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1930s Semi Refurb - Part 0 of ... (Edition: Converting and Tidying up an Outbuilding)
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Your not going to get golden with how you have left the building there im afraid. The main colour will come from the wood (any treatment will darken it even clear as its less light hitting the wood)
Your either going to have to take the wood down to the golden colour or see it as darker.
Although also bear in mind its going to weather off over a period of time as well so you haven't done permanent "damage"
Personally I love the aged wood look and you should consider adopting it.
Im sure I mentioned using clear above, but always safer to use clear then light and work up when using wood products as I said they all darken to some extent. Or enhance I think is the words they use as a get out
Your either going to have to take the wood down to the golden colour or see it as darker.
Although also bear in mind its going to weather off over a period of time as well so you haven't done permanent "damage"
Personally I love the aged wood look and you should consider adopting it.
Im sure I mentioned using clear above, but always safer to use clear then light and work up when using wood products as I said they all darken to some extent. Or enhance I think is the words they use as a get out
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Must admit, i also quite like the darker look, but it comes down to personal taste and the fit with the rest of the house / garden
See I think that dark looks awesomeSlight glitch with the "golden oak" Barrettine... it's made it super dark. Got itchy feet earlier so gave it a quick lick...
I think the plan is to return the second tin (alongside some Dickies trousers that don't fit) and get 2 tins of clear. I'll do the doors and the rear in this darker stuff to continue the theme.
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Treat that door to a nicer black handle. Considering the work you have done that manky cheap aluminium one looks tat
Something like
www.screwfix.com
Something like
Essentials Turnberry LoB Lock Door Handles Pair Black - Screwfix
Order online at Screwfix.com. Pair of traditional design, lever on backplate door handles with a black, antique-effect finish. FREE next day delivery available, free collection in 1 minute.
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Looks like it has settled at this which I am more than happy with. Unfortunately it is bad weather for a little while now so TBC on when I'll get the lot done...
That has settled down nicely and brought out the knots well.
Black handle as above
Get out of my brainTreat that door to a nicer black handle. Considering the work you have done that manky cheap aluminium one looks tat
Something like
Essentials Turnberry LoB Lock Door Handles Pair Black - Screwfix
Order online at Screwfix.com. Pair of traditional design, lever on backplate door handles with a black, antique-effect finish. FREE next day delivery available, free collection in 1 minute.
Yeah I ordered the gear for that - 5L of Patio Magic and a pressure sprayer
Just waiting for an evening to do it so my daughter has no chance of coming into contact with it.
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I am a sentimental chap so think I can live with crazy paving for a bit, but you're right - the lot is going to come up sooner rather than laterJust feeling that you might be disappointed when you remove that lichen and find basic awful looking concrete slabs, which will need too be removed and replaced with some fine Yorkshire slabs
Chaps!
Help required --- when I did the refurb I noticed that the chappy had put a bit of silicone around the front door left hand side. This came off during wire brushing. It has now rained and I can see why this was a good idea.
I will fit an aco drain in due course (read: 10-15 years with the jobs list as it currently sits).
What is a good outdoor grade sealant? I may have some clear plumbers gold which I usually swear by?
It is just seeping through the brick/concrete/metal door threshold so nothing mega. Ultra low foot traffic.
Help required --- when I did the refurb I noticed that the chappy had put a bit of silicone around the front door left hand side. This came off during wire brushing. It has now rained and I can see why this was a good idea.
I will fit an aco drain in due course (read: 10-15 years with the jobs list as it currently sits).
What is a good outdoor grade sealant? I may have some clear plumbers gold which I usually swear by?
It is just seeping through the brick/concrete/metal door threshold so nothing mega. Ultra low foot traffic.
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Just use some general purpose external rated silicon. (needs to be UV stable but will say in the description)
You and your wire brushing
You and your wire brushing
I swore by the Screfix no nonsense stuff for years
I was told to try CT1
yeah I'm not going back, CT1 all the way
Mind you if you ever come to knock it down, the CT1 may prove a challenge
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Yeah only use CT1 on things you don't plan to take off again, and if you might need to take it off again, make sure you can get a blade in to cut it. If you're just sealing a gap then it'll be fine. The oak colour is a nice chocolatey brown colour.
Small update... I never posted the final picture of the workshop either:
However a small flood occured when the neighbor did some jet washing:
So a quick bodge got me through the night (as even rain overwhelmed it due to the soakaways being saturated:
Today I got 90% of the way through sorting the ACO drain out. At the moment this drain "goes nowhere" - it'll basically fill up and then overflow on the right hand side. Essentially, efficiently shifting the water from the real problem area and dumping it onto the patio which then has a fall to the garden.
Long term plan will see a step into the workshop anyway, and the rest of pad lifted - as the crazy paving annoyingly was done over the top of the previous patio........so the whole thing is about 150mm too high. Then I'll do a proper drain and soakaway crate into the garden.
I roped in my brother as he has all the gear, including this 58V beast.
Now the plan was to take up a foot of concrete at a time but the concrete was super good so a quick trip to Jewsons was required:
This revealed a 6inch pad so the plan was to temporarily fit the ACO on a bed of gravel whilst I decide my next steps.
Went well past the building to fit the square end drain:
"Fin" (for now). Water will fill in the drain and then pop out the square at the end. The patio is then on a fall to the garden. Not ideal but no way to improve this "easily" at this stage. New patio will see the hardwork completed and connecting this up.
However a small flood occured when the neighbor did some jet washing:
So a quick bodge got me through the night (as even rain overwhelmed it due to the soakaways being saturated:
Today I got 90% of the way through sorting the ACO drain out. At the moment this drain "goes nowhere" - it'll basically fill up and then overflow on the right hand side. Essentially, efficiently shifting the water from the real problem area and dumping it onto the patio which then has a fall to the garden.
Long term plan will see a step into the workshop anyway, and the rest of pad lifted - as the crazy paving annoyingly was done over the top of the previous patio........so the whole thing is about 150mm too high. Then I'll do a proper drain and soakaway crate into the garden.
I roped in my brother as he has all the gear, including this 58V beast.
Now the plan was to take up a foot of concrete at a time but the concrete was super good so a quick trip to Jewsons was required:
This revealed a 6inch pad so the plan was to temporarily fit the ACO on a bed of gravel whilst I decide my next steps.
Went well past the building to fit the square end drain:
"Fin" (for now). Water will fill in the drain and then pop out the square at the end. The patio is then on a fall to the garden. Not ideal but no way to improve this "easily" at this stage. New patio will see the hardwork completed and connecting this up.
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This thing is looking amazing. Great job! Look forward to the eventual man cave
That's why I've prioritised the loft, so I can empty the crap out of the workshopThis thing is looking amazing. Great job! Look forward to the eventual man cave