So much progress is just 2 days!
We had 1 plasterer, 2 electricians, and 1 Andy (who equals a million people)!
Lounge - plastering
Urmmmmm, So it turns out we are redoing the lounge as well, this wasn't our initial plan but the plasterer asked if we wanted to do it, so here we are!
Andy has scraped all the wallpaper off and removed the fireplace completely so that he gets the wall ready for the plasterer. This was a huge job as you can see:
The fireplace is resting in the shed for the time being:
There was a vent (hidden under the wallpaper) on the left of the pic above which Andy has sealed up ready for the plasterer to do the walls.
Lounge - electrics
We also have new sockets in here:
Kitchen - electrics
So the cabling is in place for the cooker - just needs to be wired in:
Entrance hall - electrics
They have yet to replace the fuseboard. But, we have a new fused plug for the lights in the hall:
The electricians have switched off the electrics upstairs so photos are in the dark.
Entrance hall - plastering
The plasterer is preparing and scraping back the artex on the landing, a big job.
Bedroom 1 - plasterer & electrics
We have a modified vent in the bedroom:
A brand new ceiling:
What is missing in this photo?
The electrician has added 2 double sockets around the bed:
The electrician lifted up the floorboards in the bedroom (1) entrance from the landing:
Bedroom 2 electrics - they have chased in the cables:
A huge amount of progress and lots of work has been done by Andy, the plasterer and the electricians.
Tomorrow the electricians are coming at 11am. The plasterer is coming early in the morning to continue.
We had 1 plasterer, 2 electricians, and 1 Andy (who equals a million people)!
Lounge - plastering
Urmmmmm, So it turns out we are redoing the lounge as well, this wasn't our initial plan but the plasterer asked if we wanted to do it, so here we are!
Andy has scraped all the wallpaper off and removed the fireplace completely so that he gets the wall ready for the plasterer. This was a huge job as you can see:
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| Before |
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| After - outside wall |
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| Wall between lounge and kitchen |
The fireplace is resting in the shed for the time being:
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| Before - the board over the chimney is plasterboard so it can be replastered |
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| After, apparently the bit in red cannot be replastered as it is not plasterboard, so we will have to paint over the wallpaper |
There was a vent (hidden under the wallpaper) on the left of the pic above which Andy has sealed up ready for the plasterer to do the walls.
Lounge - electrics
We also have new sockets in here:
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| New sockets on wall between lounge & kitchen |
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| New sockets on wall between hall & lounge |
Kitchen - electrics
So the cabling is in place for the cooker - just needs to be wired in:
Entrance hall - electrics
They have yet to replace the fuseboard. But, we have a new fused plug for the lights in the hall:
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| Before - the plug was for the lights in the hall |
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| After, new set up |
Entrance hall - plastering
The plasterer is preparing and scraping back the artex on the landing, a big job.
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| He has removed the shrine! |
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| Top of the stairs - lots of scraping |
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| You can also see the new socket at the bottom |
We have a modified vent in the bedroom:
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| Plasterer has made the vent smaller |
A brand new ceiling:
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| Andy said the plasterer is really meticulous |
What is missing in this photo?
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| He has taken off the radiator!!! |
The plasterer had troubles with this wall (below) as he added the glue/bonding and it bubbled. Apparently this might be because of the orange paint so he had to work really hard to scrub back the paint to the wall and start again.
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| Sockets and scrubbed back wall in bedroom 1 |
Bedroom 2 electrics - they have chased in the cables:
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| Before |
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| After - chased in alarm electric cable |
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| After - chased in light switch cable |
A huge amount of progress and lots of work has been done by Andy, the plasterer and the electricians.
Tomorrow the electricians are coming at 11am. The plasterer is coming early in the morning to continue.
Exciting!! Exciting for us here following the changes from afar and not getting tired at all. How very lucky to have Andy there paving the way with lotsa hard work, setting the pace AND supervising; a big load off your minds leaving you to concentrate freely at work. And the plasterer and electrician seem to be professionals at their jobs - so important. All you have to do now is to find the $$$!!
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