Lenny Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Looking excellent mate, The pictures of the old wallpaper is hurting my eyes 🙈 looking much brighter now though; and the wardrobe looks to be custom built for the space its fitted in very nicely there too. The bathroom is also much brighter looking more Efficient on water too with the dual flush system on the toilet. Looking forward to seeing more progress soon; my build is on hold now until March next year due to the cost of my three kids returning to school; so I'm enjoying reading this until I can get back to my own again, Thanks for sharing 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 Cheers @Lenny it took way longer than we had planned, but it's good that it's finished and we're in. We spent way more on the bathroom than we should have but it's done the way we want it and it'll be good for quite a few years. The wardrobe was a pretty snug fit right enough, especially as I had to take it out after I assembled it incorrectly! 🙄 Still working on getting son's room ready for painting! Rare nice day here yesterday so we had a BBQ for tea and we didn't get much else done. We spent a couple of hours washing the walls but the amount of paste left on is incredible! I YouTube'd the problem and came across this vid. Seems to work very well. God, I hate wallpaper! Enjoy your hiatus from DIY mate 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 Room 3 done..... only another 11 to go!!! 🙄 Oldest son's bedroom, just a general strip back to bare walls and floor. New door, skirtings and facings, shift and add a couple of sockets and reroute a TV cable. Ceiling skimmed and painted. The usual before and after pics. Much the same as our room. Same paint colour, same carpet even the same wardrobe. Probably going to get him matching chest of drawers and bedside cabinet. We're away to Inverness next weekend so the DIY will (probably) take a backseat for a wee while. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 Been a quiet couple of months house wise, family holidays and weekend trips away for gigs etc but back onto improving the place. Probably the least visual impact but, hopefully, it will have the most positive effect on the house. Certainly it's the most expensive job we've done so far. Job started today, hopefully all done and dusted by Friday dinnertime. A wee teaser pic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVSR2 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Air con will do you right in this weather mate, enjoy 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 12 hours ago, DEVSR2 said: Air con will do you right in this weather mate, enjoy 👍 Unfortunately, due to our location, we probably won't get much of a chance to use it to cool the house ☹️ but hopefully it'll be an effective and cheap way to heat the house. It'll certainly be cheaper than oil heater anyway! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, Turvey said: Unfortunately, due to our location, we probably won't get much of a chance to use it to cool the house ☹️ but hopefully it'll be an effective and cheap way to heat the house. It'll certainly be cheaper than oil heater anyway! I saw the Panasonic branding and assumed it was a TV...been a while since I've seen a TV in that 4:3 aspect! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 6 hours ago, Turvey said: Unfortunately, due to our location, we probably won't get much of a chance to use it to cool the house ☹️ but hopefully it'll be an effective and cheap way to heat the house. It'll certainly be cheaper than oil heater anyway! Great idea mate, are these units self installed ? They seem to be getting increasingly popular these days, I must say; at first glance i too thought it was a television before reading the post as your last update was routing cables in one of the bedrooms for a television. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 @Lenny definitely not a self-install 😲 So far, we've had 2 men worked whole day Wednesday and half day today. They did all the messy jobs yesterday, holes bored to run pipework and cables etc and today they've been making up and routing the aforementioned pipework to the indoor and outdoor unit locations. Tomorrow will be hooking up, filling with gas, commissioning, testing etc We had air to water heating in the last house(underfloor) and know how economic it can be. This won't be as economical but it'll be better than oil at 60p(ish) a litre being burnt in a 30 year old boiler, which we'll still have for hot water duties. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 3 indoor units to be installed on the wall, 1 in the sitting room to be a floor mounted unit. Outdoor unit location, pipework will be hidden inside trunking. Disclaimer: Please don't diss the decor! It's being replaced room by room 😀 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Very tidy job there mate, sexy braided power cables too, Will you be keeping the radiators in place as back up or are they being blanked and removed as each of the rooms gets re-painted ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 47 minutes ago, Lenny said: Very tidy job there mate, sexy braided power cables too, I was wondering if they would miss 30 feet or so 🤔 be fine for getting power in the summer house 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 49 minutes ago, Lenny said: Will you be keeping the radiators in place as back up or are they being blanked and removed as each of the rooms gets re-painted ? The one you see in the sitting room will be going, there's another one on the opposite side of the room for a backup. I think most of the others will be staying in case of breakdown etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zain611 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 13 hours ago, Turvey said: I was wondering if they would miss 30 feet or so 🤔 be fine for getting power in the summer house 😉 I first thought that was a dog 😂. Definitely worth it though with the hot weather here. In my room the indoor AC unit is installed so now just need the outside unit and someone to connect it all up. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, zain611 said: I first thought that was a dog 😂. Definitely worth it though with the hot weather here. In my room the indoor AC unit is installed so now just need the outside unit and someone to connect it all up. I'm sure it will go woof before we ever see it going cheep 😅.... I'll get my jacket now...🚪 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 Due to being called away to other jobs, we didn't get our install finished on Friday and due to other commitments ie Rock Festival weekend 😁 there was no work done yesterday. However it'll hopefully be finished up on Monday 🤞 All units installed, just one to be tidied up, outside unit still to be wired up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 As an aside I received an addition to the side project AKA The Piston Broke Garage Bar 😎 Tennant's Lager did a new tap range recently. There was a generic Scotland one I think but they also did ones for various areas/towns/cities etc incorporating local sites and events. I've managed to get one of our local ones, very rare! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 New heating up and running 😀 What a difference, can get a room up to temperature in quite a short time, hardly know they're on. Just need to figure out what times we want them to come on, just now we're turning them on and off manually but come winter I would prefer it if, especially in the morning, the rooms we use are a bit warmer. We'll need to keep an eye on electricity usage over the next few weeks and still run the radiators occasionally to keep things ticking over but overall I think we're happy we went ahead with it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Room 4 done! The 'main' bathroom, even though it's the smallest one in the house, was needing a bit of an update. The shower used hot water like it was going out of fashion, the shower drain was nearly at the stage of falling out of the shower, the extractor fan didn't work etc etc Just the usual strip everything back to the plasterboard and renew everything. Taking the tiles off proved impossible so it was easier to just pull the plasterboard off. The pipework for the sink had to be rerouted to exit the wall as opposed to the floor. Soundproofing insulation was packed into the wall, and covered with 2 layers of plasterboard. Old extractor was removed leaving big hole, decided to add another layer of plasterboard to the ceiling and taped and filled it. Quicker than filling the hole and skimming over a couple of times. Next room has been started 🙄 just a spare bedroom, so nothing too exciting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Looks really nice...and finally an area I have plenty of experience with! I guess the main question is...what's it like sitting on a square seat? More comfortable? Easier wiping access? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zain611 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, TomsFocus said: Looks really nice...and finally an area I have plenty of experience with! I guess the main question is...what's it like sitting on a square seat? More comfortable? Easier wiping access? Didn't know you were into bathroom decorating. Gives me some ideas what id like to do when I get my own house. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 4 hours ago, TomsFocus said: Looks really nice...and finally an area I have plenty of experience with! I guess the main question is...what's it like sitting on a square seat? More comfortable? Easier wiping access? I can't speak from experience, I use our ensuite 😃, but Mrs Turvey assures me it's ok. She uses that one because it's a different type of plastic and the seats warmer than our one 🤔😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 5 hours ago, zain611 said: Didn't know you were into bathroom decorating. Gives me some ideas what id like to do when I get my own house. This is how the conversation goes when it comes to designing most things in our house. Mrs Turvey: Come to the bathroom shop and help choose a suite. Me: No point, you'll just go for what you want. Mrs Turvey: But you have to have some input! At the bathroom shop. Me: I like this one. Mrs Turvey: But this one is better because..... Me: Ok, we'll get that one then. Mrs Turvey; But only if you like it. Me: Yeah, I suppose. Mrs Turvey (to the assistant) We'll take this one! 🙄😃 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 5 hours ago, zain611 said: Didn't know you were into bathroom decorating. Gives me some ideas what id like to do when I get my own house. Oh no...I just have plenty of experience using them!! However, I did re-tile my Mum's kitchen & bathroom when I was 15 along with decorating various rooms... You know, while all the other 15 year olds were getting drunk, smoking weed, having s*x and enjoying beach parties... I would genuinely quite like to do light property development though. Not extensive building work but manageable stuff at my own speed on my better days. Need a huge amount of money to even start doing that though sadly. 2 minutes ago, Turvey said: This is how the conversation goes when it comes to designing most things in our house. Mrs Turvey: Come to the bathroom shop and help choose a suite. Me: No point, you'll just go for what you want. Mrs Turvey: But you have to have some input! At the bathroom shop. Me: I like this one. Mrs Turvey: But this one is better because..... Me: Ok, we'll get that one then. Mrs Turvey; But only if you like it. Me: Yeah, I suppose. Mrs Turvey (to the assistant) We'll take this one! 🙄😃 I wonder if it's the opposite when choosing a car? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, TomsFocus said: I wonder if it's the opposite when choosing a car? Nope! 🙄 In fact, we've got a sign in the kitchen which shows the level of input I have in anything in this house! 😃 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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