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Day one - we finally get started.

TheMitchells

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While we have been popping in to the house to have a look at things, today was the first day when we went intending to start pulling things to pieces.  tool boxes and hammers were taken in and OH went to work in the upstairs bedroom.  It's the whole width of the house at the rear with a delightful wooden cupboard housing part of the chimney breaast from the dining room and the newish boiler and pipes.  As well as antique wallpaper which you may have seen in the V&A interior design section - not.

P1090619.JPGHere is the boiler and shelving in the bedroom. I am not sure about the safety aspect of having a gas boiler in the bedroom.  Isnt there rules about that?

P1090621.JPGThe door leads to the landing.  Note the architrave; or lack of it.DSC_0406 (1).JPGThat is really how it looked.

The skirting was easy to remove - the planks of wood only had a couple of small dabs of something.  We didnt even need any tools, they just pulled off. (This is something which is happening lots). 

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So the carpet came up, the shelving came out of the cupboard and before long we had a lovely pile of wood.  As well as the door, which is quite nice.  That went down to the cellar together with any wood he thought we may be able to use elsewhere.  The broken/useless stuff is being piled up in the garden ready to go for a nice cheering bonfire in a friends field.

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And the cupboard is now almost gone.

DSC_0405 (1).JPGLovely wallpaper!

The pipes were presumably not needed when the boiler was fitted so they just cut them off!  And there's a couple going down to the room beneath too.

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While the plan has always been to completely renew all the electrics, running new cabling before plastering; we didnt really plan to re-do the plumbing, but we are now considering it.  The radiators in the house are pretty dire and it would be nice to move the boiler to a more suitable position.  So when the floorboards are up and plasterboard is off the walls, it may be best to strip out the plumbing and start over again.  especially as we would like to create a bathroom upstairs in part of the front bedroom.  And it will be good experience for us. 

And look what we found hiding in the attic......

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He's rather large!  Our poor dog was terrified when he came face to face downstairs.:D:D  He needs a name - any suggestions?  Keep it clean please - my parents are reading this blog!   

And while all that demolition upstairs was going on, I was cleaning the oven - anyone want a second hand Rangemaster??  It was caked in grease but its gradually coming off.  Was quoted £90 to get it professionally cleaned so am doing it myself with lots of elbow grease and Ajax cream (other brands are available).

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Not bad for the first days work.  Many more to go!

 

 

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ProDave

Here is a tip for removing cooking grease.  White Spirit.

I used it to remove the gunge inside a cooker hood before I dared touch it to fix it. Far far better than any "oven cleaner" product I have found.  But if it is a gas oven, you might want to leave it a while for the fumes to clear before lighting the oven.........

Clean it up and keep it. I like those rangemansters. We have the stainless steel version

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Nickfromwales

Boiler in bedroom is fine. They're classed as 'room sealed' ;). 

Get it up the attic out of the way, or in an utility etc. :). Boiler in bedroom = a no no for me. :/

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ProDave

Boiler in bedroom might be fione for regs (needs a CO alarm) but I would NOT want something that makes even quiet noises in my bedroom, it would have to go.

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Ferdinand

The Rangemaster looks quite new - clock and controls look identical to our 2 year old Kitchener 90.

t could be worth spondulics if recent.

I would move boilers from bedrooms on principle.

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TheMitchells

The Rangemaster has cleaned up very well.  There is also a large Rangemaster hood, though I am not trying to clean that.  Whoever wants it can do that. Though I may try the white spirits. 

the demolition has continued in the rear bedroom.

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But should the beam not be attached to the wall?P1090963.JPG

And here is the underside of the bedroom ceiling, with the 'unusual' technique of holding up the downlighters with ducktape.P1090968.JPGP1090887.JPG

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TheMitchells

Managed to sell the Rangemaster for £86!  two days cleaning and thats all we got - however, when the young man arrived he was thrilled with it.  Just bought  a housewith his girlfriend so it went to a good home and I felt much better.  And the great thing was it didnt matter how many walls they hit and damaged getting it out.  It wasnt easy but after half an hour of manhandling, two doors removed and lots of grunts, we finally got it out.  And the space it leaves is quite useful.  Now just have to plan the kitchen layout.

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