1950s ex council project

[pmanson]

Pit Pony said:

I didn't understand the need to remove the porch. I would have put a sloping roof on it.

Mainly as it was falling down.... single brick construction not properly tied into the house and the roof had kitchen worktop as one of its main constiuant parts!

The plan is to rebuild it properly at a later date

[Pit Pony]

pmanson said:

Pit Pony said:

I didn't understand the need to remove the porch. I would have put a sloping roof on it.

Mainly as it was falling down.... single brick construction not properly tied into the house and the roof had kitchen worktop as one of its main constiuant parts!

The plan is to rebuild it properly at a later date

Yes I understand now.

Our porch was made of rotten soft wood, and when we had the loft converted, we were forced through building regs to make a hallway from the stairs to the front door, so we had the builder build a new brick porch, and knock the wall down between the new hallway and the porch, making a much nicer welcome to the house.

[pmanson]

Electrician's have been progressing well, we know have power restored to all the house and both the original board and the recent board have been replaced with a newer bigger board.

Only issue has been with wiring up the Master/Slave Varilight light switches - looks like we may need an extra cable or two in there. In which case we may have dig out the switch in the hallway.

On a lighter note the hallway has now been mist coated.

[pmanson]

Managed to get some paint on the walls - Hallway is matt white (taken three coats of Wickes trade matt white).

Lounge has been miscoated then a couple of coats of Dulux Mercury Shower 6 on the ceiling then a coat Dulux Grey Steel 1 on the walls:


Quick test of the cabling using whatever DVD was in the machine (Robots I think)




Camera hasn't quite captured the colours but we're happy with the results. Just need to stain the woodwork, have the floor installed and put up the LED lighting

[CoolHands]

I like the dulux steel grey.

[pmanson]

LED light bar installed in the hall (1.5m):




LED light bar installed in the lounge (2m):

[pmanson]

Most of the re-wire is done (just a fault with the upstairs lighting circuit to resolve and the LED lights to go in):

Outside lights on:


These are dimmable:



Virgin TV point setup in the front room, along with the phone line and network points all setup:

[pmanson]

Electricians finished today and the flooring for the lounge & hall has been put down:







I had a trip to Ikea and have been in flat pack hell for most of the evening - nearly finished putting the media unit together but will need to go back tomorrow for a replacement door.

[Podie]

Good progress

[Pheo]

How much do you think getting the chimney removed and made good cost you? We have one in the house we are trying to buy - its a big waste of space as it used to hold the boiler, but now thats on the outside edge of the house in the kitchen.

[pmanson]

Is was about £4k to have the chimney taken out plus plastering

[pmanson]

Lots of flatpack work today and a pleasant drive in the TVR up to Evergreen Cafe to pick up the paintings.

First up the telephone table for the hall:



Then the paintings:


Then yet more flatpack:




Curtains will be going up tomorrow, then that just leaves staining/varnishing woodwork and some photos to go on the walls

Got a stained area on one of the walls but this will be covered by the pictures

[pmanson]

Any recommendations on what do with the new (pine) skirting boards, doors & architraves?

I don't want to gloss them, I was thinking stain or varnish to match the floor.

[E36GUY]

Hi Phil.

Looking great!

Love to get some hi-res pictures of the picture lights if you could manage it?

[pmanson]

E36GUY said:

Hi Phil.

Looking great!

Love to get some hi-res pictures of the picture lights if you could manage it?

Sure, give me a couple of days (waiting for some other pictures to arrive for the lounge).

Hallway doesn't have a picture but i'll find something to go in that section for you.


Bedroom is going to look great as well (but it needs decorating first).

[Oggs]

Looking good mate.

[Mark Benson]

pmanson said:

Any recommendations on what do with the new (pine) skirting boards, doors & architraves?

I don't want to gloss them, I was thinking stain or varnish to match the floor.

Stain them to the required colour, then use some of this.
I've been using it on all sorts, it's as easy to apply as wax (ie. use a cloth to rub it on), dries quickly and protects as well as varnish.
Use plenty and it seems to only need a coat or two but there's no rubbing back or long drying times between coats like varnish.

[Tumbler]

Have you looked the the Osmo oil range? It can appear a little pricey, but applies brilliant and gives an excellent finish, if you have a local timber merchant they may have the very small tin which you could try on an off cut.

[pmanson]

Tumbler said:

Have you looked the the Osmo oil range? It can appear a little pricey, but applies brilliant and gives an excellent finish, if you have a local timber merchant they may have the very small tin which you could try on an off cut.

Thanks for that will take a look this weekend

[pmanson]

Guy,

This the sort of thing you had in mind? (i'll drop you an email with the files if they're what you need):










Planning to get the bedroom decorated over the weekend so should be some pictures of that setup for you as well.

Cheers,
Phill