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Remind me again what your plan with this crib of joy and it's phukton of logs is?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
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Matthewfalle wrote:Remind me again what your plan with this crib of joy and it's phukton of logs is?
The plan my friend is top secret.
The house will be sold* and there will be 2 wood burners in it. I want the house in 'walk in condition'.
*2 plus 2?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Is that your full pile of logs? Feeling smug if it is
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Oi you, you fecker. I've had to work in between times and in that time I have:
Built fireplace in the kitchen which involved substantial excavation and insertion of a false ceiling.
Completely refurbished the garage.
Built 24 meters of stone Dyke.
Pulled loads of Ivy out of the enormous garden.
Done all the plumbing
Excavated and put a hard stand for the fireplace in the living room.
Boarded the attic.
Cleared 2 tons of rubble from the garden.
Plaster boarding was completed late summer last year.
...and besides, Mrs P up until now was doing between 4 and 5 shifts a week.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
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Just you wait till you start unpacking those boxes...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Okay. Garage needed to be re-roofed as the wood from the tree removal wasn't going to be happy sitting in a puddle.
Which meant moving the greenhouse pane by pane. Pointing the back wall. Sorting the guttering. Filling holes in. and finally painting and so internal work was put back but the fireplace in the living room with inset log burner has not finally been completed.
I'll let the pics do the talking 'cos i'm knackered and coughing up unique biological organisms of a particular shade of green.
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One more.
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Good work! Any good at decorating and fancy a break near your old stomping ground - give me a call!0
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The stonework has paid off there,must be time for a knapp.0
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crumbschief wrote:The stonework has paid off there,must be time for a knapp.
Yup and Savlon and plasters time :roll:seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
can you toast crumpets in front of it?my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0
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Back to this thread.
Didn't post pics of the plastering. Hang on...
All of the inside of the house has been painted now. Apart from areas under units which won't be completed until the kitchen is fitted. Approximately in 2 to 3 weeks from now, Yippee.
So, I have started the process of renovating the tired conservatory. It has concertina doors. I built this some 14 years ago and it's held up but I will paint it white. There's also a polycarb twin wall roof with all the cappings to go on.
Cleaned up the beams with a belt sander:
Made a start with the 'cladding':
Work is scheduled for the driveway in early June.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I'm in two minds whether to gloss or eggshell the conservatory.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Quick update.
Flat out at the minute.
Mainly flooring to do but will have to wait until the kitchen and utility room is fitted. However, I can get on with the bathroom.
Sheathed and sized, ready to tile.
Ta da! I fitted the taps but first had to drill the tub :roll: A bit hairy but it worked out well. Pic was taken before this one:
I bought 2 beech laminate work tops. 1 @ 3m x 920mm x 40mm and 1 @ 2m x 620mm x 40mm. This allowed me to do all the remaining windowsills, some shelving from the left overs and the sink unit in the bathroom which will be treated, not painted.
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Another quick update.
Built an under sink cabinet with a sliding door at the back for access to plumbing seen as the wall it sits in will be tiled. Check valve on the toilet service.
Anyhoo. Due to the complexity of the tiling job, I have went about it in an unorthodox way for the walls and started at floor level. This means lots of shims at the bottom and constant verification with the spirit level.
Won't be back at it till the end of the week as I have a digger on hire to excavate and re-do the gutter drainage. Need luck and a water diviner for that one.
Floor looks good. It's a 605mm x 605mm marble effect tile. Pity the 5.5mm sheathing ply didn't 'iron' out the deficiencies in the floor boards but anything thicker would mean chopping the bottom of the bathroom door off :roll:
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If the floor is uneven, won't that cause the tiles to crack?
I've considered tiling my bathroom floor, but have similar issues with the floor. As well as that, there are numerous pipes and stuff under it which I like to think I can get to again if I need to.
On the last session of bathroom refit, I was fixing down a longish floorboard. I was walloping away at a protruding nail when I head a distinct "clink". I looked around and found I had broken the base of the toilet, it was on the other end of the plank. Ah well, there's always glue.
Nice job though Pinno, I like the look of the tiles. I wish I had persuaded Mrs Slog to go that route rather than the crappy lino she wanted for the kitchen, (which will now have to come up after just a few year as it now looks like the sh1t i always knew it to be.)
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Capt Slog wrote:If the floor is uneven, won't that cause the tiles to crack?
The sheets of sheathing ply evens out the discrepancies in the floor boards and they are screwed down frequently (with a countersink). On top of that, you use the tile adhesive 'creatively' so that this further evens out the floor. If the tile adhesive does not move (or at least you have given enough depth to it), then the tile won't move and won't crack.
The smaller the tile, the easier it is.
Those tiles were a complete PITA being 605mm x 605mm. Took a long time using plasterers knives and floats to lever them around using the gap to the wall and here and there, re-setting them with the addition of extra adhesive.
I would normally use the Saint Gobain powder and mix my own consistency but it sets in 45 to 60 mins and moving them around would not have been an option so I opted for the Jewsons waterproof ready mix, which is not only cheap but easy to use and slow setting.
I'm currently away from that at the moment as the drive is about to be done soon and I had to do some excavation because the drainage for the gutters has been long broken. Probably tree roots - it's the old clay pipe.
Everything went well, in fact, I had the job 90% done when I tipped the mini digger :oops:
No pipe till Thursday, so i'll be tiling tomorrow. This works and for one reason or another, the tiling in the bathroom has been interrupted, which has leant itself to assisting as the wall tiles are heavy and when you get back to it, they are very stuck.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno brings in help to get PPP finished on time.
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Those boys never turned up.
Bedrooms are finished:
Bathroom is done bar the shower screen and wiring in the shower. So the screen will be fitted once my errant sparky turns up. At this rate, the job will go elsewhere.
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Looking good, Mr P. Chapeau.Ecrasez l’infame0
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Cheers BBG, a couple of hurdles to go and i'm in the final furlong.
It's not been a 5 Furlong sprint on a sunny day at Newmarket, it's been 4 and a half miles over fences at Newton Abbot, heavy going in places, in the rain.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
PPP is... (bar 1 kitchen door and some etched glass on order) done. Well, internally at least. There will be more pics to follow of the conservatory, the drive and the outside of the house which is WIP.
Drive is being done now. Conservatory needs a spot more paint, a roof and the doors put back on.
My beautiful Oak balustrade, Treated with Danish oil:
...and now the rest:
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Natural Sheera tiles in the kitchen and Utility room:
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It's not for my benefit is it?
