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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 8) , a quiet pretty part of the island of course. Hi Highleigh :) , your projects are...

hi all, i must stop reading these posts!, not been a week yet for me :( , and i buried her on friday, i am weeping so o o much. Totally understand the fotos thing, i have put my cat pix up as screensavers, not sure if it helps. I am 99% sure i did the right thing, its just that 1%. Can neva go...

hello there, not been with this site v long and i have just stumbled on to the pets gd. i am going thru this v same thing at the moment!. tomorrow will have to have my cat put to sleep :( , she is 14 and had scan last week, it showed palpable mass in her tummy, in the last few weeks her weight...

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...

hi you guys, reading your posts lifts the spirits :) and its time i gave a little recap (still not sure if I,m on the right post but there you go), so dear diy diary I,ve had an eventful week or so. Set out to take off the polystyrene yuk tiles and glue from 3 ceilings over the jubilee period...

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...

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...

well been doin a bit of work on the house on/off for last couple of days, making progress with the clearing out and stripping etc, all carpets out now and the place is beginning to smell a little fresher :) Tonites task has been removing good old polystyrene tiles from a large bedroom ceiling...

Good evening!, thank you for advice, I appreciate it, have been told today that asbestosis takes approx 20 years to develop . . . . . so no worries there then! :lol: .Hope I,m doing this forum thing right, going to total house renovation to chat about. . . polystyrene! think i need to get a life :)

Thank you for your comments, it makes me happy to know that I,m not the only one doing this 'kind of thing' :), reading my previous little account, I,ve realised that perhaps I,ve been a little over ambitious teehee, there is no way I will be ready to move in 5mnths time. I am still on with the...

Hello, new to this/any forum as from yesterday (see above). Visited house this evening but did,nt actually get on with anything!, just wandered around in semi-darkness (with brew in hand). Finalised my plan to give myself a month to get rid of everything in the place and get it shifted and to...

Thanking you, I do need a more logical approach, I now have a PLAN, and that is to give myself one month to clear out everything and get it away, then start stripping the walls and tomorrow will start early, from the top, the loft room/area. only then can i contemplate getting the plumbing done...

thanx for being a friend!

Hi there, i wish you so much luck, just got a place this weekend and it needs everything doing so you have my sympathy and my blessing, sounds like you are making real progress and doing it right. I have similar difficulty in knowing where to start, but things usually present themselves!. happy...

Hello anybody!, had the keys since friday, bank holiday weekend and I am fed up already lol!. Whole place needs gutting, 90 yr old man from Poland lived there previously and didnt spend anything on the house, bless :). However he did leave thousands of pounds and dollars in the house and a old...

I am new and not sure if i can jump straight in here, but gr8 tips on what to use to repair cracks, wonderin how expensive it would be to have a cornice made ie more ornate than the ones in situ, thanx for any info on this.

hi Ive just bought a cheap house that needs total renovation, i think it has a few artex walls and ceilings :cry:, I have just viewed comments re asbestos :o , this is news to me. How do I know for sure its artex and can I just get it skimmed as it looks nasty! lol.