Yet Another House Renovation Thread
Discussion
The plan is to get one room livable in by the move in date. We'd love another month but the tenants that are going to rent our current house really want to move in on Bank Holiday weekend so we need to be gone the week before to allow for cleaning.
We have two border collies, one of which is quite highly strung, so we wanted to get all the "dirty" and "noisy" stuff out of the way before we move in. It will be a bit tight but we should be ok.
We have two border collies, one of which is quite highly strung, so we wanted to get all the "dirty" and "noisy" stuff out of the way before we move in. It will be a bit tight but we should be ok.
Thanks. I was really impressed with it too. There's no way I wanted to try and explain to Sky's Moves Team what I wanted to do, and thankfully I didn't need to. VEX came over in the morning to go over my wiring scheme and help with a few bits and bobs and said he'd sort the aerial install for me. A few hours later, Greg turned up! It's great talking with people who don't look at you as if you're mental just because you want to run 9 Coax's from a mast across your loft and into a cupboard. 
Started pulling the Cat-6's today. I'm glad VEX recommended 4 different colours - it's made the labelling a lot easier.
Started pulling the Cat-6's today. I'm glad VEX recommended 4 different colours - it's made the labelling a lot easier.
Hi Matt, I will be watching this post with interest as I too looked at a property on that road for rennovation a few years back but couldn't agree a price with the vendor. Number 2from memory which is on the front of the close.
I can't offer any specific trade skills but have completed a number of simlar projects myself and have a number of local trades people that have contracted for me a number of times in the past.
Still live just a few villages away and happy to offer any assistance required having neally completed my current project.
Rgds Mike
I can't offer any specific trade skills but have completed a number of simlar projects myself and have a number of local trades people that have contracted for me a number of times in the past.
Still live just a few villages away and happy to offer any assistance required having neally completed my current project.
Rgds Mike
Edited by Mike Scott on Saturday 11th August 23:14
Some progress as we speed towards the weekend of 18/19 August which is our moving in weekend!
I've been doing battle with the textured wallpaper in the hall after work. It's mind numbingly boring but got to be done. I was pleased to see white walls under the wallpaper as that's the colour we wanted to go with for the hall (which is a bit dark) and it gave us a bit of a lift to start to get some feel for how the white wall / oak doors / oak floor look may turn out.
Thanks to VEX, some toys have started to arrive.
Ceiling speakers, with the templates so that we can decide whereabouts to mount them and get them installed.
The cable pulling has nearly finished in the office. This is going to be our temporary lounge when we move in, so VEX has configured a satellite to feed the room temporarily. Like a hero, he was busy splicing cables at 9pm in the dark (we have no leccy on yet) wearing his head torch.
Bedroom 3 which is going to be the main guest room, but our temporary bedroom when we move in, is pretty much ready for plastering. The cable pulling and first fix is done, and the chases are capped.
TV wall all ready
Bedside wall - power and data ready
Pleasterers should be in there today prepping and PVA'ing. Walls and ceiling to be skimmed. Should be dry for Sunday which will be our first night sleeping in there!
Bedroom 4 is not a million miles off being ready for plastering. Just got to finish capping the chases.
The comms cupboard in bedroom 4 is getting a little busier.
Got to find some time to start packing boxes in the current place, but still got a lot to do at the new place. And have to do the day job (which fortunately ends next Friday). Why aren't there 48 hours in a day?
I've been doing battle with the textured wallpaper in the hall after work. It's mind numbingly boring but got to be done. I was pleased to see white walls under the wallpaper as that's the colour we wanted to go with for the hall (which is a bit dark) and it gave us a bit of a lift to start to get some feel for how the white wall / oak doors / oak floor look may turn out.
Thanks to VEX, some toys have started to arrive.
Ceiling speakers, with the templates so that we can decide whereabouts to mount them and get them installed.The cable pulling has nearly finished in the office. This is going to be our temporary lounge when we move in, so VEX has configured a satellite to feed the room temporarily. Like a hero, he was busy splicing cables at 9pm in the dark (we have no leccy on yet) wearing his head torch.
Bedroom 3 which is going to be the main guest room, but our temporary bedroom when we move in, is pretty much ready for plastering. The cable pulling and first fix is done, and the chases are capped.
TV wall all ready
Bedside wall - power and data ready
Pleasterers should be in there today prepping and PVA'ing. Walls and ceiling to be skimmed. Should be dry for Sunday which will be our first night sleeping in there!
Bedroom 4 is not a million miles off being ready for plastering. Just got to finish capping the chases.
The comms cupboard in bedroom 4 is getting a little busier.
Got to find some time to start packing boxes in the current place, but still got a lot to do at the new place. And have to do the day job (which fortunately ends next Friday). Why aren't there 48 hours in a day?
mattdaniels said:
Is anyone actually following this thread or am I just talking to myself?
I'm following!! And I did get your email last week Matt and replied but I have not heard back from you since. You've clearly been busy but if you want to do a good job of the lighting you need to be first fix wiring it now with everything else before you go to plaster or it will be a nightmare!
E36GUY said:
mattdaniels said:
Is anyone actually following this thread or am I just talking to myself?
I'm following!! And I did get your email last week Matt and replied but I have not heard back from you since. You've clearly been busy but if you want to do a good job of the lighting you need to be first fix wiring it now with everything else before you go to plaster or it will be a nightmare!Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff