House Renovation

When it comes to the plaster in the house it’s a mess, near enough all the ceilings are failing (the old lathe and plaster ceilings) and many of the walls that are plaster, not plasterboard have problems due to years of neglect. Even some of the newer drywall walls aren’t up to standard and need [...]

Continue Reading Learning to Plaster by Plastering and Struggling with Drywall

OK I have a hidden agenda posting this right now. Was checking the sites logs and had a hit from Google for “how to strip woodchip” and another for “removal of woodchip wallpaper”, so checked the SERPs in Google and this site is number 1 and 10ish for the two SERPs By posting this post [...]

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Earlier today (yesterday I suppose now) I was pulling into ASDA’s (supermarket) car park and an idiot in a Land Rover mounted the kerb, cut over the pavement to take the parking space I was patiently waiting for!!!! So I’m sat there in my little car, I drive a Daewoo Matiz, 0-60 in ten minutes [...]

Continue Reading Road rage or maybe parking rage!!

Have been too busy with work and the house (was there Wednseday and Thursday) to find time to write a post! Finally our eldest son (14yrs old) is helping me. One of his younger brothers had punched him between the legs about a month ago which resulted in a very tender swollen testicle (OUCH!!!). So he [...]

Continue Reading Bit busy with the house renovation

After the wash basins had been removed from the top floor I then had to remove the copper hot and cold water pipes that fed the basins and the PVC waste pipes that took the waste water away. The pipes were laid under the original floorboards of the house, so I had to lift a [...]

Continue Reading Removing the plumbing from the top floor

The house is a former guesthouse, so most of the bedrooms (6 on the top 2 floors for starters) have a wash basin with associated built in wardrobe and under wash basin cupboard. The quality of the work is very low for the wardrobes etc… (bit of 2 by 4 timber with thin plywood skin, [...]

Continue Reading Wash basins, wash basins and more wash basins

The purchase of the house hit a few problems on the way that others may learn from. First mistake and it may seem minor when purchasing a house, but make sure the current owner of the house plans to remove everything you don’t want left there, and get it in writing. This house was fully furnished when we [...]

Continue Reading Purchasing the house

To be accurate the renovation started just over a week ago (completed the purchase 27/02/2006), but I only got the idea to start a blog about it a couple of days ago. This is my first major project, really my first house like project since before this house the only stuff I’ve done is minor [...]

Continue Reading House renovation begins