Victorian renovation build log

OpenToSuggestions · 3 Mar 2020 at 23:01

Loving the thread. Keep the posts coming

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FNG · 4 Mar 2020 at 11:44

Upstairs fireplaces are typically offset as on the other side of the chimney breast is the flue for the downstairs fire. If you put it in the middle it would look wrong!

eviled · 4 Mar 2020 at 20:10

Spot the difference?
Top coat on, colour more even and seems smoother
Now to let it cure for a couple of weeks

eviled · 29 Mar 2020 at 22:45

Obviously due to current more important circumstances things haven’t progressed far

Done a bit of painting, finished the skirting and put the original picture rail back up.

Also noticed one of the glazing lanes had flown so seeing if that can be replaced, only 2 years old

Shawy · 30 Mar 2020 at 11:22

Just read through the whole post. Great work so far, loving the bare brick chimney in the bedroom, not sure about the picture rail on top of it though?

eviled · 18 Apr 2020 at 19:21

curtains and light fitting up, only waiting on carpet now which won’t be until after lockdown

Fitted 8 wide angle spots in the garage. Huge difference! I’m not quite sure how to wire a PIR into the circuit though, any ideas?

In the corner is 300+ hand made clay tiles that were due to go in the hallway before disaster struck!

toshj · 21 Apr 2020 at 09:10

eviled said:
before disaster struck!

What happened?

Looking good by the way!

eviled · 21 Apr 2020 at 11:32

toshj said:
What happened?

I meant the pandemic

but also I’ve just notice my tanking slurry has bubbled failed in several places, little annoyed and followed the instructions to the letter.

I’ve sent an email to the manufacturer but don’t expect a response any time soon.

Quartz · 21 Apr 2020 at 11:50

That's a lot of work you've done. With regards to the fireplaces, have you considered unbricking them and putting in fake electric fireplaces?

LeeUK · 21 Apr 2020 at 12:05

I remember following this renovation log but somehow I've missed the last year of updates.

It's a cracking job, if it was me I'd never want to sell up!

mOdO · 8 May 2020 at 23:08

Great so far! Looking forward for the garage to be completed.

eviled · 21 May 2020 at 13:56

Joiners are back studding now restrictions have eased.

Hall hasn’t happened yet unfortunately and is going to be tricky while we are living there, was due to happen while we were on holiday.

More of the tanking slurry has failed now, anywhere that had damp coming through. Rang Everbuild but they weren’t interested.
I’m going to give another brand a go in those areas, not essential as there’s not a lot of moister and I have a ventilated cavity but I have a habit of over engineering things

eviled · 22 May 2020 at 08:48

Nearly finished in the garage, then on to the little basement rooms

Martynt74 · 22 May 2020 at 09:10

A little surprised you've not been doing the studwork given you've given most things a go. Any reason why?

eviled · 22 May 2020 at 18:15

Marvt74 said:
Any reason why?

Multiple reasons really, another baby now and work much busier so it doesn’t make financial sense to cut back on work to do it and it wife won’t let me cut back on family time to do it

eviled · 22 May 2020 at 18:19

All finished except for the last couple of noggins, they ran out of wood!

putting another order in tomorrow which should hopefully finish the basement and hall floor.

you can see how badly the slurry has failed in that picture

eviled · 23 May 2020 at 19:09

Nextdoor had a house party night, so first thing this morning seemed like a good time to drill 100+ next to the party wall and finish my tanking around the basement stairs

Really struggling to get materials ordered though

eviled · 2 Jun 2020 at 16:36

Managed to get a couple of orders in, slower and more expensive than usual.

In the meantime I’ve run a new socket ring main and redone the lighting ring in the basement stairwell and room.

Oh and started to insulate the garage with cheapo polystyrene, with thinks I’m mad in this weather (possibly I am!)

Joiner back tomorrow so hopefully make some more progress

toshj · 3 Jun 2020 at 10:35

What's the outcome with the slurry? Are you going to go back over it or will it hold?

When we've had quotes from waterproofing firms I was surprised to see the cost for tanking versus cavity membrane as exactly the same.

eviled · 4 Jun 2020 at 11:07

toshj said:
What's the outcome with the slurry? Are you going to go back over it or will it hold?

When we've had quotes from waterproofing firms I was surprised to see the cost for tanking versus cavity membrane as exactly the same.

I've taken off any of the stuff that has failed, you can just about make out above, the rest is still solid.

I'm intending to redo those areas with a different brand, hopefully this weekend, I'm just slowed down by actually getting hold of the stuff at the minute.

I think given enough time slurry will fail to some extent and if this wasn't just a garage and only part underground on 3 sides (with good drainage out the 4th side) I'd definitely be going for a cavity membrane + sump setup