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We have a bathroom!


TheMitchells

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Wow, I cannot believe its 4 months since the last blog entry.  Life has just been busy, busy, busy and for a while, there didnt seem to be much to report, even though we have been busy.  The bedrooms have been plastered and painted, skirting fixed and the bedrooms doors have been bought and are awaiting fixing.  The best thing was finally gettitng the bathroom fitted. Its been a while since we had a working loo and while the 'portaloo' in the cellar was adequate, the new one is fab!

Fist we had to rebuild the walls which was a shame as the middle room has looked great with all that space.  DSC_1725.thumb.JPG.4a366a21c6630287b7ea4f957bbdcc6f.JPG

Then we addede 9mmply (I think) which covered all the chipboard joins and gave it rigidity.  Sealed with pva and screwed down.  Although there are joins on the left hand side, these are going to be under the units and bath so we arent worried about them.  The main part is all one for the lino to cover.

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The bath was one of the smallest we could find, 150cm long and we extended the side wall into the middle room to fit it in without having to dig into the exterior wall to fit it in, although fitting it was a PITA.  DSC_1760.thumb.JPG.ffb018410a10ab6df660b8a93fec22f3.JPG

AS always, the OH soon had it all fittd and I could start the tiling.  having looked round at showrooms, we went for couple of vertical mosiacs, one opp the loo so you can see your relection!, and the other above the bath, along the shower line.  They look smart although I did have some issues as they are a thinner tile than the rest and it took a bit of time to get it right. 

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The loo was a bit of a pain as we didnt really have many options for its location due to the plumbing already in place, but then we had to get the waste through the floor avoiding the floori beams, which of course were directly where he wanted to go.  So he had to use a side bendy thing to mive the waste a few inches to the left.  Its not perfect but it works and once the sink was in, it was not too noticable. 

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We're quite pleased with the final look - sorry about the photo's - its hard to get a decent picture of such a small room.  But its almost finished, just a couple of little touch ups with the sealant and a glass screen.  Even the radiator is up and running.  still needs a door!  but a curtain works for now.

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Upstairs the walls were plastered and painted and I'm very pleased with the look. 

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The lounge has also been done and the ceiling repaired from the foot through it - you cant see where it happened.  Am very happy with the plasterers apart from the mess they make!  I spent a couple of hours cleaning the stairs, ready for painting the edge, only for the OH to paint the walls and not bother cleaning off the excess off the wood, so I had to do it all over again! O.o

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But after filling and rubbing down the wood, I have undercoated the sides of the stairs ready for the final coat and the carpet.  Its not briliant but as the wood is probably over a hundred years old, the buyer will have to accept the odd bump and crack that I couldnt cover.

 Here are before and after shots.

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So what else?  Here's the lounge with the lights fitted and working.  the skirting is cut and just needs to be fixed and I ahve the coving to put up - going for a polyeuythene one from Screwfix which had excellent reviews as its very lightweight and easy to cut.  I shall let you know how it goes as i have ever done coving before. 

 

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We had a chap in yesterday to come up with a plan for the kitchen.  As it is such as small space, we wanted to get some ideas to add to the layout that we have come up with.  We have gone for Howdens as they are very reasonably priced and they have a sale on now so hopefully we can get a really good price.  But thats for the next blog post - I'll have finished the garden wall then too so more photo's.  Its all coming together now but still seems to be taking ages to get to that finishing line.  I guess we'll ge there, when we get there, no good rushing and making a mess.^_^

 

 

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Sleepless nights? Or the joys of pre-scheduled publishing?

 

Nice piece. Could you link to that light fitting, please.

 

Make sure you pay Howdens on time. I forgot to this summer .. and it became "interesting". They escalate quickly.

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4 hours ago, Ferdinand said:

Sleepless nights? Or the joys of pre-scheduled publishing? 

 

Nice piece. Could you link to that light fitting, please.

B&Q for the ceiling light.  Not expensive at all but the OH said it was quite good quality and it does look nice.  They have quite a good range of similar and as the ceiling height is only about 2.1m, we needed something that did not hang down much.  Will see if I can find the box for the name.  Unusually, we actually went into the store so dont have a linkxD

 

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And yes, sleepless nights but not sure why. Just wake up in middle of night and brain will not let me go back to sleep so get up and do something for an hour. Usually works.  Unfortunatly it also means I make mistakes - I'm not sure where a couple of those pictures come from at the end.  I should have left it to check in the morning instead of posting straight away.  ¬¬

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20 minutes ago, TheMitchells said:

And yes, sleepless nights but not sure why. Just wake up in middle of night and brain will not let me go back to sleep 

 

Ah yes, I remember that feeling well! It's never happened to me before or since.

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