Victorian renovation build log

[novaenough]

Looks good, really coming together now.
Those tiles look like they were lots of fun!

 

[Megahurtz400]

Super jealous and very impressed! Looks to be an amazing home!

 

[eviled]

Painting finished and we have carpet, 100% wool loop with tredaire green underlay, feel amazing and has one of the best noise reduction properties of an underlay.

What on plan was a shelf is now a 3x2.4m platform that will have a little ladder and but a cushioned chill out + TV area

 

[Ske]

Just read the thread from post #1. Epic!

 

[Siliconslave]

that tiling is pretty epic - can understand your tiler not enjoying it though! were they individual tiles or meshed together sections?

 

[eviled]

they were in sheet of 25 or 30 as far as I can remember

picture from the top of the "reading nook" as we've named it.

The bath is absolutely epic, my gas and water bills are about to increase

just for reference, the ceiling height is nearly 4m in this area!

 

[RedMogg]

Keen to see the pictures, but not loading in Chrome.

 

[DampCat]

I almost got those tiles for my bathroom, and because they were on mesh sheets I thought they'd be easy. Then I assumed actually there would be some reason they're really hard like wishbone tiles so left them in the end. Lovely to see them in situ though.

 

[eviled]

I almost got those tiles for my bathroom, and because they were on mesh sheets I thought they'd be easy. Then I assumed actually there would be some reason they're really hard like wishbone tiles so left them in the end. Lovely to see them in situ though.

I managed to get them very cheap. Ideally I wanted larger hexagons in lighter marble but they were £100+ a square meter. The ones I used in the end were a compromise, there weren't spaced properly on the sheets, and the most difficult part was they were actually different thicknesses!

all in all I'm very happy with them though and the comprise save me 2k

 

[eviled]

Bought a super low bed - hand made, solid wood, delivered and constructed in situ for the same price as Ikea!

recommend https://www.rusticcharmfurniture.co.uk/ really genuine guy

ps. check the original bark on the beam top right of the pic, I love this old house

 

[labcoattech]

Looks amazing

 

[Fireskull]

Looks great, love this build log!

 

[topgun06]

Really good work. How much time do you get to spend on the renovation @eviled ??

 

[Scort]

Incredible - such a lovely place

 

[eviled]

Really good work. How much time do you get to spend on the renovation @eviled ??

thanks! I did a lot more before the baby arrived, and work has ramped up a lot recently. I used to do as bit most evenings and probably every other weekend but always stopped when I stopped enjoying it.

Now I'm trying to pay people to do things but still source all the materials (even down to nails + screws!) I'm a perfectionist and a control freak

 

[alexakasloth]

That room is looking superb, it's definitely kept the charm.

 

[koolpc]

Great thread. Such a joy to click on. Nice work OP.

 

[Simon]

Very nice

 

[eviled]

found so old pics of the main bathroom which was done 5 years ago very quickly and cheaply as there was no usable bathroom when I moved in.
It hasn't faired very well

about 18 month after being done the floor tiles all started cracking, the grout is terrible quality but its still used as our main bathroom. The toilet is in its own room.

 

[alexakasloth]

What was causing the floor tiles to crack?