New project

[scotty]

What have we let our selfs in for , our new home






Already ripped the living room apart with the help of my brother inlaw and prepping the walls as you can see louise is getting carried away with her new toy lol

[Rdlangy1]

Good luck mate - sure u will make it ur own

[Ginola]

Louise needs to sand more, there is clearly not enough plaster dust in that room

[NL03Scooby]

That is certainly a project mate! And I thought the Scoob was enough to keep you occupied... At least you and Louise can share the work load with this one!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Ginola

Louise needs to sand more, there is clearly not enough plaster dust in that room

I know Dave i got covered in the stuff look liked i had a mega dundruff problem

[scotty]

Originally Posted by NL03Scooby

That is certainly a project mate! And I thought the Scoob was enough to keep you occupied... At least you and Louise can share the work load with this one!

I know got a plan house refurb in the evenings and scoob at the weekends

[Steve_PPP]

Good luck with the house project, I'm still doing mine nearly 2 years after moving in!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

Good luck with the house project, I'm still doing mine nearly 2 years after moving in!

Prob take me that long just to do the down stairs

[Steve_PPP]

Tell me about it mate. Ripped out my lounge at the weekend to start that.... ceilings down, wallpaper off, fireplace gone, re-wire, chase walls out for new cable drops. Bit of a mess at the moment:


Will look awesome when done but its a long way from that now!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

Tell me about it mate. Ripped out my lounge at the weekend to start that.... ceilings down, wallpaper off, fireplace gone, re-wire, chase walls out for new cable drops. Bit of a mess at the moment:


Will look awesome when done but its a long way from that now!

Thats a nice big window plenty of light coming in and a nice space aswell SES big build

[Anger]

Moving into my new house November 8th.... Can't wait to get to work Not

[scotty]

We are getting there new coving done , fresh lining paper on ready for painting in the next few days

[Steve_PPP]

Freshly plastered chimney breast too.... its my favourite bit when its just been plastered and everything looks so smooth and new

[scotty]

Painting the celling not fun

[Rdlangy1]

Originally Posted by scotty

Painting the celling not fun

hahahahaha - epic man pose !!!

[scotty]

I know lol well done a lot in a few days kitchen is done thank god





Livingroom nearly done just waiting on laminate flooring to arrive so we can fit it and put new skirting on once ive gave it a coat of varnish


Cant beat living in a dust filled house when doing the work lol

[Rdlangy1]

Looking good!

[Steve_PPP]

Nice work, you're moving along a lot quicker than I am!!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

Nice work, you're moving along a lot quicker than I am!!

Well thats only because im still off work so i can do alot more and with the on my case to get it done not got a choice

[scotty]

Well another 3 weeks to wait for livingroom flooring and the took me to Ikea today to look at bedroom furniture wtf not even finished the downstairs yet when will i get a brake

[alfa male]

What type of flooring? If it's a laminate type/ tongue and groove solid floor you may have to leave it for another 7/10 days to let it climatise (sp?) to it's new surroundings.

[scotty]

Originally Posted by alfa male

What type of flooring? If it's a laminate type/ tongue and groove solid floor you may have to leave it for another 7/10 days to let it climatise (sp?) to it's new surroundings.

Its a type of laminate flooring but thicker and comes with a 20 year
guarantee .

[Hongkongfooi]

Originally Posted by scotty

What have we let our selfs in for , our new home






Already ripped the living room apart with the help of my brother inlaw and prepping the walls as you can see louise is getting carried away with her new toy lol

that won't polish out

[scotty]

Tim

[scotty]

Things are getting interesting stipping the main bedroom and the back wall was looking a bit out of shape so me and my bud decided to strip it and found this a fake wall hiding the solid wall with some computer speakers facing into the wall wtf

[Steve_PPP]

wtf

its amazing the things you find when pulling houses apart isn't it!

[Red Baron]

Who's on the other side of that wall, may have been a neighbour dispute about noise. Can you imagine if you worked nights but could hear music all day when trying to sleep. All that sound insulation would have blocked out noise coming the other way.

[riiidaa]

anyone doing cable drops and chasing should think about running cat5 and HDMI as well

[Steve_PPP]

Originally Posted by riiidaa

anyone doing cable drops and chasing should think about running cat5 and HDMI as well

I'm running cat5e from my lounge and study back to where my router lives in the hall whilst doing my chasing, but why hdmi? All of my hdmi stuff (tv, sky, blueray + ps3) are all together in the same tv unit... Any other likely use for it that we haven't seen yet??

[scotty]

Well the wifes main room is getting there lol of course i didnt do it as im not that good plumbing a shower in or doing the tiling

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

I'm running cat5e from my lounge and study back to where my router lives in the hall whilst doing my chasing, but why hdmi? All of my hdmi stuff (tv, sky, blueray + ps3) are all together in the same tv unit... Any other likely use for it that we haven't seen yet??

Yeah im the same all my hdmi is together just need to get a decent sound system lol

[riiidaa]

HDMI optional but as you see fit. Eg if you want to have a TV on a wall and an AV Unit else where. Personally I'd rather run a cylindrical conduit allowing for future cabling needs

[Ginola]

Originally Posted by scotty

Well the wifes main room is getting there lol of course i didnt do it as im not that good plumbing a shower in or doing the tiling

This is not the kitchen :O (sh1t Wanda just read this and slapped me)

[Ginola]

Originally Posted by scotty

Things are getting interesting stripping in the main bedroom

Too much info dude

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Ginola

This is not the kitchen :O (sh1t Wanda just read this and slapped me)

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Ginola

Too much info dude

I know what was i thinking

[scotty]

Well its arrived just picked up today after a 4 week wait time to get busy again lol

[Bolesroor]

Pollyfiller and cat litter that's an interesting combo

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Bolesroor

Pollyfiller and cat litter that's an interesting combo

Yeah im making some litter bombs

[scotty]

Well livingroom is 95% complete , wifey got a nice wee surprise when she got home to the flooring had been done

[Rdlangy1]

looking smart

[Hongkongfooi]

looks great

[scotty]

Cheers peeps worth the bitching and swearing with doing the akward bits as nothings been straight forward with the whole hoose so far just cant wait to do the back garden next year as getting ma self a man shed .

[scotty]

Well the main bedroom that had the dodgy fake wall with random computer speakers facing into the wall took alot of work which invloved a fresh coat of undercoat thistle bonding to cover the exposed brickwork on the chimney breast followed by a fresh coat of multifinish on the wall and chimney breast then lininpapered the whole room new coving , paint and paper and its now looking like this just need new skirting , door facings then we are good to carpet the rest of the house .

[Rdlangy1]

amazing progress - both working hard

[scotty]

Well i bought 2 different colours to stain the skirting in the livingroom to finish it off and ive narrowed it down to 2 stains

1. Jacobean dark oak


2. Georgian medium oak


I wonder what the wifey will choose .

[Rdlangy1]

hmmmm dark oak for me

[Steve_PPP]

Dark oak is nice. Hope your walls are dead straight

Decided to go with white painted skirting in our place as the walls are a little wavey - the skirt touches in most places but other places there can be a couple of mm gap behind. White lets you cheat and hide this with decorators caulk, great stuff

[C. J.]

Medium oak for me as it'll get darker & darker as the years pass by

[RobEvo5]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

Dark oak is nice. Hope your walls are dead straight

Decided to go with white painted skirting in our place as the walls are a little wavey - the skirt touches in most places but other places there can be a couple of mm gap behind. White lets you cheat and hide this with decorators caulk, great stuff

Caulk and a steady hand to cut in the wall colour still works well with wood coloured skirting so long as its only a few mm. Also to finish of the gaps you get under the skirting due to the change in floor levels is well served by a small bead of colour matched mastic from the likes of tops tiles