What "man jobs" have you done today?

b0rn2sk8 said:
The internal walls on the ground floor are likely to be block and potentially load bearing, I’d probably even put money on the ex garage/dining room wall being block.

I don’t think you’ll be able to get rid of the down stairs toilet and continue it to meet building regs either. Fairly sure it’s a requirement for disability access. Do you just mean to get rid of the shower while keeping the toilet and making the room a bit smaller?

Your front door would also go directly into the kitchen? That might be a bit odd. You’ll also need to think about services like gas, water and drainage and getting that to the new kitchen location. Where is the boiler?

Wouldn’t the lounge also be a bit small?

Personally, I’d look at something else that better meets your needs rather than spending loads knocking about this property.
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Thanks. Useful.

I've convinced myself that leaving the current layout makes the most sense but removing at least part of the dining room wall/old garage would be ideal to open things up. What makes you think it's load bearing given there is no wall above it? It isn't pictured but there is a third floor set of bedrooms and it is the same layout as the second (i.e. joists either span 4.3m or 4.1m).

On the toilet, yes I'd keep the toilet just remove the shower. But that'd of course only make sense if removing the dining room/old garage wall was feasible.

I don't mind it not being gone in totality if that changed things i.e. a beam across.

A property that meets my needs in this place, in this market, would be +100k minimum.
 
You’d need to open up the ceiling, that’s the only real way to tell and someone who is suitably qualified would need to have a look.

It doesn’t need to have a wall above it to be considered load bearing. If the floor joists above are resting on the wall, then it could be considered load bearing. The joists could bt sized/engineers for there being a wall there and the ones on the next floor are engineered for there not being a wall there. I wouldn’t underestimate the lengths a house builder will go to save a few £.
 
Finally got the right combination of incorrectly sized drills to drill through the 1880s fireplace and run a cat5. Just through the mortar so nothing sacrilege :eek:

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I must have crimped thousands of RJ45 in my previous life. It's a bit like riding a bike I've found, you never forget how. I never used jackets as they annoy the hell out of me.

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'Server' now relocated to the booze and spare cables side of the fireplace. I can now hard wire the TV and plug the server in using HDMI so I finally have a more reasonable 'worst case scenario' when Plex keeps buffering :mad:
 
Stuck these on the wall (also posted in lego thread). I used 80mm frame fixing as it's breeze/plasterboard, but I could get them that tight as the screws are about 20mm out of the fitting due to the bracket/design of the batwing. I'm hoping they won't fall off the wall:p.

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A fair few jobs over the weekend, mainly loft related:
- Went into main loft to check insulation depth and whether possible to board out via loft legs
- Removed old water tank that had been unused since heating was modernised from Coal fire/Immersion to ASHP with new tank etc. Ended up sawing tank up as was too big to fit through loft hatch - no wonder it had been left there!
- Went into loft over single story extension, only to find half the insulation missing, as had not been replaced when previous building work had been done, and other half was ~100mm
- Went and bought some loft boards (OSB), legs, screws and a roll of 170mm insulation
- Relaid insulation in single story loft, topped up with additional 170mm where accessible
- Insulated both wooden loft hatches by stapling a thick plastic bag to them and filling with insulation.
- Replaced windows trickle vent in one of Kids room as previous owner decided to seal up with no more nails or similar
- Put up new shelf above TV in Kids room to hold PS4 and Minecraft light they got for Christmas

Will probably be next weekend before I get round to making a start on boarding the loft out
 
Macky said:
Interested as to how you get on with the loft legs and boarding. Wanting to do the same to a small area of our loft. Are there maximum spacing requirements for the legs?
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They are designed for a joist spacing of 400mm or 600mm ideally, and your boards run lengthways over those spans. The legs are then positioned ~320mm apart to allow the boards tongue/groove to join above the legs.

There is a calculator at: https://www.loftleg.com/howmanylegsloftboards

Having just put my figures through the calculator though, I've already messed up :D

My joist spacing is ~400mm, and I've bought 3 packs of 1220mm boards, and 3 packs of legs (but should have been 4).
 
More tidying and creating storage solutions in the garage. I had a cheap Ikea table to get rid of but just as I was taking it apart to take to the tip on Saturday I realised I could use the wood for future projects, so I kept hold of it.

First use was cutting the table top into 4 shelves, which I have put above the bikes for helmets, shoes, tools, spares, etc. I think it works well.

I had a problem drilling into the concrete as at the spots I needed the holes to be the wall is thinner, so the drill went right through and blew out the other side. Ended up not drilling at all for the upper shelf and just hammered the brackets behind the wall support plates, they are surprisingly solid to say they are just friction fit.

Still more storage to work out to get the rest of the stuff off the floor, think I will make similar shelves for the other side too so that will help.

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dLockers said:
Finally got the right combination of incorrectly sized drills to drill through the 1880s fireplace and run a cat5. Just through the mortar so nothing sacrilege :eek:


I must have crimped thousands of RJ45 in my previous life. It's a bit like riding a bike I've found, you never forget how. I never used jackets as they annoy the hell out of me.



'Server' now relocated to the booze and spare cables side of the fireplace. I can now hard wire the TV and plug the server in using HDMI so I finally have a more reasonable 'worst case scenario' when Plex keeps buffering :mad:
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Dry Januray is it ? :) :P
 
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dLockers said:
Finally got the right combination of incorrectly sized drills to drill through the 1880s fireplace and run a cat5. Just through the mortar so nothing sacrilege :eek:


01nEitk.jpeg

I must have crimped thousands of RJ45 in my previous life. It's a bit like riding a bike I've found, you never forget how. I never used jackets as they annoy the hell out of me.

'Server' now relocated to the booze and spare cables side of the fireplace. I can now hard wire the TV and plug the server in using HDMI so I finally have a more reasonable 'worst case scenario' when Plex keeps buffering :mad:
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I couldn't possibly condone no protection! ;)

It depends where it's going. Sometimes the boots actually get in the way if it's going into the back of a TV or something.
 
Bought a new mop head for my window cleaner extendable rods and gave it a test today . cleaned all windows and bladed them off.
What was a 45 min job with hose etc is now a 20 min job with bucket of water-mop and blade.
 
Paid a man to swap some broken slates.

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There was a 3mm ply side panel I asked him to remove as it was rotten, too. Need to fit a new one ASAP as the house is up for sale now.
 
dLockers said:
Paid a man to swap some broken slates.

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There was a 3mm ply side panel I asked him to remove as it was rotten, too. Need to fit a new one ASAP as the house is up for sale now.
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Put the side panel on last night:

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Not particularly over the moon with the slate job but tbh it is what it is.... impossible to find a trade worth their salt in my part of town (or I'm too picky)?
 
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