Not a question, just details of my house project
I've recently purchased an Edwardian terraced house in desperate need of love and attention. the house has remained largely untouched since it was but in c1910. The house consists of an entrance hallway leading to a large living room, a good sizes dining room and a galley kitchen. Behind the stairs is the entrance to a large 2 chamber cellar with approx 2.4m head room. Upstairs consists of a large master bedroom, a good sized 2nd bedroom and a 3rs boxroom. The bathroom is relatively small and poorly laid out. A previous occupant had a wooden shower room built at the end of the galley kitchen. The kitchen itself was tiny with very little space to work in. The first projects are to remove the dividing wall between the kitchen and dining room to create a much more open and friendly kitchen diner with the shower room demolished and a proper extension adding. The original back door and window of the house to be removed to create one long run in the kitchen area. An island hob will also be installed. Work is already well underway and the wall has been removed and the extension built. I have sourced some additional floorboards made from reclaimed pine joists supplied by Antique Reclaimed Flooring of Wakedield. Once this work is complete a kitchen will be supplied and installed by Magnet. The bathroom is going to be redesigned with the fittings being rotated 90 degrees to make much better use of the space. Bathroom Design and Creations of Westhoughton are doing this work. I'll keep this post updated with photos and pictures as it progresses.
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4 years agoI'll keep that in mind Oneplan. Now here's a progress pic. Currently pulling up the original kitchen floorboards. I'm going to lay the new ones as a complete run and put the old ones under the units where they won't be seen. trouble us they are t&g so I need to remove the tongue in situ, and make sure I cut them out on different joists to ensure a staggered lay for the new ones.
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4 years agoseems like not much has happened recently. Got the old plaster off the back wall and given it a coat of PVA and water in prep for the boards. It's so uneven I need to double board it. And I'm trying to remove the old fire out of the fireplace but it's stuck fast! Probably bricked in so I'll need to investigate that further.
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4 years agoSo after deciding to remove the ugly coal burner I took out my hammer. This turned out to be more difficult than I'd expected. The fire in the living room simply slid out. However this one was stuck fast. After more persuading with the hammer and crowbar I discovered why. The original chimney had been infilled to make it smaller and the coal burner fixed in place. I'm so glad it was as I've uncovered the original fireplace and I'm going to make it a feature by adding shelves inside it. I can't remove all the infill yet as there is about 2 cubic feet of soot to remove! But the picture gives you an idea.
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4 years agoTurns out it's a back boiler! with about 10 cubic feet of soot and rubble behind it. This is a bigger job than I'd hoped for!
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4 years agoFinally dug all the debris out if the fireplace. the gaps at the front are where the old hearth was set in concrete. That opens to the cellar. I'm going to add floor boards to that space. Then lay a concrete slab in the base to then add shelving and cupboards to. I've never seen so much rubble and dust in such a small space!
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4 years agoNew joists in and floor boards cut to fit. once they're all sanded you won't see the difference. managed to use some of the old ones I ripped up and replaced in the kitchen area. I'm pretty pleased with it so far. Chimneys being swept in Wednesday!
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3 years agoso its been a while since I posted an update, mainly because progress has been slow! but the kitchen is almost finished now. The feature wall in the dining area is up too. floors sanded, sealed and, in the kitchen, druaghtex rubber strips inserted into the gap. The kitchen still has its wraps on in the photo so you can't really see the colour yet.
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