New restoration project - what have I done!
Discussion
Craikeybaby said:
Great work! Do you have a target for when you move in?
Everyone asks me that! Honest answer is I don't know, I'd like to get the two main living floors ready for end of September, and the ideal get the top floor done by March, then spring next year for the downstairs, but it's down to available time and funds. I've got the next two weeks off work to concentrate on the house, so I'm hoping to achieve a lot in that time.Cheers for the comments! I'm just jealous that your further on than me and have built your garage!
J4CKO said:
Just read the whole thread, amazing,
I knew I had seen that panel before though, isnt that the thing they store ghosts in in Ghostbusters ?
Lol, never thought of that! Good likeness! God only know what's behind it. Could be anything, although I never considered some ectoplasm? I knew I had seen that panel before though, isnt that the thing they store ghosts in in Ghostbusters ?
I'm. Going to keep the big red on/off switches and use them for the bar lighting upstairs! Seems only fitting.
Bit more woodwork again today, had to machine up another 18 sets of plinth blocks for the doorways, lost my dust bag for the extractor, maybe having a divorce soon!
Got the framing done for the pairs of doors between kitchen and lounge, so finally I can say that's pretty much all the joinery done in the kitchen!!!!!!!!!!
Ready for painting.
Also did some refurbishment works on one of the most damaged windows, from the guest bathroom on the third floor, it went from this:
To this:
To this:
To being relegated to the rubbish pile!
To this perfectly restored, in true triggers broom style with many new parts, new wood frames and sills and new paint job, it didn't cost £5m but we did rebuild it!
And back home again after a 7 month break, and wearing a new suit!
It lives!
Ps, yes, I've decided that after 7 months of this, I've gone seriously, clinically and categorically insane. I'm existing over the refitting of a centuries old window.... Officially now a saddo..... :-(
Got the framing done for the pairs of doors between kitchen and lounge, so finally I can say that's pretty much all the joinery done in the kitchen!!!!!!!!!!
Ready for painting.
Also did some refurbishment works on one of the most damaged windows, from the guest bathroom on the third floor, it went from this:
To this:
To this:
To being relegated to the rubbish pile!
To this perfectly restored, in true triggers broom style with many new parts, new wood frames and sills and new paint job, it didn't cost £5m but we did rebuild it!
And back home again after a 7 month break, and wearing a new suit!
It lives!
Ps, yes, I've decided that after 7 months of this, I've gone seriously, clinically and categorically insane. I'm existing over the refitting of a centuries old window.... Officially now a saddo..... :-(
Griff Boy said:
Some more update pictures. Did a job I'd been dreading yesterday, fitted the 1200mm downdraft extractor into the worktop.
I've got one of those extractors. It was already fitted whan I bough the house and I was majorly sceptical. BUt it actually works extremely well - better than an overhead IMHO. Plus making it go up and down is endlessly amusing when new guests rock up.Griff Boy said:
Sorry guys, been busy back at work, it's one of our busiest time of years as kids are back at school and everyone suddenly remembers that they need a new kitchen and bathroom fitted before Christmas!
Been working on the dining room recently, put in a false ceiling (it was originally three rooms, a cupboard, a toilet and an office and the ceilings came out slightly different. They were also a complete mess as one of the old pyro fuse boards was on the internal wall, so they'd drilled 20-30 holes through the ceiling! Well when I say drilled, hacked with a machete would be more accurate.
So this wall came down.
This fuse board came out, and the wall it was on too.
Got rid of more basins and toilets, repaired another butchered window, built a new wall to one side, completely stripped and re finished the existing internal wall, as they had put a support steel in the wall for the beams above, just one that was about 20mm thicker than the wall, with the solution to plaster the wall out to suit from 8" either side..... Hmmmm nice and flat then!
So, here it is today, picture rail fitted, new cornice done, new skirtings done, new facings done, window repaired and a wall brought out ready for some made to measure cupboards / display cabinets I'm getting made. Will be DVD and boom storage at either end and the glass backlit in the centre.
Been working on the dining room recently, put in a false ceiling (it was originally three rooms, a cupboard, a toilet and an office and the ceilings came out slightly different. They were also a complete mess as one of the old pyro fuse boards was on the internal wall, so they'd drilled 20-30 holes through the ceiling! Well when I say drilled, hacked with a machete would be more accurate.
So this wall came down.
This fuse board came out, and the wall it was on too.
Got rid of more basins and toilets, repaired another butchered window, built a new wall to one side, completely stripped and re finished the existing internal wall, as they had put a support steel in the wall for the beams above, just one that was about 20mm thicker than the wall, with the solution to plaster the wall out to suit from 8" either side..... Hmmmm nice and flat then!
So, here it is today, picture rail fitted, new cornice done, new skirtings done, new facings done, window repaired and a wall brought out ready for some made to measure cupboards / display cabinets I'm getting made. Will be DVD and boom storage at either end and the glass backlit in the centre.
Griff Boy said:
Im getting a stained glass panel made up for the top light above the main front door, and so far theyve sent me three ideas, whats the thoughts? any preferences?
Personally I much prefer the blue version. The top green version is just too dark. But as with all things its what you as the customer likes that matters
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