Marty_d Posted June 18 Posted June 18 If it's put up well and reasonably rigid, it should be ok. Wouldn't want to get any moisture behind it. 1
facthunter Posted June 18 Posted June 18 (edited) I've used it in the 70's Tiles made of a thicker version of LINOLEUM. It DOES scratch a bit. but is ok if grit doesn't come in on your boots. No gaps and NO grouting... Nev Edited June 18 by facthunter
old man emu Posted June 18 Posted June 18 11 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said: so hopefully, by the end of the week, the bathroom will be useable I'm about a length ahead of you. Today I connected the vanity plumbing - incoming and outgoing. Tomorrow morning I will be able to clean my teeth in the bathroom instead of over the kitchen sink. I'll even be able to shave at home instead of having to use my sister's bathroom. If I can only summon up the courage to install the shower plumbing! 2
Jerry_Atrick Posted June 18 Posted June 18 You are a gazillion miles ahead as you are doing it yourself. I have (expensive) hired help. It is odd, as I have done a bathroom before, well, ex tiling The lads made good progress today: And the vanity basin in the right colour rocked up today: Things are moving now. This bathroom should be done at the end of the week, and then it will be the derelict shower room next. Altholugh... we have had a change of plan and are now dropping the ceiling in the bathroom as well (buiilder a little non-plussed!) Meanwhile (no photos), downstairs, the cabling is done for the lights ib tge kitchen and the plasterboard/gyprick is going up for the ceiling. Hopefuilly, the ceiling will be skimmed by Friday. Then, the floors.. Although, as a Grfade 2 listed building, we don't have listed building consent to lay tiles in the middle of the floor as the consent goes to solid wood floors.. So. there may be a minor delay while we sort that out. Hopefully it will be an email saying no worries.
old man emu Posted June 18 Posted June 18 4 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said: builder a little non-plussed! Sit him down and give him a nice cup of tea and a slice of cake and he'll soon be plussed. Calm, collected and unconfused. nonplussed (adj.): from Latin non plus "no more, no further" 1
facthunter Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Your bill will be suitably Plussed for alterations done. Nev 2 1
Jerry_Atrick Posted June 19 Posted June 19 He's not too bad. I have suitable supplies of end of day bitters and ales to keep him happy 2
Jerry_Atrick Posted June 28 Posted June 28 Thinks have slowed down in the kitchen front, as the building inspector has not been yet, so we can't encase the new bean and get on with the flooring. Also, the plasterer has gone awol and we have to find another. But, on the bathroom front, things are moving a little. The bathroiom needs some more wall panelling, and then a lick of paint and accessories (mirror cabinets, etc): The old grubby shower room that was tiled and had no tray, and leaked like a sieve is almost done. Doggo can't wait to use it: The boot room has a new shelving/hooks, shoe storage, and a new rad installed. Note, to the right of the radiator is a pipe cut off. The basin was there, but is now being moved to the toilet to the right. And, just to give you a view of some of the upheaval, the wine fridgle is next to the phone, and the new kitchen has taken up residence in the living room: I'd show you the dining room converted into a kitchen, but it's a mess at the moment. 1 1
old man emu Posted June 28 Posted June 28 Your place looks like mine. Half completed rooms and stuff stored in whatever space is available. How did you get permission to keep the wine fridge accessible? 1
Jerry_Atrick Posted June 28 Posted June 28 Partner's supplies and ease of access.. also builders beers are kept there 1
Marty_d Posted June 29 Posted June 29 13 hours ago, old man emu said: Can you buy a "slab" from a pub in England? Why would you need to? They sell beer in the supermarkets.
Jerry_Atrick Posted June 29 Posted June 29 Indeed they do.. Not full slabs, though. You can get 20 small bottles in boxes.. bit a slab for be will always be 2 dozen cans... VB..
old man emu Posted June 29 Posted June 29 9 hours ago, Marty_d said: Why would you need to? Again, reading too much into what's written. The point of the question related to the ability to obtain 24 cans of beer in a sealed package from a liquor outlet. I knew that Jerry knew what a "slab" is, and that a "pub" is a liquor outlet. Don't forget, there's no ASDA or TESCO in his village, but there's a pub. 1
willedoo Posted June 30 Posted June 30 3 hours ago, old man emu said: Again, reading too much into what's written. The point of the question related to the ability to obtain 24 cans of beer in a sealed package from a liquor outlet. I knew that Jerry knew what a "slab" is, and that a "pub" is a liquor outlet. Don't forget, there's no ASDA or TESCO in his village, but there's a pub. When I was in London in 1985 you could buy cans of VB at a liquor store but you couldn't buy them in a carton. You had to buy 24 separate cans and try to juggle them home in a large brown paper bag which is not easy when you have the wobbly boot on. Very primitive I thought. You couldn't buy take-aways at a pub when I was there, at least not at the ones I went to. At closing time, if you wanted take-aways, you had to wander down the street to the liquor store and do the juggling act. 3
Jerry_Atrick Posted July 29 Posted July 29 Thought I would give an update on how things are going with the reno. The downstairs dunny has had the floor tiled and the vanity basis installed. All it needs now is a lick of paint (after fixing some plaster) and the new sliding door fitted, as well as a mirror and splashback, and new skirtings, and it will be done: The ceiling is replastered ion the kitchen (except for boxing in the bean - building inspector supposed to be inspecting the beam today, then the beam will be boxed in). Also the walls were done, too: The first of the two kitchen islands has been started. Since the photo was taken, the other units are in place and the dishwasher plumbed into the leftt hand side of the sink: Today, I am supposed to be off work, but delayed my "holiday" for two days to finish up some admin; which I hate doing, hence am writing this. Wednesday, the real work starts for me. 1
onetrack Posted July 29 Posted July 29 What kind of finish are you putting on those boards, Jerry? We had our some of our boards (Jarrah) polished many years ago, and the blokes used a potent, solvent-based 2-pack sealer, that contained a volatile ingredient, that I'm sure was an isocyanate. They used no breathing protection, and I'm sure they should have. We couldn't sleep in the house the day they finished, we started having wild nightmares, from the fumes! We moved out of the house for 3 days, until the sealer dried, and the fumes were all dissipated! The next lot of boards we polished, we got the sanders to use an organic-base sealer, and we had no trouble with potent solvent fumes! The finish on the organic sealer was just as good as the solvent-based sealer.
Jerry_Atrick Posted July 29 Posted July 29 We are using Osmo Polyoil darker stain and a clear satin laquer finish https://www.directwoodflooring.co.uk/osmo-polyx-oil-tints-3073-terra.html; and https://www.thepaintshed.com/osmo-polyx-oil-satin?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21399776876&utm_content=164600054140&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-5y1BhC-ARIsAAM_oKkHL-uPdMJHRoACE8bAcELF5jFrlxlU6o0AC7Fh5RnICCOL1XQMV4oaAmQQEALw_wcB They are old pine floor boards, nothing special, and every flooring specialist recommends these,. Two hunder pounds each for 10 litres (2 x 5 litres). We are doing two coats of each, so aren't expecting too much left. Note, the elm flooring in the formal living and dining rooms will just be satin... 1
onetrack Posted July 29 Posted July 29 I thought they would've been oak? Was the oak running out when the house was built?
Jerry_Atrick Posted July 29 Posted July 29 The person who we bought it off could not afford anything but the cheapest. 1
Jerry_Atrick Posted July 29 Posted July 29 This are starting to move again. We have had the building inspection which passed. However, the building inspector requires a door in the arch below for fire regs. However, as the listed building officer won't allow a fire-proof door, they will accept a wooden door that will do. Once installed and photographed, we are totally in our legal rights to remove it. Complete farce: But, this beam passed: And the other kitchen units are going in - hopefully many of them today: 1
facthunter Posted July 30 Posted July 30 The Reno's have totally different near opposite aims. to achieve. Nev 1 1
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