The Restoration Man - C4
Discussion
227bhp said:
I like it, I'm not sure it would be for me as I CBA to get a lift everywhere, but it's great and they've done a good job.
The only things which caught my eye were the horrible radiators, UF heating or some Art Deco rads would have been much better.
An Art Deco building MUST have Crittalls. That would upset me every single day.The only things which caught my eye were the horrible radiators, UF heating or some Art Deco rads would have been much better.
Bonefish Blues said:
227bhp said:
I like it, I'm not sure it would be for me as I CBA to get a lift everywhere, but it's great and they've done a good job.
The only things which caught my eye were the horrible radiators, UF heating or some Art Deco rads would have been much better.
An Art Deco building MUST have Crittalls. That would upset me every single day.The only things which caught my eye were the horrible radiators, UF heating or some Art Deco rads would have been much better.
Would have worked much better if the site had included the house next door, rather than it being a really obvious site division.
The other thing I thought when I saw it was the tower would have worked better with a building of some sort at the base to anchor it, as a standalone thing I didn't think it worked as well as it might have with a story or two flanking it.
Nice building in itself.
Next week's one looks an interesting project.
The other thing I thought when I saw it was the tower would have worked better with a building of some sort at the base to anchor it, as a standalone thing I didn't think it worked as well as it might have with a story or two flanking it.
Nice building in itself.
Next week's one looks an interesting project.
A mostly fantastic result, but
- they built up the massive drama about the rainwater and water table, but then an ad break later and no further mention of it at all, in fact suddenly it was finished and beautifully landscaped. It was like they skipped a section of the programme when they came back from the ad break! Very annoying! I presume that what happened is they finally got their act together and found a contractor who had a brain, and just put in proper drains and tanking no bother.
- the other thing they spent a lot of time prepping for and then barely said a word about was the actual installation of the lift. So I presume they either fell out with the lift contractor and they refused to take part in the programme; or the couple were floundering about so much in the build that George and his camera team gave up on them and wrote the episode off and didn't go back to film any more. Until they suddenly got a call "hey we finished it" but by then too late to film the final build bits.
- what was the problem with the windows? she went off on a rant at one point that they had no guarantees on them. very odd.
- and when they were ranting about the amount of rain coming in the massive holes they'd cut for windows in the tank, why didn't they make any attempt to board or tarp over the massive holes, opening them up again one at a time for each window frame? Yes I know there were high winds at that height but surely could have done something to keep 90% of the driving rain out!
- they didn't show if you could still get out on the roof after all the works (which clearly included removing the original roof access which was a spiral staircase through the centre of the tank). It looked like you could still get up there somehow from a couple of distance shots as it looked like there was a glass parapet wall up there now, but it would have been nice to see for sure, again since they spent time earlier in the show talking about the view from the very top.
- they built up the massive drama about the rainwater and water table, but then an ad break later and no further mention of it at all, in fact suddenly it was finished and beautifully landscaped. It was like they skipped a section of the programme when they came back from the ad break! Very annoying! I presume that what happened is they finally got their act together and found a contractor who had a brain, and just put in proper drains and tanking no bother.
- the other thing they spent a lot of time prepping for and then barely said a word about was the actual installation of the lift. So I presume they either fell out with the lift contractor and they refused to take part in the programme; or the couple were floundering about so much in the build that George and his camera team gave up on them and wrote the episode off and didn't go back to film any more. Until they suddenly got a call "hey we finished it" but by then too late to film the final build bits.
- what was the problem with the windows? she went off on a rant at one point that they had no guarantees on them. very odd.
- and when they were ranting about the amount of rain coming in the massive holes they'd cut for windows in the tank, why didn't they make any attempt to board or tarp over the massive holes, opening them up again one at a time for each window frame? Yes I know there were high winds at that height but surely could have done something to keep 90% of the driving rain out!
- they didn't show if you could still get out on the roof after all the works (which clearly included removing the original roof access which was a spiral staircase through the centre of the tank). It looked like you could still get up there somehow from a couple of distance shots as it looked like there was a glass parapet wall up there now, but it would have been nice to see for sure, again since they spent time earlier in the show talking about the view from the very top.
Great conversion helped by the size of the tower, most aren't that big. We didn't see all 7 floors they showed the ground floor and extension, master bedroom and top floor living room and mezzanine with enough seating for a football team! Makes me wonder if all floors were finished.
What part of the country was it in? Is it for sale or to rent yet? £900k all in is quite steep.
What part of the country was it in? Is it for sale or to rent yet? £900k all in is quite steep.
kev1974 said:
- what was the problem with the windows? she went off on a rant at one point that they had no guarantees on them. very odd.
- they didn't show if you could still get out on the roof after all the works (which clearly included removing the original roof access which was a spiral staircase through the centre of the tank).
Splitting the manufacture and the fitting across lots of different suppliers probably didn't help with getting a warranty. Maybe also went commercial terms rather than consumer.- they didn't show if you could still get out on the roof after all the works (which clearly included removing the original roof access which was a spiral staircase through the centre of the tank).
To me it looked like there should have been a spiral stair put in and it was just missing? I thought the rail around the access hole still had a gap? So just an expensive bit missed out.
The finish around some of the window openings looked rather rough on the outside, but I guess no-one is ever going to see it.
The lift pit looked pretty much complete with the mechanical parts and electrics already installed with 6" of water in the bottom. Not clear whether that had penetrated the walls or flowed in from the top. There was a lift contractor listed in the credits, so it must have worked out alright in the end. But if that had to be re-excavated and a new waterproof concrete pit constructed it would have been major. Don't forget George is an architect so not really interested in engineering.
I though that a clean solution would have been to instal a climber lift that runs on tracks up the outside of the building. The overhang might be challenging but the tracks could be stood off the lower part or an opening made to give access into the tank. It would have been visually unobtrusive from a distance and yielded a lot more internal space. Would have upped the cost due to having to break in to each floor level.
I always question the logic of starting work on the lower floors while the top of the building isn't weatherproof.
The lift pit looked pretty much complete with the mechanical parts and electrics already installed with 6" of water in the bottom. Not clear whether that had penetrated the walls or flowed in from the top. There was a lift contractor listed in the credits, so it must have worked out alright in the end. But if that had to be re-excavated and a new waterproof concrete pit constructed it would have been major. Don't forget George is an architect so not really interested in engineering.
I though that a clean solution would have been to instal a climber lift that runs on tracks up the outside of the building. The overhang might be challenging but the tracks could be stood off the lower part or an opening made to give access into the tank. It would have been visually unobtrusive from a distance and yielded a lot more internal space. Would have upped the cost due to having to break in to each floor level.
I always question the logic of starting work on the lower floors while the top of the building isn't weatherproof.
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