Victorian renovation build log
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100mm average thickness for the slab
Ive got the hall, dining room, and 2 bedrooms to finish. It will take as long as it takes, we are in no rush, much more concerned about the finishes.
11hrs in work, 2 kids to bed and then on my knees floating the slab before it goes off
Ive got the hall, dining room, and 2 bedrooms to finish. It will take as long as it takes, we are in no rush, much more concerned about the finishes.
11hrs in work, 2 kids to bed and then on my knees floating the slab before it goes off
Second coat of slurry going on the garage walls. This stuff is actually really nice to use and come in 2 different colours to make the second coat easy to get good coverage.
Wasn’t sure whether to get PVC garage door tiles or just epoxy the garage floor but having found the floor had no DPM I’m going to epoxy it.
Oh and also finished cutting the 9” skirting in the spare room
Soldato
Nice secret door
That’s the access to the suspended floors of the hall and dining room, it’s only about 40x40cm!
Apologies for all the terrible photos as of late, I’ll try and take better ones.
Finished all the slurrry.
Tomorrow I will fit a dimple membrane to the stair well.
Then need to clear all this ready for the epoxy DPM and high build epoxy too cost
Still not chosen a colour yet!
Managed to put up a bit of the dimple membrane. You can plaster or dot + dab straight onto it.
It tucks behind the DPC, with all joints being taped with a very expensive waterproof plaster-able tape.
Wasn’t allowed to drill all the holes necessary for secure fixing as we have a poorly baby today!
It tucks behind the DPC, with all joints being taped with a very expensive waterproof plaster-able tape.
Wasn’t allowed to drill all the holes necessary for secure fixing as we have a poorly baby today!
Hasnt flooded in the 5yrs I've been there. It was very humid but no standing water and the soil wasn't wet when dug out, anf no wood has rotted in 150yrs!
With all the recent rain is has felt very damp behind the DPM however, so I imagine all my work will direct moisture somewhere, hopefully around the basement and garage and down the slope away from the house
With all the recent rain is has felt very damp behind the DPM however, so I imagine all my work will direct moisture somewhere, hopefully around the basement and garage and down the slope away from the house
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Soldato
Love this thread keep the updates coming.
Man of Honour
Fantastic work. We've a Victorian place I've been renovating over the past two years, it makes the work I've done (which I thought was a lot) look so small. Excited to see the progress. Looks like I'll have ours finished just before we are ready to move, so the next person will enjoy the fruits of my labour 
Soldato
Think I would have just built storage along that wall and hidden the fireplace. I'm a huge fan of original features but that would do my head in haha.
@BigBoy - We had a great debate about the fireplace, all the down stairs ones are central, all the upstairs ones are off centre. Conclusion was to keep it in its original place.
@Hedge - The idea is to put smart fitted shelves in that alcove but after the skirting and picture rail have been fitted. It’s wider than it looks ~50cm
@Hedge - The idea is to put smart fitted shelves in that alcove but after the skirting and picture rail have been fitted. It’s wider than it looks ~50cm