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Good work. Looks ace and will make things much easier, I am sure. I am a year out from mortgage renewal. Need to decide whether we can afford to release some equity for some home improvements. Ideally would like to knock through the kitchen into the dining room and open it right out, with a glass extension on the back to give more light (North facing garden so it's all a bit dark), new kitchen and whatnot. Would also need to move the downstairs shower room and install a new boiler, as well as remove a chimney breast. Would also like to re-do the living room and put back in a fireplace (would need a false chimney breast and external flue), we well as better storage. All told, that's probably 40-50k of work which might be a bit steep. May just end up doing the living room as a first step. :-/ |
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Dougs 89,138 posts
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robc84 13,562 posts
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That looks great! Jealous as my extension is probably a few years away
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the_milkybar_kid 7,982 posts
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Registered 5 years agoYeah he's done a great job, will have no problem recommending him locally.
@Phychotext have been meaning to ask for a week or so how you're getting on as I haven't seen you in the thread for a while?
@Dougs best think you can do is just get as many quotes as possible and see if you can stomach the financial hit, then think about any materials you'd need as the price always creeps up. -
The_Goon 1,235 posts
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Registered 6 years ago@the_milkybar_kid Looks great, mate! Quality work by the look of things.
Where are you based? Looking at getting a few things done on our place potentially.
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Psychotext 64,971 posts
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Registered 13 years agoThey turned up, did a bunch of work, fucked a few more things up (big holes in render at roof edge now), argued with us on the flooring (they'd put the wrong stuff in to replace scratched tiles and are now arguing it's "natural variance") and have now ignored us for more than a week. Still only two areas out of like... 20 done.
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the_milkybar_kid 7,982 posts
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Registered 5 years ago@The_Goon I'm in Stoke on Trent mate.
@Psychotext Shit
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Rhaegyr 4,730 posts
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Registered 8 years agoBit of advice, think we've fucked up.
Had a leak downstairs so we've had to get all the walls and ceilings reskimmed as well as replacing the skirting. What I stupidly failed to do was take the existing skirting off before the plasterer reskimmed (so he's reskimmed up to the existing skirting).
Joiner's coming tomorrow to replace the skirting and has warned that bits of plaster could potentially come off as he takes off the existing skirting.
Anyone else made the same balls up? How much could it potentially damage the new plaster? We've already sealed it with a few mist coats and the new skirting will be an inch taller than the existing one - I'm hoping this will had any potential imperfections!
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Dougs 89,138 posts
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Registered 16 years agoNot much you can do other than hope for the best I don't think. You should be OK if he's careful. Maybe score along the top of the skirting to minimise the potential for it to rip halfway up the wall? -
Rhaegyr 4,730 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThanks - he's said he'll scribe it himself but it can't hurt for me to give it a once over tonight. He's highly recommended too so I'm hoping it'll be minimal.
If there's any cracks/tears I know where the furniture's going anyway
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the_milkybar_kid 7,982 posts
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Registered 5 years agoYeah there's no way it's coming off without making a mess. Just depends on how hard it's stuck down. Most of it is nailed down or glued on, or both in some cases I've seen. If he's recommended he should take as much care as possible not to rag it off, but nothing's guaranteed, just a guessing game until it starts coming off. Fingers crossed. -
henro_ben 2,383 posts
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Registered 13 years agoRhaegyr wrote:
Did he say scribe, or score? Because scribing would imply that he's going to cut away at the back of the new board where it overlaps the new plaster, thus making it fit flush, rather than scoring the plaster before taking off the old boards...
Thanks - he's said he'll scribe it himself but it can't hurt for me to give it a once over tonight. He's highly recommended too so I'm hoping it'll be minimal.
If there's any cracks/tears I know where the furniture's going anyway
I'd be inclined to give it a score myself before he comes round. It shouldn't take off too much plaster, but it really depends on how it's attached to the wall.
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Rhaegyr 4,730 posts
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Registered 8 years agoAh damn. Thanks for the advice - I'll prepare for the worst.
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Rhaegyr 4,730 posts
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Registered 8 years agohenro_ben wrote:
My mistake - he said score, not scribe.
Rhaegyr wrote:
Did he say scribe, or score? Because scribing would imply that he's going to cut away at the back of the new board where it overlaps the new plaster, thus making it fit flush, rather than scoring the plaster before taking off the old boards...
Thanks - he's said he'll scribe it himself but it can't hurt for me to give it a once over tonight. He's highly recommended too so I'm hoping it'll be minimal.
If there's any cracks/tears I know where the furniture's going anyway
I'd be inclined to give it a score myself before he comes round. It shouldn't take off too much plaster, but it really depends on how it's attached to the wall.
To be honest, I'd be deeply, deeply unimpressed with a plasterer who thought it acceptable to skim a wall without taking the skirting boards off!
In all honestly I can't remember if I told the plasterer we were changing the skirting boards - they look a fucking mess though so I'm half mad at him, half mad at myself.
If there's a silver lining I think in some areas it'll come off fairly easily as the leak travelled all the way down the walls and has swelled and split the existing skirting (hence the replacement).
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robc84 13,562 posts
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Registered 7 years agoWhen I took our skirting off in the bedrooms it did pull off quite a bit of plaster.I suck at DIY though and wasn't particularly careful .gif)
Luckily it was low skirting and we were replacing with much taller so it covered it no problems!
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Don't suppose you remember how much plaster it took off from the top of the skirting, height wise? Just trying to prepare for the worst here. -
dpezzer 163 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDunno what size the original skirting was but try exchanging your new stuff for something higher say 9" ,will cover any rough patches and give you a clean line. -
mrpon 35,211 posts
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Registered 13 years agoWhen I took my skirting off it took the whole supporting wall down and my house collapsed.
Am I helping?
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gamingdave 4,789 posts
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Registered 15 years agoEstate agents....... Moved back to London. Been adding properties to rent to a shortlist for a while. Get here, and contact a few estate agents. All the properties are gone (despite still being on their sites as well as rightmove) so I give them my details, along with a maximum budget, minimum number of rooms, and clear location.
What do I get?
Bombarded with emails for properties either 5 miles away, not enough rooms, 20% over budget, or in one case, all bloody 3!
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Rhaegyr 4,730 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThere's a special place in hell reserved for estate agents. -
Dougs 89,138 posts
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Registered 16 years ago+1. How's the skirting issue?! -
robc84 13,562 posts
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Registered 7 years agoRhaegyr wrote:
Sorry, missed this!
@robc84
Don't suppose you remember how much plaster it took off from the top of the skirting, height wise? Just trying to prepare for the worst here.
Not a lot really to be honest. I think the skirting we put on was 144mm and it easily covered what I pulled off. So probably a few centimetres? -
robc84 13,562 posts
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Registered 7 years agoRhaegyr wrote:
Also this.
There's a special place in hell reserved for estate agents.
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robc84 13,562 posts
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Registered 7 years agoOn the plus side, we ordered our kitchen at the weekend, and the fitter is booked for 5th November. I'm a lot poorer, but I can't wait to get that bloody thing ripped out. It's hideous -
Rhaegyr 4,730 posts
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It didn’t turn out too bad thanks – it’s taken bits of the plaster off in certain areas where he’s pulled the existing skirting off but nothing more than an inch or so above the new skirting. The plasterer’s coming round tonight to patch it up for me, hopefully it doesn’t stand out too much once it’s dried! -
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quadfather 34,451 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThe sex dungeon is improving - taken down the Nazi wall hanging and put some graffiti up instead
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Registered 14 years ago@gamingdave I think they just stick them online to lure people in, most that I ever enquired about were gone within 3 hours of being posted online. -
Anyone got any advice when it comes to mortgage brokers. Are they recommended?
Do you have to go with them or can you leave them and go direct if you find a better deal?
. Not sure I can say anything that hasn't already. Sucks big time. 
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