jdpjamesp";p="2408047 said:Polystyrene tiles are a fire hazard and should be removed the old-fashioned way, so you're doing it right. Just done the job myself and it's a nightmare, but worth it!
Hey! must be a lancashire thing, thank you
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kjacko";p="2408053 said:Hi Jen,
do you have anyone helping you? Hubby/partner/friends/family?
Do you do this when you are not working? Or is it a full-time project?
Get some pics up showing all your progress, it's much more interesting to see pics, they do tell a story of their own.
Good luck and keep us informed.Hi kjacko, trying to thank you and reply to the above, this project is more of a necessity, I could have bought a little place 'ready to walk into' lol or be priced out of the area I like, so this project works for me. Im doing it on a part-time basis, wheneva I can fit it in, alongside 'normal' life. I have friends (and I want to keep them!), they kindly offer hours here and there, and I have brothers with KNOWLEDGE . . . .and love
Thank you for your comments and suggestions, trying to reply without me goin into dear diary mode!. Have just tried to reply to kjacko ( bit more info) hope i,m doing this right. I have 'done a couple of similar things in the past and hope I,ve learnt from my mistakes lol, btw scars heal!. The one room at a time is not for me thesedays and i really think it depends on the property and the extent of what needs doing. I kind of look at it as a bit of work (with some pleasure) and therefore I need to LEAVE IT sometimes!. I have been renting from a friend ( paying a nominal rent) for a few yrs now until the time was right to get back owning something, for me personally the choices were simple, be priced out of my area, or buy a tiny 'ready to walk into' place. The house I am doing came up, right price, on my street
I,m working to my monthly plan, puttin in a few full days a week plus lots of odd hours/eves and sometimes with the offer of some hrs from friends, every little helps and we will get there. I really understand that ant head thing, a clip on bulb, kettle, radio and of course scraper in hand and hey possibly by the end of this weekend the place will be completely stripped, how good is that!. Plannin to start really early in the mornin so that i can get out into the little jungle pm to play swallows and amazons and make the most of the sunshine
Lol, not quite got the hang of quoting and replying yet have you jen?
Good to see you know what you want and what direction you're going in.
Get dem pics up girl, lets see the progress.
Hope you have a progressive week with it all.
Good to see you know what you want and what direction you're going in.
Get dem pics up girl, lets see the progress.
Hope you have a progressive week with it all.
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Hi kjacko, thanx for recognising my lack of forum experience! lol, surely it can,t be rocket science to post a reply!. Took some pix yesterday so it wont be long hopefully until i get them on this site. As for progress, bit of a mixed bag this w/end ha, managed to clear the little bathroom of flooring, cylinder housing, acrylic wall tiles (nice), and my fave the polystyrene ceiling tiles and cornice , which as it happens, just like the bedroom and i,m presuming the kitchen also, have been expertly glued on. This eve I started to strip the loo walls (one of which is coming down to get a better bathroom). Anyway again, as in one of the bedrooms there is paint that i,m sure has been sprayed on, however in the bathroom it has been sprayed on over a couple of layers of wallpaper , i have to laugh otherwise . . . . i will cry or even swear!. When the little room has been stripped, then that will be the END of WALLPAPER yippee, and i can attack the glue blobs in the bedrm, bathrm and kitchen, gr8!, a pal has kindly offerred her heat gun, which as I have never used one before could be fun and i may even get a little high lol. Hope you hav enjoyed the fab weather over the weekend and hav been takin it easy , best wishes jen
, which as it happens, just like the bedroom and i,m presuming the kitchen also, have been expertly glued on. This eve I started to strip the loo walls (one of which is coming down to get a better bathroom). Anyway again, as in one of the bedrooms there is paint that i,m sure has been sprayed on, however in the bathroom it has been sprayed on over a couple of layers of wallpaper , i have to laugh otherwise . . . . i will cry or even swear!. When the little room has been stripped, then that will be the END of WALLPAPER yippee, and i can attack the glue blobs in the bedrm, bathrm and kitchen, gr8!, a pal has kindly offerred her heat gun, which as I have never used one before could be fun and i may even get a little high lol. Hope you hav enjoyed the fab weather over the weekend and hav been takin it easy , best wishes jenKeep it up Jen. Sounds so familiar. I was put back a few months with digging up the ground floor and putting in underfloor heating. I'm sure it will be worth it in the end but still not got the new boiler or tank in. I have removed 60kg of old copper pipes @£3.50 though.
My advice would would be strip/dismantle/remove everything you don't want. I spent too long long work around things I intended to remove and 6 months later I am still dismantling, although I am getting close.
Do you have a move in date or are you like us, just on a journey that will have an end someday?
My advice would would be strip/dismantle/remove everything you don't want. I spent too long long work around things I intended to remove and 6 months later I am still dismantling, although I am getting close.
Do you have a move in date or are you like us, just on a journey that will have an end someday?
Hello there highleigh,well done, must admit underfloor heating sounds fab and whilst you have the floor up!!. Thanks for the advice re removing, dismantling unwanted stuff, but in this property i can,t believe it but for an old property, there is nothing worth salvaging or restoring , even tonight i had a go at removing some (hardboard flush panels nailed to the doors (sure you know the type) with the faint hope that the original doors could be worked on (at some time in the future lol!), no such luck. Anyway its on with the schedule, will be spending the jubilee hol heatgunnin the glue from the 3 ex polystyrene ceilings, i am so not looking forward to it but once its done the place will then be pretty much a shell!, would actually have liked the ceilings to have been in better condition and really i hadnt planned on having to have them redone!. Its early days though for me, and you too by the sounds of things!, My family and friends think i will be moving in around oct/nov, they are so wrong!!, keep up the good work, take care and enjoy the hols
, even tonight i had a go at removing some (hardboard flush panels nailed to the doors (sure you know the type) with the faint hope that the original doors could be worked on (at some time in the future lol!), no such luck. Anyway its on with the schedule, will be spending the jubilee hol heatgunnin the glue from the 3 ex polystyrene ceilings, i am so not looking forward to it but once its done the place will then be pretty much a shell!, would actually have liked the ceilings to have been in better condition and really i hadnt planned on having to have them redone!. Its early days though for me, and you too by the sounds of things!, My family and friends think i will be moving in around oct/nov, they are so wrong!!, keep up the good work, take care and enjoy the hols I'm doing something similar, renovating the entire house, although starting with the master bedroom first in time for the missus moving in. I'm trying to do everything myself, and do it 'properly' rather than cheaply. Man, what a hassle! Gutting, the room currently, it's the small annoying things that hold you up (smoke alarm that needs a special tool to remove, moving radiator so have to learn to drain system, but no drain valve so have to install self cutting tap which leaks etc etc It's one thing after another).
So far I've removed all the floor boards (to clean the subfloor, backbreaking work though), removed skirting, removed radiator and installed ball valves, removed the picture rail (and uncovered fibres which had to be tested for asbestos), removed architrave
To do:
- fit new plug sockets and back boxes; do wiring
- fit cat5 sockets and cabling
- get plasterer in to fix walls where architrave, skirting picture rail used to be.
- Sand and wash walls
- Paint
- relay floorboards
- lay solid oak flooring
- fit skirting
- fit architrave
- fit new radiator
- replace horrible door
Bugger, so much to do.
So far I've removed all the floor boards (to clean the subfloor, backbreaking work though), removed skirting, removed radiator and installed ball valves, removed the picture rail (and uncovered fibres which had to be tested for asbestos), removed architrave
To do:
- fit new plug sockets and back boxes; do wiring
- fit cat5 sockets and cabling
- get plasterer in to fix walls where architrave, skirting picture rail used to be.
- Sand and wash walls
- Paint
- relay floorboards
- lay solid oak flooring
- fit skirting
- fit architrave
- fit new radiator
- replace horrible door
Bugger, so much to do.
hey some of those jobs onyour 'to do' list actually sound nice!, can,t wait till i,m at that stage . i,m still on with the making the house a shell!, there are a couple of walls mine that need to come down, i can soon hopefully get electrician in to do stage 1 of the rewire and then, again hopefully, i can get a plasterer in to do the ceilings and a lot more besides, as the walls etc leave a lot to be desired.good luck and take care, will be good to get some pics up
. i,m still on with the making the house a shell!, there are a couple of walls mine that need to come down, i can soon hopefully get electrician in to do stage 1 of the rewire and then, again hopefully, i can get a plasterer in to do the ceilings and a lot more besides, as the walls etc leave a lot to be desired.good luck and take care, will be good to get some pics upThese jobs do sound fun, it'll be a year in September and still I havn't done any of the jobs, I have put some cat 5 in for the thermostats though and have some first fix electrics in.
How is your project going Jen? Have you bothered with a revised moving in date? We are on our 6th skip now and still taking stuff out, Last weekends job was altering upstairs joists for the landing and this weekend has been replacing a window with a patio door. If the weather were better I'd be outside doing the drainage. My target now is to get the house ready for central heating in before the winter.
How is your project going Jen? Have you bothered with a revised moving in date? We are on our 6th skip now and still taking stuff out, Last weekends job was altering upstairs joists for the landing and this weekend has been replacing a window with a patio door. If the weather were better I'd be outside doing the drainage. My target now is to get the house ready for central heating in before the winter.
hello diy people!, back to the forum (and some work!), had tough few months, losin a close friend and recently having my cat put to sleep, been home a few days after having well needed bit of sunshine in ibiza , a quiet pretty part of the island of course. Hi Highleigh , your projects are sounding familiar to me, i checked the place over tonite, all ok but certainly not got any ideas of when i will be movin in lol, tomorrow i have heating/plumbing guy coming round to go over what needs doin, which is full installation, boiler and rads, removal of cistern and lead bits and possibly pricing the eventual fitting of bathroom suite etc (when wall is completely knocked down) so i had betta hurry up and decide where i want the boiler, he goin off on his hols nxt week but he will give me a price before he goes. The electrician i,m having has had tough time as his wife has been in hospital but she is now on the road to recovery, so he is due round this week also, to discuss the first stage electrics. I have someone coming in to cap off (think thats the correct term!) two of the gas fires so that the fireplaces can be removed. He is also going to bring along an akro joist thing, which will support the lounge wall when a 5ft opening is made. I will also be having a large window taken out and replaced with doors to the garden but for me that is quite a long way off. Really now the place is lmuch clearer i am still with the planning and will do as i said and will soon be ready for a skip for the concrete and rubble. I need to get loft access hatch moved, yep its loft ladders for me, and just continue doin bits here and there. My daughter is still unaware of the house, and on friday she is goin to america for a fortnite, witch means i can make a start on stripping the paint oo the front door. Thats about it for me, you are all doin so well, keep it up and take care x
, a quiet pretty part of the island of course. Hi Highleigh , your projects are sounding familiar to me, i checked the place over tonite, all ok but certainly not got any ideas of when i will be movin in lol, tomorrow i have heating/plumbing guy coming round to go over what needs doin, which is full installation, boiler and rads, removal of cistern and lead bits and possibly pricing the eventual fitting of bathroom suite etc (when wall is completely knocked down) so i had betta hurry up and decide where i want the boiler, he goin off on his hols nxt week but he will give me a price before he goes. The electrician i,m having has had tough time as his wife has been in hospital but she is now on the road to recovery, so he is due round this week also, to discuss the first stage electrics. I have someone coming in to cap off (think thats the correct term!) two of the gas fires so that the fireplaces can be removed. He is also going to bring along an akro joist thing, which will support the lounge wall when a 5ft opening is made. I will also be having a large window taken out and replaced with doors to the garden but for me that is quite a long way off. Really now the place is lmuch clearer i am still with the planning and will do as i said and will soon be ready for a skip for the concrete and rubble. I need to get loft access hatch moved, yep its loft ladders for me, and just continue doin bits here and there. My daughter is still unaware of the house, and on friday she is goin to america for a fortnite, witch means i can make a start on stripping the paint oo the front door. Thats about it for me, you are all doin so well, keep it up and take care xyep its me again, replying to myself tonite lol, im in diary mode and this is a great way of keeping tabs on 'the project'. So sunny yesterday, the pond in my garden that i was hoping to dry out over the last month, so i could fill it with rubble is now full and the water lilies are at their peak!, such is life. Wed/thurs this week, i had both electrician and plumber around, i will receive quotes for both next week eek!. still not sure where i want boiler (worcester 35), so getting quotes for possible locations, from a purely practical point of view, under my stairs would be cheapest, as kitchen space cannot take it. apparently sml spare b/room is a nono as it would devalue the place and the piperuns would be longer. Even though my roof is pitched and depending where i want the access moving to, the loft is still a possibility, but obviously much more expensive. I still prefer the less obtrusive style of single panel rads and even though they would be longer size wise, think they fit betta with style of house, is this daft?. The electrician visit seemed straightforward haha, and importantly he would be able to knock off all electric, as there are live wires everywhere, and leave me with the one working socket, yippee extension reel for radio and kettle. I did want meter moving to a different position but found out moving this and related dials would be verree expensive and its only allowed to be moved by power supply engineers, how flipping ridiculous when moving it less than a foot would be so much bette for me lol, who makes these rules and why?!. I also thought the height of the sockets seemed high, this i do need to clarify, in case it is some new legal thing as i do not want to see flex going between skirting and sockets if i can hep it. Anyway, i like the idea of a first fix and then getting them back in when ready to sort it all, haha.
My daughter is flying to america in a few hours time for two weeks, said goodbyes etc so i am at the mo on with this and diy ing the galaxy (choc) . .already!. onwards and upwards people x
My daughter is flying to america in a few hours time for two weeks, said goodbyes etc so i am at the mo on with this and diy ing the galaxy (choc) . .already!. onwards and upwards people x
funny how one job always seems to lead to another
hello diy diary, just wondering if things are goin to plan for all you other diy,ers out there, especially those of you doin similar project to myself!. i am not doin much at the house at the moment as i am waiting for couple of professionals to make a start, heating guy to remove old bathroom bits and downstairs loo etc, and also electrician to disable ' live' stuff, so i can safely do a bit more. I am also waiting for the pond to dry out, but here in blackpool we are having way too much rain. there is so much to do, and not nearly enough hours in the day lol, and now i have to agree, i have lost my social life and i look rough and i think i am beginning to talk a bit like a man!!, take care x
oops, ps looking out for some panelled interior doors, used but in ok condition, the traditional type, poss about 7, any ideas on best place to find, would b most welcome x pps cant find my smilies!
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