New restoration project - what have I done!
Discussion
Thunder storm today, so outside work plans abandoned and I decided to finish the tech cupboard. A lot of the cat 6 points for the lower ground floor hadn't been connected, and I also needed to get the to aeriel points working. So prepped for adding another 24 port switch in the cabinet, added another distribution point for the to aeriels, (first one was 12 outlets and nearly full, and I needed another 9 points to be added) another job was tidying up the cables, removing the temporary connection leads from the router to the 48 port switches in the cabinet, connecting up the last 2 floors of the fire alarm and running all the cables under the floor or in the roof cavity above. Also had to make up some simple hatch covers to all the central heating manifold as Mrs Griffboy has a habit of shoving hovers in there and knocking the zone valves off! So , using some left over ply I made a variety of hatch covers, and a cover for the hidden cistern from the WC next door. Last job was to fit some spare carpet off cuts into the room and test everything.
Lol, yeah it had just gone off, as I was testing it, and there was a faulty sensor which was causing it to go off. Added the third zone to it at the same time, now just the 4th zone to add in.
Ground floor is coming on really well. Bedroom 5,6&7 are all basically complete, bathroom / WC 7,8&9 are also 100% complete. Main lower hall is finished, large rec room is done, fish rooms complete, kitchen / utility 2 is almost done as well (what I'm currently working on). Just plans for the last bit of space / current workshop to finalise then onwards with the final push!
Looking into options now as well, as to what to do with the ground floor area. One option is to utilise the ground floor as a B&B to bring some funds in.... Not decided yet, just looking at ideas. It's been finished with regs in mind, overkill if part of the house, but ideal if run as a seperate b&b, just planning ahead. One advantage of it being a b&b is that it has its own entrance, kitchen, living space, dining area and room for a further 3 ensuite double bedrooms, which would give us a total of 6 double ensuite rooms which are separated from the main house.... Definete options.
Ground floor is coming on really well. Bedroom 5,6&7 are all basically complete, bathroom / WC 7,8&9 are also 100% complete. Main lower hall is finished, large rec room is done, fish rooms complete, kitchen / utility 2 is almost done as well (what I'm currently working on). Just plans for the last bit of space / current workshop to finalise then onwards with the final push!
Looking into options now as well, as to what to do with the ground floor area. One option is to utilise the ground floor as a B&B to bring some funds in.... Not decided yet, just looking at ideas. It's been finished with regs in mind, overkill if part of the house, but ideal if run as a seperate b&b, just planning ahead. One advantage of it being a b&b is that it has its own entrance, kitchen, living space, dining area and room for a further 3 ensuite double bedrooms, which would give us a total of 6 double ensuite rooms which are separated from the main house.... Definete options.
Where's the garage though?? That should be no.1 priority 
richtea78 said:
Why are there holes in the floor?
Had to cut access holes when we fitted the new soil pipes last year, going to have to enlarge them as well, as with the run / fall required for one of the toilets will need to be in an adjoining bay between the joists. Still got to first fix all the heating and h+c supplies in here yet too. Sorry guys, been too long since my last update. Lots of things going on recently, including deciding to fit out the ground floor as a bed and breakfast with a seperate kitchen, lounge and dining area. The b&b is now open, which has taken a lot of time up recently, hence the slightly slow process on the rest of the rooms.
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Still working on this room, although now it's been divided into another 3 bedroom and bathrooms...
So, work done so far since my last update:
All exterior walls now framed, insulated and plasterboarded
All new internal walls fully complete
False ceilings in all rooms installed, sheeted and first coated
All rooms taped and filled (took me a while to do this, as had to get this done by myself, and it was just over 60 sheets of plasterboard, and I'm not the fastest taper!)
Cornice fitted in all rooms
First fix electrical complete
4th zone fire alarm system first fixed
First fix plumbing complete
2 bathrooms tiled to dado height and showers wet walled
New reproduction door facings fitted and primed
Drill 4 x 5" core drill holes for extractors through a 850mm thick stone wall...
All windows removed, sanded and prepped ready for final finishing and re cording
Plus a load of other small jobs!
Anyway a few pictures
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Still working on this room, although now it's been divided into another 3 bedroom and bathrooms...
So, work done so far since my last update:
All exterior walls now framed, insulated and plasterboarded
All new internal walls fully complete
False ceilings in all rooms installed, sheeted and first coated
All rooms taped and filled (took me a while to do this, as had to get this done by myself, and it was just over 60 sheets of plasterboard, and I'm not the fastest taper!)
Cornice fitted in all rooms
First fix electrical complete
4th zone fire alarm system first fixed
First fix plumbing complete
2 bathrooms tiled to dado height and showers wet walled
New reproduction door facings fitted and primed
Drill 4 x 5" core drill holes for extractors through a 850mm thick stone wall...
All windows removed, sanded and prepped ready for final finishing and re cording
Plus a load of other small jobs!
Anyway a few pictures
Andrew[MG] said:
Saw this and thought of you..... http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Lol, cool place... Not ready for another project just yet though! Lol Sorry guys, will get them done soon. Just working on a load of things right now.
This will give you a laugh, I'm Looking into getting replacement boilers fitted, as the ones fitted are obsolete and getting parts is a nightmare. So, first job was to make a list of the existing radiators and KW ratings so I could see what I needed.
so, how many radiators and KW do you think it came out to?
This will give you a laugh, I'm Looking into getting replacement boilers fitted, as the ones fitted are obsolete and getting parts is a nightmare. So, first job was to make a list of the existing radiators and KW ratings so I could see what I needed.
so, how many radiators and KW do you think it came out to?
Cheers guys, been a very hard two years, especially hard when my son asked my wife the other day "what is dad going to do when he finishes the house? I don't remember a time when he wasn't doing DIY " kinda of brought it home, that maybe a bit of time off soon is in order, some family time, maybe some golf, and enjoy what we've done... spent the last two days plumbing in bathrooms, and I hate doing that, so it's an even easier decision right now too!
So, general update on the work over the last number of weeks... a lot of weeks!
Quick recap, the space I'm working on is the area under the lounge, which is a two storey extension added to the main house a lot of years ago, I don't know when exactly, but it's lath and plaster walls, so circa 100 years ago?
The space is exactly the same size as the lounge and contains the fish tank plant room, another hallway, 3 bedrooms and 3 ensuite bathrooms.
The last update I'd framed up all the exterior walls, insulated and sheeted with duplex board. Built the internal framing to sub divide the space into rooms and started on the false ceilings. Because the ceiling was old lath and plaster it was just too irregular to work with when sub divided up, so each room had a new false ceiling out in, I lowered it to around 2700mm to give some space for insulation and wiring runs. The floor above is full of the old original "deadening" which is cinder bits, so very effective, but he'll of a messy thing to touch. All new cable runs installed, for each room, aerial supplies, cat 6 points and emergency lighting systems for each room. I also extended the fire alarm zone to include the new rooms.
Then started the Ames taping work.. not my favourite job! All rooms taped and filled, sanded 'urgh' and given a couple of coats of plain white paint, coats the walls better before wallpapering, and helps me see any imperfections in my plaster work!
Next job was cornicing, which was pretty knew to me and not something I'd done a lot of before. I understood the compound mitre aspects, but had a serious headache trying to reverse everything to work in the ceiling! Especially as I had 6 boxes of cornice (36 lengths) and I needed exactly 35 1/2 lengths! Lol managed it ok, and pretty happy with the results TBH.
All the floors had some low profile insualation laid down, then every inch of floor was sheeted in 9mm ply to stabilise the sub floor and get rid of any bumps and lumps. Had some serious issues when the timber floor met concrete floor sections, and some "adjustment" was needed.... and a big hammer too!
Dado rails in all rooms, next and then 170mm skirting boards, all mdf this time, for speed and durability.
Next, wall papering... all rooms papered in the textured, embossed paper I'd used throughout the house, then painted. Simple sentence, but nearly a weeks work!
The onto the feature wall paper below dado height, a different one in each room, but starting to look like real rooms!
The last 3 bathrooms (bringing the total up to 12 WC's and bathrooms) were nice sized, not huge, but sized to suit the rooms, two were 1400 x 2450mm and the last a smaller one, using the depth of an old exterior door. All of the were wetwalled in the showers, and two were tiled up to dado height with the third fully tiled floor to ceiling. Decided to use Karndean for the floors, as it looks good and is very durable!
Fitted radiators last week. And just one last bathroom to finish final fixing and then I can get the water and heating live in this section of the house, the last leg of plumbing, thank god!
Once the wet works are tested and connected its flooring and finishings! Oh, and 6 doors to paint, fit locks and hardware to, hang and finish...
Quick recap, the space I'm working on is the area under the lounge, which is a two storey extension added to the main house a lot of years ago, I don't know when exactly, but it's lath and plaster walls, so circa 100 years ago?
The space is exactly the same size as the lounge and contains the fish tank plant room, another hallway, 3 bedrooms and 3 ensuite bathrooms.
The last update I'd framed up all the exterior walls, insulated and sheeted with duplex board. Built the internal framing to sub divide the space into rooms and started on the false ceilings. Because the ceiling was old lath and plaster it was just too irregular to work with when sub divided up, so each room had a new false ceiling out in, I lowered it to around 2700mm to give some space for insulation and wiring runs. The floor above is full of the old original "deadening" which is cinder bits, so very effective, but he'll of a messy thing to touch. All new cable runs installed, for each room, aerial supplies, cat 6 points and emergency lighting systems for each room. I also extended the fire alarm zone to include the new rooms.
Then started the Ames taping work.. not my favourite job! All rooms taped and filled, sanded 'urgh' and given a couple of coats of plain white paint, coats the walls better before wallpapering, and helps me see any imperfections in my plaster work!
Next job was cornicing, which was pretty knew to me and not something I'd done a lot of before. I understood the compound mitre aspects, but had a serious headache trying to reverse everything to work in the ceiling! Especially as I had 6 boxes of cornice (36 lengths) and I needed exactly 35 1/2 lengths! Lol managed it ok, and pretty happy with the results TBH.
All the floors had some low profile insualation laid down, then every inch of floor was sheeted in 9mm ply to stabilise the sub floor and get rid of any bumps and lumps. Had some serious issues when the timber floor met concrete floor sections, and some "adjustment" was needed.... and a big hammer too!
Dado rails in all rooms, next and then 170mm skirting boards, all mdf this time, for speed and durability.
Next, wall papering... all rooms papered in the textured, embossed paper I'd used throughout the house, then painted. Simple sentence, but nearly a weeks work!
The onto the feature wall paper below dado height, a different one in each room, but starting to look like real rooms!
The last 3 bathrooms (bringing the total up to 12 WC's and bathrooms) were nice sized, not huge, but sized to suit the rooms, two were 1400 x 2450mm and the last a smaller one, using the depth of an old exterior door. All of the were wetwalled in the showers, and two were tiled up to dado height with the third fully tiled floor to ceiling. Decided to use Karndean for the floors, as it looks good and is very durable!
Fitted radiators last week. And just one last bathroom to finish final fixing and then I can get the water and heating live in this section of the house, the last leg of plumbing, thank god!
Once the wet works are tested and connected its flooring and finishings! Oh, and 6 doors to paint, fit locks and hardware to, hang and finish...
After 57 pages of posts, it's understandable some might get missed! Lol
Yes, we are now open as a b&b, wasn't always the plan, the emergency lighting was installed as a fail safe in case we did decide to go down this route, but the fire alarm systems were deemed essential due to the size of the house and amount of rooms, a few mains linked smoke alarms just wouldn't have cut it!
Ref the plans, I do have some I was hoping to be able to scan in, but ideally I'll get an electronic set put together as the paper ones are A sized, it's on the todo list.....
I've been working on the final bathroom over the last couple of days, finished laying the Karndean flooring, fitted and connected the basin unit, wall mirror and almost the radiator. I say almost, as it was delivered with no fixings, and so far the company supplying it have sent three sets of fixings, all of which have been wrong.. amazes me how these people make any money!
Also wanted to make up a concealed unit for the cistern, the main soil vent pipe goes up in this room, from the WC outlet, so any kind of WC would have looked a mess behind, so I framed up the space and made a set of panels from two white gloss kitchen end panels I had lying around. One was made into the lower WC panel for a btw WC, and the other was ripped down to make a frame and the top panel. I overlaid the fronts onto the frame and centered it onto the wall. The WC is offset to the left to allow space for the bracketless radiator, as the room is only a metre wide it also helps add visual width to the room.
Yes, we are now open as a b&b, wasn't always the plan, the emergency lighting was installed as a fail safe in case we did decide to go down this route, but the fire alarm systems were deemed essential due to the size of the house and amount of rooms, a few mains linked smoke alarms just wouldn't have cut it!
Ref the plans, I do have some I was hoping to be able to scan in, but ideally I'll get an electronic set put together as the paper ones are A sized, it's on the todo list.....
I've been working on the final bathroom over the last couple of days, finished laying the Karndean flooring, fitted and connected the basin unit, wall mirror and almost the radiator. I say almost, as it was delivered with no fixings, and so far the company supplying it have sent three sets of fixings, all of which have been wrong.. amazes me how these people make any money!
Also wanted to make up a concealed unit for the cistern, the main soil vent pipe goes up in this room, from the WC outlet, so any kind of WC would have looked a mess behind, so I framed up the space and made a set of panels from two white gloss kitchen end panels I had lying around. One was made into the lower WC panel for a btw WC, and the other was ripped down to make a frame and the top panel. I overlaid the fronts onto the frame and centered it onto the wall. The WC is offset to the left to allow space for the bracketless radiator, as the room is only a metre wide it also helps add visual width to the room.
KTF said:
Have you got a layout of how it is now as there are so many rooms its hard to keep track of 
Are all the rooms going to get used for something as with 12 bathrooms you could nearly use a different one each day...
There's no way in hell, I'm brave enough, or stupid enough to use the kids bathrooms! Lol. But yes, it's kind of an odd thing to think where shall I visit for the morning ablutions today... spread the love! Lol Are all the rooms going to get used for something as with 12 bathrooms you could nearly use a different one each day...
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