Tigz™ Posted August 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Yeah Ive rewired the house while everything was down.The bath plug (it used to be a bedroom) was left in until the last minute as we used it for the tile cutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little rich Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 ha fair play ,I take it your still going to edition? you better be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted August 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 I am. Cars not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 andi mate, have to say , house is looking really good mate!! nice work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINCOLNSHIRESLUPOGTI Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Excellent work Andi, I bet you are (rightly) proud of your efforts. The work shown looks very nice, I bet Emma loves the place after having it work in progress for so long. Doing similar myself on our house and it takes so long to do what often seem small jobs, worth it in the end though.You still seem to get plenty of time to work on the cars though so you must work (a) fast, ( a lot of hours each day, © (a) and (. I do not get half as much time on the car as I used to when building the Lupo..though I lived with parents and was not married back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picola Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Does anyone actually use 56k now? House looks cool Andi! Some good grafting there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orla Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Good work, really like the shower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001gti Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 bathroom is the dogs mate love them tiles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted August 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Grouting the slate is a sod. I think I sealed our splash backs first, grouted, buffed it off the tiles then used brick acid after to get it out of the nooks and crannies.Oh, and 10 cool points for making the shower base.Yeah, thankfully I didn't do any of it lolHer Dad had a brain wave in the bathroom and filled an olf sealer tube with rouat and 'sqeezed' it into the gaps to avoid getting grout everywhere.In the kitchen he didn't and ended up with swollen fingers due to the amount of grit in the flexable grout we used.I just used tile cleaner to get to the excess off, but trying to get the dust off... how annoying can you get!How easy is the slate to clean? Are you putting a splashback behind the hobs?Once all the tiles are clean, you leave them a week and then seal them with tile sealer.On the kitchen wall, and the slate wall inside the shower I am going to give them a couple of coats of clear varnish as well.Only thing is with varnish, once you have done it you have to keep on doing it at least once a year.The bathroom and kitchen floor will just be sealed once a year though Not going to add a splash back, usage/age just adds to the look Excellent work Andi, I bet you are (rightly) proud of your efforts. The work shown looks very nice, I bet Emma loves the place after having it work in progress for so long. Doing similar myself on our house and it takes so long to do what often seem small jobs, worth it in the end though.You still seem to get plenty of time to work on the cars though so you must work (a) fast, ( a lot of hours each day, © (a) and ( . I do not get half as much time on the car as I used to when building the Lupo..though I lived with parents and was not married back then.The car is getting wrapped in bubble wrap and going into the back of our lock up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clairey Fairy Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 Andi, you absolute legend for getting all that done, its ace!!I suppose i can forgive you for not beinging the lupo.....although i did have my 50p riding on your sucess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted August 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 Thankfully :Mitch is late.Pete is even further hehindNoddy has given up!Im still on for the money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Made a start on the Kitchen floor yesterday, love these tiles, so nice to lay when they are on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblet Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Looking really great Andi, have you still got lots to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Just uploading some more pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 The living room.Desicded to pull off the plaster around the chmney and found some lovely features so descided to open it up to give a nice big open fire.Will get some better pics once I can find the charger for my camera lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 The back room used to be the kitchen, got a really nice Oak table and chairs for in there, thinking about putting the iMac in there as well Took all the plaster off, and found that the back wall used to be an outhouse so wasn't brilliant so we have cement rendered it to help tie it all together, built a timber false wall to cover the pipes, this will be tiled with the slate tiles I've used in the bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblet Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I was keeping an eye on the fireplace on facebook. It's looking really smart, can't beat a proper open fire... Just a shame you've ruined the projector screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 This was my favorite job so far though, up on the roof to pull out the unused gas flu from the chimney Just a shame you've ruined the projector screen Just moved it across the wall to a bigger wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Andi you need a house party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Fran, as soon as its done it will be party central! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt~black Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 what strange houses opposite you is all that empty roof space? surely everyone would have done loft conversions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Its the same type of house as mine, there is very little wasted space.Both floors have high ceilings, not much space in the loft except in the smallest bedroom, I'll show you pics of that as Im opening it up for the little one.Charged up my camera now I've finally found the lead.Couple of pics of the fireplace from before, and some pics of the new kitchen floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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