15th Weekend

Well it's been a while, but progress has been good. Since the last blog:

Double glazing installed
Kitchen installed
Bathroom fitted
Bedroom 1 almost complete
Bedroom 2 almost complete
Bedroom 3 almost complete
Upstairs radiators fitted
Water connected to all taps
Staircase and landing 1st coat of paint
Woodburner flue installed
New door lining to bedroom 1.

Pictures at: http://photosbytony.fotopic.net/c1295061.html and http://photosbytony.fotopic.net/c1311410.html

7th Weekend

Photo's here: http://photosbytony.fotopic.net/c1267430.html

In addition to photo's:

Bedroom 1 prepared for painting
Bathroom floor replaced
Waste pipes cemented in
Ground floor walls prepared and sealed for plastering
Doorway between lounge/hallway formed
All ceilings plastered
All rooms cleared and swept.

6th Weekend

Updated photo's here: http://photosbytony.fotopic.net/c1262300.html

In addition to photo's, the new soil and vent pipe was installed.

5th weekend

A lot of progress this weekend with the help of Simon on Saturday and Matt on Sunday:

Fireplace completed (Simon)
All chases plastered (Matt)
Soil & vent pipe removed
Boiler installed
Flue installed through roof
Lounge prepared for plastering
1st floor ceilings PVA'd
1st Floor floorboards replaced
TV aerial diverted into loft
Front external socket installed
Front lawn mown!

As soon as the upstairs ceilings are completed this week, redecoration can start :)

Photos at: http://photosbytony.fotopic.net

4th (Easter) Weekend

With four days available a fair amount was achieved:

central heating pipework completed
all remaining chases filled
fireplace opened out
2 visits to the tip
bathroom floor lifted
gas pipework installed
loft boarded
upstairs lighting wired.

Mid 3rd week work

I was kindly assisted by Simon and Matt tonight and we go loads done. Simon filled almost all the downstairs chases whilst Matt and I wired all the TV points, telephones and cat5e network. We also installed our first few central heating pipes and had a general clear up.

Weekend 3

On Saturday I was kindly assisted by Simon who prepared and fixed all the electrical boxes on the ground floor - a major step forward. I also prepared and fixed back all the boxes upstairs as well.

On Sunday I had the help of both Matt and Martin. We installed all of the conduits, and I drilled all of the joists ready for the cabling and pipes. We wired the ring main for the main house and the ground floor lighting circuit. Most of the ground floor conduits were fixed back ready for filling.

2nd Weekend

This weekends progress was as follows:

Removing all the rubbish into the skip
Removing the timber cladding and shutters on the front elevation
Isolating all the electrics and removing old wiring
Cutting all chases and breaking out about 70%
All necessary floors lifted
Removed secondary double glazing and frames
Removed sliding door between lounge and dining room.

During this week:

Installed loft ladder
Stripped kitchen wallpaper
Sized and selected radiators
Designed kitchen layout
Ordered double glazing.

Thanks to Dave, Dan and Matt for clearing the rubbish on Saturday. Big thanks to Matt for chasing out all day today.

Pictures at: http://photosbytony.fotopic.net/

Before and After

Kitchen:

Before

After

Lounge:

Before

After

Bathroom:

Before

After

Bedroom 3

Before

After

So a fair amount done so far :) More photos at: http://photosbytony.fotopic.net/

Where to Start?

So I've started a small project; to modernise a house. Two days ago, walking through the front door was like stepping back 35 years in time. The carpets, wall paper and curtains were retro to say the least.

The idea of this blog is to record the (hopeful) progress of the modernisation of my house. If you know me, then of course you can come round anytime for a look - but make sure you wear your work clothes ;)

Two days on, the house is a bare shell - no carpets, kitchen, bathroom and most impressively, hardly any wallpaper!

So to try and list the work this weekend, here's a list:

Storage heaters removed
Fireplace removed
All carpets removed
Lounge wallpaper removed
Bedroom 1 wallpaper removed
Bedroom 2 wallpaper removed
Bedroom 3 wallpaper removed
Bathroom stripped out
Kitchen stripped out
Conservatory removed
Water to bathroom, hws and kitchen isolated and stripped out
Hall / Lounge glass partition removed.

I think thats about it. There's a rather large pile of rubish awaiting a skip next weekend. This weekends thankyou's go to Dave & Dan and Jen & Jon for their help, thanks :)

Photographs of progress are online at: http://photosbytony.fotopic.net/