. Car buying has ruined my deposit over the years ;D, so as with my cars i had to have my first house as a project. This is where i am now from the end of september.  , nice kitchen  , retro pantry  , keeping me dad ocupied   , you thought car bodges were bad? plaster over wallpaper, over old chimney breast area.   , just a few rotten joists out.  , problems with your chimney tops eh? ;D  , Bit's of kitchen work surface make great bridges ;D  , ready to reinstate partition wall removed in 1970  , so happy to find a big steel rsj in here.   , nice bathroom.   . |
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Nov 15, 2009 22:22:07 GMT
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Looks a lot like my kitchen & bathroom did 3 years ago when i started redoing then & they still ain't quite finished yet much to my wifes disgust,i did promise to finish them by Christmas,i just didn't specify in which year!! ;D
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Nov 15, 2009 22:32:12 GMT
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Looks like a hefty project you've got there, best of luck with it! Once my garage is built, I'll be starting with the interior of mine... Then by 2020 I might be able to start on some projects that I want to as well lol
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Nov 15, 2009 23:45:05 GMT
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One tip I can pass on myself is don't try to fix anything that can be ripped out and replaced. It is the biggest waste of time and in the long run money.
I spent forever stripping/sanding wood and artex/paper/plaster and trying to make it good.
If i did a house again I'd go in with my wrecking bar and smash everything. lol.
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never mind Spammy spam spam spam, no thank you, man. etc, how bigs the garage ??
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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rodit
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Nov 16, 2009 21:50:21 GMT
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Will get some garage pics at the weekend  Its wide enough with extra work rooms and plenty of length. Tin built at the moment but when funds allow once moved in going brick built, i honestly have'nt told the plumber to leave a t off for a radiator in there and fit hot and cold taps. Washed me hands in cold water in garages too many times |
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Nov 17, 2009 16:07:19 GMT
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this is cool... has that place got a basement too or is that just realy deep foundations? and whats with the hole in the ceiling? did anyone watch breaking bad last week with the bathtub and the acid vs the body? looked like that after lol
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Nov 18, 2009 22:06:33 GMT
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It's a 1937 built house so has cavity floors, lower floor is susspended about 3 feet above ground level, with air briks to let it breath, 2 beams were soaking and scrap when i got it  Hole in the saeling is from the chimney pots being scrap and blocked off at lower ceiling level with old coal sacks, there was a 1 ft thick crust of soot on top, that was interesting when i poked it with a bar More pics to come next week as wiring and hopefully window blocking commence |
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Doing well by the looks of things mate, I'm currently 4 months into a simular project. By tomorrow we shoudl finaly have every room plasterd, thent he wiring live at the weekend.
Stick it out, you will get bummed out at some point but keep positive as it will come together.
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Nov 29, 2009 22:13:41 GMT
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good progress dude.
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Cheers dude, shame had to go back to work to put up with stupidity.
Must get some time to put some words to the pics. ;D
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Looking good, your at the same point as us, we just getting the plumbing done. Finaly have a bathroom, you should start feeling really good about all your hardwork now.
Are you doing the plastering?
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Holy Carp Batman !!!
Well done, this is the right thing to do with your money.
I still owe myself a holiday to Cuba, but I do have a house to show fr it.
Great progress.
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Man! you are gonna have a lot of work turning those rooms from sideways to upright! |
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rodit
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Took me just seconds to turn them sideway's though ;D
Cheers for all the encouragement and kind words it really does make a difference.
Well the plastered room in the pic's is the bathroom and i have been chasing out more walls downstairs and laying cables this weekend.
Hopefully have everything back in plaster by end of jan, full wired other than the kitchen and the bathroom in.
Paying for plastering as if it don't look right if i do it i will only have to pay the same but twice on materials, it's a job for a skilled person on this big a job. ;D
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yep, plasterers can really turn the look of a room around, worth paying for.
i've just spent a week fitting a new kitchen, would've be easy if i didnt have to rewire the entire thing, move all the plumbing and have walls as straight as alan carr.
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Dec 12, 2009 22:06:40 GMT
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I did not notice you fitting a kitchen to my walls ;D
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