Russ
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scotch women 
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AK
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erm, Fee?
Long story, but she didnt put that on to sheet a ceiling on a sunday moring.
She was our glamerous assistant.... all of us were still pretty pished.
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AK
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woodwork finished, walls finished, ceiling finished, ceiling rose on, walkin wardrobe almost finished.... carpet getting fitted on Tuesday 
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LukesCorsaSXi
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Your house is lovely.
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AK
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AK
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oh, havent updated this for a while.
Finished off that room(s), carpet fitted, curtains made and fitted etc. A few wee things needed to finish it off - i.e orig spindle door handles, but need to source them from reclemation yards or somthing. I might re-line the window wall as its still a bit bumpy, either that or a skim over the worst bits. Would have liked to have used 800grade paper but only 1000 was in stock :S
Lots of plumbing work to be done now.... want to add plumbing for 3 new toilets (1 downstairs on ground floor, 1 ensuite to master and 1 on the top floor)
I'll start work on the hall next month I think.... MASSIVE job 
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16vKarlos
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Been a while since I last posted here! But this thread was a number one on my list!
You guys are doing really well with this!! Get some pics up of the more recent stuff
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_Allan_
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Fee's been doing some rolling, just not in the house 
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Fee
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hahaha!
It has been pretty slow...the wardrobe is finished and the bedroom (although I would like a unit built into the alcove in the bedroom).
Curtains hung in the main lounge
That's about it....time has been spent on stripping the skyline
Going to start on the hall in the next week or two though  It's going to be a mammoth job
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Andy Stocker
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Done my bedroom yet? 
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AK
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yes.... it was first
still dont have much pics.... but its slow going on the hall. Stripping woodwork (LOTS OF IT!), stripping paper...... at 8m is a ballache. New celing in hall upper lading...
some repairs needed on this door.
Layers of paint burnt off, top half cleaned off with stripper. ready to clean/sand/clean/sand/finish etc etc
Scaffold (major hassle... had to remove lower banister and 1 spindle to get it to fit. Thanks Stoneyginger for helping to put it up ) The ceiling had soem previous water damage so was being re plastered
top of stairs cleaned up a bit
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AK
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more progress on the hall... its feckin large!
ceiling (middle floor) plastered, and with coving filled/fixed etc.... walls ready to line
top half ready to be lined next week, leaving the stripping of woodwork, framing of new doorway for toilet and then filling/plastering/lining downstairs.
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AK
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upstairs all lined
started stripping woodwork downstairs now...
1st flight of stairs started
paint burnt off, need stripper now before cleaning and prep work
Lower doors and facings started
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AK
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AK
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fucking never ending woodwork....
Stairs are done, vestibule door is done, most skirtings done.... just a couple of doors and facings to go.
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AK
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Hall all lined now, ceiling sorted and lined too. Walls ready to paint after woodwork is finished.
Woodwork - Nearly all first coated with a clear coat to seal, just the upper stair case to do... after that i'll give it two coats of antique pine.
Stairs - Going to paint the spindles old penny brass.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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love the grain on pitch pine
lower hall ceiling and coving 1st coated
light colour added to woodwork on ground floor. Clear coat, 1 coat of colour. Will prob give it another
[Edited on 10-02-2014 by AK]
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AK
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Lower hall - Ceiling done, woodwork done. Top of walls first coated
bastard top hall celing first coated... real pain in the ass to do
All woodwork in hall now done... may give some light sections another coat to match
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AndyKent
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No picture rails?
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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not in the hall, no. WOuld look daft having a picture and dado rail. Also.... where would it go when going up the first flight of stairs
It's common for these houses not to have picture rails in halls.
Every other room in the house has picture rails though.
[Edited on 20-02-2014 by AK]
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AK
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ceiling finished, upper walls finished, lower walls first coated.
Testing finishes for cast iron spindles... black and old penny bronze. Broze looks much better.
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Robbo
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Def bronze! Looks great! You goign for carpetting on the stairs and halls?
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AK
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lower hall will have stripped back floor boards, stair will have a runner up the middle with sides to match the bottom floor. Mezzanine floor = carpet then centre stairs again up to 2nd floor which will be carpeted.
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AK
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bought some salvage stuff today... some not really needed  but never mind!
2x stained glass windows to make into glass panels for the vestibule and hall to kitchen doors. Fair bit of work and extending/new stained glass needed for it to work... but will sort it out.
obviously the blue door will be stripped back... and will replace the gash 80's glass panel door that some nugget fitted somewhere down the line
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Ste
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Looking good. Maybe a bit late, but when my dad stripped some doors a few years ago he got some paint stripper from a commercial paint supply place that came with a roll of paper and you put the liquid on, then the paper over the top, waited a while then peeled the paper off and it took about 6 layers of paint with it.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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