Recent content by oxymoron

Well folks, it has been a long time coming but the interior is pretty much done. still waiting for wooden flooring to be put down (Monday) but other than that the house is finished (minus two replacement doors, 4 door handles, 2 kitchen door knobs, kitchen kick boards and a fire in the living...

make sure its feet up and beer in one hand then!

When installing my shower tray earlier this month, I used the batten approach. Make sure you can slide the battens out in one direction - i had to change the direction of on batten due to it hitting the door frame when pulling it out. :/ Big advice note with regard to the plastic strapping...

Well, I have curtain poles to go up in all the rooms, lights to wire, light switches to fit, living room to paint, garden to tidy, kitchen to fit... erm... yeah. not going to happen :)

Guess what I found!! I know its a bit back to font but here are some pics from the start... Living room - lovely fireplace and very worn carpet! Dining Area - That divide and unit is to be taken out. The unit was very well made! Not like todays units. All the best kitchens have...

just re-read what you posted. D'uh I'm thick! The electric meter was already outside in a sunken meter box

It's up there... :p "Fuse box has been moved to a cupboard in the hallway." The master has been relocated to the outdoors box and a new fuse box in the hallway. Reason being is some sort of regs about where the main switch has to be X distance from the electric to the house... our...

Well here is all the pics now (as promised). I think an advert on preloved and maybe a cheap ad on eBay might do the trick.. there are a few people giving the stuff away for free so I think maybe if I do that. Plus, it saves me on hiring a skip or runs to the dump. :) Hopefully the pics...

So back in March I completed on a lovely little bungalow (i'm not old, it just had the space I wanted) I was going to replace the central heating and boiler then be living in it and doing it up as I go along. Got the keys on the 4th and walked in... thought.. ahhh crap! lol Somehow we...