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[mauvais]

That looks lovely Mumbles274 - loads of light. As an aside, it actually suits the terracotta plaster colour quite well.

The flooring people have started here - grips up, some screed removed, old tiled fireplaces dealt with, a load of board repairs, and they've started to sand. There's up to four of them, at least two massive machines and they expect to take most of this week. Definitely glad I didn't attempt DIY.

 

[bimble]

I keep wanting this thread to inspire me to get my arse out of chair and carry on with the work that kind of ground to a halt sometime in 2016. Most urgent is to paint the bloody ceiling but so far no luck, inspire me more please . It really needs doing (stains from a leak above, in the shape of hammerhead sharks and slugs) but it means emptying the whole place and its a really high ceiling and ugh.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I keep wanting this thread to inspire me to get my arse out of chair and carry on with the work that kind of ground to a halt sometime in 2016. Most urgent is to paint the bloody ceiling but so far no luck, inspire me more please . It really needs doing (stains from a leak above, in the shape of hammerhead sharks and slugs) but it means emptying the whole place and its a really high ceiling and ugh.

When, or if, you get round to doing it, you'll need to apply a stain sealer before painting, otherwise the stain will just reappear.

 

[bimble]

When, or if, you get round to doing it, you'll need to apply a stain sealer before painting, otherwise the stain will just reappear.

I know! And I even actually have it have had it for ages after well intentioned trip to DIY shop. But thanks, imagine doing the immense job and then the slugs gradually reappear, the horror.

 

[Poi E]

Mauvais with that chimney it's a good job we don't get earthquakes here

 

[cupid_stunt]

I know! And I even actually have it have had it for ages after well intentioned trip to DIY shop. But thanks, imagine doing the immense job and then the slugs gradually reappear, the horror.

I fucking hate doing ceilings.

A few years ago my brother & sister-in-law cashed in everything to get a buy-to-let, just to provide her son, partner & new baby a decent home. The place hadn't been updated since the 70s, it needed a lot of work, and me being a daft & soft twat offered to help, free of charge.

Several weekends travelling up from Sussex to Essex, and because my brother has a bad back, and SIS has a neck problem, guess who ended-up dealing with all the stained ceilings upstairs, and unstained ones downstairs?

 

[bimble]

Ceilings are no fun at all. This one is also huge and really high so i have to tiptoe on the ladder with a long roller. I love painting otherwise.

 

[izz]

I sanded the downstaies floor here when i moved in years ago. Awful job. Avoid!

Walls that needed plastering have been plastered today, including around the veluxes which were replaced earlier this year when leaky roof was fixed. Floor has had one self levelling layer and is having another tomorrow. We have Karndean flooring hopefully being done Friday or Saturday, then its just decorating

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oooooh that's going to be lush when its done

 

[equationgirl]

When I painted my bedroom at Christmas, it wasn't until I got on the ladder that I realised I had massively underestimated the height of the ceiling, and even on top of a large ladder, with a long handled roller, I could not successfully paint the ceiling without a) making a terrible mess of the painting and b) probably killing myself. So I didn't bother.

As it was I ended up putting a picture rail line in because I also could not reach where the top of the wall and the ceiling meet, so a neat job was out of the question.

Here's the finished room with the new bed I got:

 

[alcopop]

I sanded the downstaies floor here when i moved in years ago. Awful job. Avoid!

Walls that needed plastering have been plastered today, including around the veluxes which were replaced earlier this year when leaky roof was fixed. Floor has had one self levelling layer and is having another tomorrow. We have Karndean flooring hopefully being done Friday or Saturday, then its just decorating

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Lovely windows!

 

[Mumbles274]

Thanks alcopop

Floor was done today


Skirting and new rad being done tomorrow. It is really just painting and finishing then

 

[Winot]

Nope *sound of buzzer* that one is.. false!
Quite good article here on it, its not only false but doesn't make any sense in the context of what is really not a prudish religion at all despite the dress codes.
FACT CHECK: Do Orthodox Jews Have Marital Relations Through a Hole in a Sheet?

Moving the twin beds 4 inches apart while the woman is menstruating is true though, right?

 

[moonsi til]

When we moved in the pagoda thing didn’t have a roof so we put one on meaning we can sit under if it rains & is still warm. From yesterday when we had folk round for dinner. We have a little gas heater in there too.

 

[cupid_stunt]

moonsi til - nice, what's that hanging on the wall at the end, is there a dartboard behind the doors?

Only, I used to have one that looked exactly like that.

 

[pesh]

the face in/on the end wall is genius.

 

[teuchter]

View attachment 138851 When we moved in the pagoda thing didn’t have a roof so we put one on meaning we can sit under if it rains & is still warm. From yesterday when we had folk round for dinner. We have a little gas heater in there too.

If you want to sit in a space with a roof and a heater in it but open on the side...would it not be simpler just to sit in the room you took the photo from and have the doors open? And consequently have a bigger garden?

 

[mauvais]

Moved in yesterday. Floors are overrunning but getting there - still a few coats to go:

 

[izz]

View attachment 138851 When we moved in the pagoda thing didn’t have a roof so we put one on meaning we can sit under if it rains & is still warm. From yesterday when we had folk round for dinner. We have a little gas heater in there too.

I really like that, I like that it's dry when it's wet, cooler than full sun in the summer, a mix of inside and outside, all-year roundness thing

 

[moonsi til]

If you want to sit in a space with a roof and a heater in it but open on the side...would it not be simpler just to sit in the room you took the photo from and have the doors open? And consequently have a bigger garden?

The pagoda thing was there when we moved in but that room I took picture from used to be a bathroom which was moved upstairs. It is now a nice little dining area for us and could prob squeeze 6 at a push in there. Plus we like the outside/inside thing.

My partner is one of those folk who finds things (skips , places he works, doesn’t throw things away) so he put up the little heater he got from somewhere at no cost to him. First time using last night as friend was cold.

 

[moonsi til]

moonsi til - nice, what's that hanging on the wall at the end, is there a dartboard behind the doors?

Only, I used to have one that looked exactly like that.

Yep dartboard , a recent addition from a car boot sale.

 

[moose]

So jealous of your space, moonsi til - I'd love somewhere to sit outside when it's leathering down with rain.

 

[bimble]

Moving the twin beds 4 inches apart while the woman is menstruating is true though, right?

It’s true. And also you just made me read a load of really disturbing stuff about the whole period purity side of things. Not good. Back to home improvemts please .

 

[Calamity1971]

So jealous of your space, moonsi til - I'd love somewhere to sit outside when it's leathering down with rain.

Me too. Smelling the night air whilst raining. I used to love holidays in a caravan for that noise. Darts as well, what's not to like

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Cor, there’s some busy people here doing lots of nice things to their houses, putting me to shame for taking six months to change a lightbulb. In my defence I put it down to having been fuming about eruvs for many years

 

[equationgirl]

I put a cabinet under the sink today. It can't go as far back as I would like due to way the builder put the earth wire in, but it's good enough.

 

[danski]

I put a cabinet under the sink today. It can't go as far back as I would like due to way the builder put the earth wire in, but it's good enough.

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Have you tried giving it a tug? Might be able to release a clip and gain a bit of slack

 

[equationgirl]

Have you tried giving it a tug? Might be able to release a clip and gain a bit of slack

Tried, no give. Thanks though.

 

[equationgirl]

I also found the water pipes for the mixer tap are in the way, but I like the way it looks so all good.

 

[Cloo]

Bought our house 3 years ago, most of decor unmodernised in 30+ year - did a massive load of work October 16-March 18

Bathroom before:

Bathroom after (angle is different, as we moved the door):

 

[Cloo]

Our bedroom being stripped (this space had been dining room/kitchen, we put a teeny en suite in about half the kitchen space):