The 40 Year Old House

[57 Chevy]

felixgogo said:

That's fantastic - bloomin' well done!

Cheers

[57 Chevy]

57 Chevy said:

Had a slight set back when the building inspector came, despite the fact I'd pre-tested the pressure on the drains the test just wouldn't work on the day! I had to scrape out the gravel and found that one of the adjustable angle pipes was causing the problem so I've replaced that now. Got a retest tomorrow, wish me luck!

Well I'm pleased to say that the pressure test worked this time That's three out of four inspections done now, just the final one to go!

[ScottJB]

Any pics of the finalised decking area?

[57 Chevy]

ScottJB said:

Any pics of the finalised decking area?

Sorry for the late reply. I took a break from the work on the house during the summer holidays as I was ignoring the family. It is done now though. Finished insulating the inside too, just need to finish taping to seal it all. Will be pushing on now to try and get this done, maybe bringing in a few trades to speed things up. I'd like to get done by Christmas.

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[57 Chevy]

A bit more progress. Fitted all the sills that go under and over the wood cladding. I had to have all these made up, had them painted the same RAL colour as the guttering. Also started battening the house for the cladding.

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[57 Chevy]

Also finished taping up the interior and stained all the larch cladding teak.

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[rfn]

Looking forward to seeing the cladding on!

[BrabusMog]

I love this thread, some really nice work and pretty much all done yourself. Fair play!

[57 Chevy]

BrabusMog said:

I love this thread, some really nice work and pretty much all done yourself. Fair play!

Thank you I've got a plasterer and electrician on board now as I'm trying to get done for Christmas.

More progress...

Battening done outside..

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And inside...

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First fix electrics also done.

This is what we are up against in the old kitchen! Covered with my son's drawing to cheer it up.

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And part of it gone...

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Breaking though at last...

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Recorded everything on all walls and ceilings for future reference...

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And just started boarding out...

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[57 Chevy]

More progress, that insulated plasterboard is heavy to get on the roof on your own and then screw in!

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Extension by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Extension by Nick Grant, on Flickr

[RC1807]

That rad's gotta go

[57 Chevy]

RC1807 said:

That rad's gotta go

LOL, yes it's dead. Once it was removed I literally just pushed that wall over.

Ready for plastering now.

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And the outside cladding is underway!

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[57 Chevy]

Opened up between the kitchen and dining room ready for the new doors.

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Plastering done now too in the new extension.

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[BertyFish]

Great work. Just a a quick look through.

There's some similarities in the house we moved into 10 months back,

• Yellow bathroom check

• Fiddly parquet floorings check

Edited by BertyFish on Saturday 19th October 21:03

[57 Chevy]

BertyFish said:

Great work. Just a a quick look through.

There's some similarities in the house we moved into 10 months back,

• Yellow bathroom check

• Fiddly parquet floorings check

Edited by BertyFish on Saturday 19th October 21:03

Good luck with your project. The house had good bones and a great location, just trying to make it as good as it can be now.

More progress on the cladding, miscalculated the wood though so waiting on some more to finish.

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Plaster drying nicely

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[BertyFish]

Thanks,

How do you have time to bulld all of this

Here you go....

[57 Chevy]

BertyFish said:

Thanks,

How do you have time to bulld all of this

Here you go....

That's proper time warp

I don't really have time, which is why the extension has taken a year Will be so glad when it's done!

[57 Chevy]

Some more progress. Electricians have been back but need another visit. Really pleased with the brass bulkhead lights. Track lights on the ceilings. Door frame in for the door between the kitchen and dining room. Paint stared, white is just a base coat.

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Edited by 57 Chevy on Monday 28th October 07:44

[57 Chevy]

I wrote an article about my experience building the extension... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-know-kung-fu-nick...

[mikeiow]

Superb!
In the theme of IT.....if only the cloud was an option, you wouldn’t have needed to do any of this on-prem
Well done, it is looking great!