Trish Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 IS still not finished The work being done is very good but the organisation of the compnay is dreadful. They are now saying that they should be finished by the end of next week, but they said it would take five weeks in the first place an so far it's been 10! Anyway buns to the cleaning up after work men, I am missing you lot too much. The thought of the decorating is not comforting either, there will only be three rooms in the whole house that won't need decorating, guess what we are doing for a holiday this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Trish; I sympathise. We have decided that life is too short at present for decorating adn finishing off after the builders (Who left in March), so we're enjoying the weather. We still have a study full of boxes: A bedroom which needs a wardrobe building, ony half a kitchen, a downstairs cloakroom half tiled and missing the basin, RSJs visible everywhere, no window sils. etc. We don't care! We're going to wait for the winter to set in before starting again. Only room finished is the bathroom: Its my sanctuary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Pants to your builders We hope to start our extension at some point but getting a start date is proving tricky. But I love decorating it's like therapy as I can lock myself in a room and OH has the offsprings, so if you need a hand karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Karen: What are you doing for the next 6 weeks? Fancy a working holiday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 We have to do at least three rooms as the boys are all moving bedrooms and the thought of trying to decorate after they take up residence is just too much. Thanks for the thought Karen. I must say I don't mind decorating too much myself it's just the thought of using my holiday to do it, I'd rather be knitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I cant resist but join in your DIY woes here. I can relate to all of the above all too well. I currently dont have a kitchen as it was ripped out last week - the new one is due to be fitted near the end of Sept, my sink is currently being held up by 2 pieces of 2x4 and i have just a microwave & a fridge to survive with. The rest of the supplies that were in the kitchen are now in what is left of the dining room - it too has been stripped to its core along with the bathroom which currently only houses a toilet, we have to shower in the back bedroom which does not have any curtains and it is sheer luck we have not yet been caught naked by our new neighbours. The floor boards have been ripped up in most rooms as the place is currently being rewired -when we have had enough of it all we turn to alcohol but we dare not drink too much just in case we fall through a hole We have no plugs that work upstairs so ironing & drying of hair takes place in the lounge. Apart from all of the above we are living in luxury Oh and the RSJs are visible in the kitchen too awaiting a new ceiling to be put in next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 The joys of house renovation! I bet it will be lovely when its done though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 Ooo err Emma makes my loft look like a walk in the park. Bet it will be gorgeous wehn it's done though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 The operative word is WHEN! We do hope to be done, dusted and decorated by Oct half term so watch this space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 If my dear LSH moves at his usual pace you'll be done long before us then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Karen: What are you doing for the next 6 weeks? Fancy a working holiday? You provide the cups of tea, I'll do the decorating sounds like a good deal to me, I'll be so laid back by the end I'll be walking on my ears! karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Been there, done that, bought the T shirt - just got our house straight - 3 years after the builders left ...................... and then bought the farm We only refurbished the kitchen in December and found the farm in January Hope it is soon finished Trish and Emma - you'll love it when the builders have gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black RockStar Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 IS still not finished The work being done is very good but the organisation of the compnay is dreadful. They are now saying that they should be finished by the end of next week, but they said it would take five weeks in the first place an so far it's been 10! Anyway buns to the cleaning up after work men, I am missing you lot too much. The thought of the decorating is not comforting either, there will only be three rooms in the whole house that won't need decorating, guess what we are doing for a holiday this year Trish, i know how you feel Our loft conversion was finished in mid-february and i am decorating here and there before work and on days off etc. We have also all moved round bedrooms as well as having a second set of stairs/landing to do. Also, we had to have all our internal doors replaced with FD30 fire doors. They look very nice but all the frames had to be replaced/altered which has given me an enormous amount of work. However, the new loft bedroom and en-suite are fantastic and i,m sure they are worth it. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, i just can't see it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 it is sheer luck we have not yet been caught naked by our new neighbours. we dare not drink too much just in case we fall through a hole Poor Trish, I thought I was going to see lots of beautiful pictures when I saw the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 There is a light at the end of the tunnel, i just can't see it yet There is - honestly. It will all soon be a distant memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 Fire doors!!! No one here has mentioned fire doors. Oh please not something else to deal with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Please don't remind me that I am supposed to be decoating - but the weather is far too nice to be stuck indoors. Still have some areas that need attention here - spare bedroom needs rid of the pink with glitter top coat - bought everything for the job and it's sat there looking at me The room above our garage is filled with assorted tools bits bobs junk and goodness knows what else I'll find when it's cleared! We have also got to decorate the hall stairs and landing too. Hang a door to the study and replace the living room door, repaint all the internal doors, cut in the ceiling in the dining room as we still haven't done that, get the glazier in to replace the misted up double glazing panes, box in the pipework and fit skirting boards in the en-suite, re tile the bottom of the shower tray as due to faulty seal on shower door they all fell off, re-gravelling the outside area's..... We've only been here two years but in our defence we have had to refurb every other room (it's a 4 bed barratt wendy house and mock tudor fronted too - how did we buy another house with that on it as well?!) Was very clever and got a man in last october to repaint all the woodwork and the windows etc so the outside looks great. And we're already looking to sell up and put this place on the market at the end of the month O.M.G. (edited by Sheila ) but the rooms we have done look great (Joe laid a slate floor in the kitchen that was back breaking over three weeks) but you do forget all about it in the end - even me forgetting when planning the kitchen - holding a plug, a water pipe and a waste pipe for the dishwasher and remebering that I hadn't put in a plug socket for it so a discreet extension cable is running under the units! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black RockStar Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Fire doors!!! No one here has mentioned fire doors. Oh please not something else to deal with Trish, Don't panic. Because our upstairs rooms have internal sloping ceilings (only minor slope though, nothing major, we couldn't get the velux window (fire escape) within the required 1.7m of the eaves/gutter. Therefore our internal doors had to be replaced with FD30's. This was picked up during our initial survey and confirmed by inspector. You can probably get your velux within required height so therefore have no problems on that score. Our loft conversion started on Dec12th 2005 and was completed on Feb 14th 2006 with a two week Christmas break and another four day break for plaster drying (around 7 weeks total work start to finish). One company did all and it was almost hassle free apart from the constant power tool noise! Worth it in the end though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 I once had no kitchen for a year My ex decided it would be easier to fit the new one himself and I spent a year washing up on my knees in the bath with only a microwave in the living room for cooking In the end I had to refuse to prepare food to get it finished I was eating at work and sneaking takeaways so he had to eat ping food from the supermarket and apart from getting the kitchen finished I gained loads of weight I like decorating too Trish why do't you organise a painting party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 We have the largest Velux I've ever seen so I guess that resolves the fire door thing. Petrofied the youngest (12 yearso old) will dive out of it one day, One of the cats has already been out on the roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Builders never know when they're supposed to get things finished-usually it will take twice the time and money to get it done than you first think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 My Victorian house has a purpose-built attic room, which is enormous and has lots of potential. I have used it as a guest room/store room but want to smarten it up. The current velux window is about 15+ years old and needs replacing, I also want to add another one on the front roof to increase the ventilation upstairs. As we live ina conservation area, i have ahd toget permission for the front one, and the back window will need to be one of those fire escape ones. Does anyone know about the required insulation and ventilation between the inside of the roof and the ceiling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 I'm not sure, but it's better if you oput as much insulation in as possible as then it will keep the whole place a lot cooler in Summer and warmer in the winter. Also Claret, when you get your velux window replaced tell me how much it cost. As we need one of them to be replaced up in my room as the moisture got between the sheets of glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Then you just need the double glazing unit replcing rather than the whole window noeglu - should be around £50. I have had a quote for doing both windows from the inside, which means that we save on the cost of scaffolding. I am happy with this quote, but will get a couple of other opinions from contractors. I undrstand that I will need 'multifoil' insulation but want some other opinions on that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Ah, I think Dad had worked out the price roughly, but he'd rather spend his money on railway bits instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
