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It's time for building work. Uh ho.
The bedroom that has remained undecorated and mostly dark since I moved in more than 20 years ago will finally be stripped and rebuilt according to my specifications.
What is my specifications? Humm. Well. I live alone and nobody can tell me what to do so I'm doing it Tardis themed.
Mostly I built the shape of it in Blender last year and the tardis theme only popped out when I readdressed that design this spring with an eye to actual colors. Adding the frosted glass to the windows on the top cupboards is the main thing that sells it.
Here's the video I made for the builder.
Today I emptied the room ready for the actual professions. Took apart all the cupboards and the bed and packed it all into the van to drive to the tip.
Only just fit in the van really.
Spent more than half the day doing it and I'm knackered but as you can see, the room is empty and ready for the carpet fitters on Monday.
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Today I emptied the room ready for the actual professions. Took apart all the cupboards and the bed and packed it all into the van to drive to the tip.
Only just fit in the van really.
Spent more than half the day doing it and I'm knackered but as you can see, the room is empty and ready for the carpet fitters on Monday.
New carpet fitted.
Sadly due to scheduling difficulties that's it until the first of October now. The electrics and painting of walls and skirt etc happen then.
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New carpet fitted.
Sadly due to scheduling difficulties that's it until the first of October now. The electrics and painting of walls and skirt etc happen then.
Lots of channels cut into the walls ready to be wired and have new plug sockets added.
The existing plug socket's back-boxes are apparently stuck or important for the wiring or something so can't be removed. Can't just expand those holes to have 2-gang sockets in their place. I'm told that we'll have to put a blank face plate on them and add the new 2-gang sockets above instead of to replace the existing ones. Won't really matter at all, they'll be behind the drawers or inside the sideboard cupboard anyway.
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Lots of channels cut into the walls ready to be wired and have new plug sockets added.
The existing plug socket's back-boxes are apparently stuck or important for the wiring or something so can't be removed. Can't just expand those holes to have 2-gang sockets in their place. I'm told that we'll have to put a blank face plate on them and add the new 2-gang sockets above instead of to replace the existing ones. Won't really matter at all, they'll be behind the drawers or inside the sideboard cupboard anyway.
Electric work apparently finished I think. Power only off for fifteen minutes or so.
As said, the existing sockets can't be removed for some reason but he's left 'em live rather than a blank face-plate.
Plenty of electric sockets in this room now! Fourteen! And eighteen USB power sockets too!
Face-plates not attached to the sockets yet, do that after the plastering I believe. So they look a bit shoddy for now.
Next up is presumably wall paper stripping and painting but electrician didn't seem to know if he was doing that or someone else or if it'll be done tomorrow so I guess that'll all be a surprise.
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Electric work apparently finished I think. Power only off for fifteen minutes or so.
As said, the existing sockets can't be removed for some reason but he's left 'em live rather than a blank face-plate.
Plenty of electric sockets in this room now! Fourteen! And eighteen USB power sockets too!
Face-plates not attached to the sockets yet, do that after the plastering I believe. So they look a bit shoddy for now.
Next up is presumably wall paper stripping and painting but electrician didn't seem to know if he was doing that or someone else or if it'll be done tomorrow so I guess that'll all be a surprise.
Today was stripping day!
The builder came in and stripped all the wallpaper off of the walls to leave the mostly white and partly scarred walls. Also covered the carpet in plastic since plastering and painting begin soon.
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Today was stripping day!
The builder came in and stripped all the wallpaper off of the walls to leave the mostly white and partly scarred walls. Also covered the carpet in plastic since plastering and painting begin soon.
Not really sure why he took the radiator off today. Presumably whatever prep was going into the walls needed to be done behind it? He put it back on anyway.
All looks mostly the same to me other than filling in the routes that hold the wires. Which apparently is just stage one of that, and a finer filler will be applied tomorrow.
Suspect maybe some amount of slack on account of the guy who was supposed to be bringing the paint this morning not turning up until (hopefully) tomorrow.
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Not really sure why he took the radiator off today. Presumably whatever prep was going into the walls needed to be done behind it? He put it back on anyway.
All looks mostly the same to me other than filling in the routes that hold the wires. Which apparently is just stage one of that, and a finer filler will be applied tomorrow.
Suspect maybe some amount of slack on account of the guy who was supposed to be bringing the paint this morning not turning up until (hopefully) tomorrow.
Ceiling is painted, and some more fine grained filler in the wire-holes.
Think painting the walls and woodwork shall be next.
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Ceiling is painted, and some more fine grained filler in the wire-holes.
Think painting the walls and woodwork shall be next.
Today the builder painted most of the walls. Not the whiteboard-wall yet. Least not with the overcoat.
Painted the radiator-pipes. Radiator itself was removed and put back on.
When he left I went for a shower and found the water cold. Boiler saying error and pressure gauge too low, so I turn the tap to re-pressurize the loop. Probably just coz the radiator was removed I guess. Boiler boots up. Had a quick shower.
But alas, now I find the radiator is splaying a fine jet of water from it's bleed valve 😬
Intercepted that jet with a towel into a bucket, where most of the water has ended up. Dripping a bit still. Hope spraying the drying paint with water isn't too damaging.
Hopefully he can fix that up somewhat tomorrow.
Meanwhile the pine has arrived. 15 square meters of it. Good chunk of the cost getting all that wood.
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Today the builder painted most of the walls. Not the whiteboard-wall yet. Least not with the overcoat.
Painted the radiator-pipes. Radiator itself was removed and put back on.
When he left I went for a shower and found the water cold. Boiler saying error and pressure gauge too low, so I turn the tap to re-pressurize the loop. Probably just coz the radiator was removed I guess. Boiler boots up. Had a quick shower.
But alas, now I find the radiator is splaying a fine jet of water from it's bleed valve 😬
Intercepted that jet with a towel into a bucket, where most of the water has ended up. Dripping a bit still. Hope spraying the drying paint with water isn't too damaging.
Hopefully he can fix that up somewhat tomorrow.
Meanwhile the pine has arrived. 15 square meters of it. Good chunk of the cost getting all that wood.
Wall painting completed. Apparently there'll be another coat after all the cupboards are built since building them may result in damage to existing layers.
Completed though is the big white wall covered in whiteboard paint. They tell me it should be left for at least a week before any washable markers are applied but I think it'll be longer than that.
Skirt & wood still to be done, which is a bit behind schedule coz on Monday the carpenter starts building the cupboards.
So two workers in for the day on Monday.
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Wall painting completed. Apparently there'll be another coat after all the cupboards are built since building them may result in damage to existing layers.
Completed though is the big white wall covered in whiteboard paint. They tell me it should be left for at least a week before any washable markers are applied but I think it'll be longer than that.
Skirt & wood still to be done, which is a bit behind schedule coz on Monday the carpenter starts building the cupboards.
So two workers in for the day on Monday.
Light switch changed, lamp reattached to the ceiling. Woodwork and radiator painted. Carpenter has drawn pencil lines over the walls where all the wardrobes have to be built. Think he's been spending the day mostly correcting all my measurements which are apparently even more approximate than I thought. Figuring out how to compensate for the wonky walls that aren't all at proper right angles.
Can't really see the pencil lines in the photos here but makes it easier to imagine how it'll all come together.
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Light switch changed, lamp reattached to the ceiling. Woodwork and radiator painted. Carpenter has drawn pencil lines over the walls where all the wardrobes have to be built. Think he's been spending the day mostly correcting all my measurements which are apparently even more approximate than I thought. Figuring out how to compensate for the wonky walls that aren't all at proper right angles.
Can't really see the pencil lines in the photos here but makes it easier to imagine how it'll all come together.
he framework upon which the wardrobes will be built starts to take shape.
The headboard sockets are at about the right height :phew:
He was asking if the wardrobe should be backed with some kind of board or if these support struts should remain visible inside the wardrobe.
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I guess it looks neater if you back it, but then there's also some lost space. It'd be painted either way of course.
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he framework upon which the wardrobes will be built starts to take shape.
The headboard sockets are at about the right height :phew:
He was asking if the wardrobe should be backed with some kind of board or if these support struts should remain visible inside the wardrobe.
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I guess it looks neater if you back it, but then there's also some lost space. It'd be painted either way of course.
Actual flat-panel wood attached to build the sides and tops of some of the wardrobes and storage boxes done today.
Starting to take shape.
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Actual flat-panel wood attached to build the sides and tops of some of the wardrobes and storage boxes done today.
Starting to take shape.
More progress on the building of the woodwork here. Going pretty well.
But that will be it for a few days. Mostly coz I've caught a damn virus and wanna try and protect the builders from catching it but also because he's used up all the wood. More to be delivered next week.
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More progress on the building of the woodwork here. Going pretty well.
But that will be it for a few days. Mostly coz I've caught a damn virus and wanna try and protect the builders from catching it but also because he's used up all the wood. More to be delivered next week.
More framework added. Dresser shelf/draws and the closet taking some shape.
The varnish/paint arrived and a test shows it way too dark. Almost black to my eyes in that dark room. So some other sample tins ordered. Hopefully one of them will be closer.
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More framework added. Dresser shelf/draws and the closet taking some shape.
The varnish/paint arrived and a test shows it way too dark. Almost black to my eyes in that dark room. So some other sample tins ordered. Hopefully one of them will be closer.
Spot the difference from yesterday? More framSpot the difference from yesterday? More framework over the top by the ceiling and around the windows ready for the mirrored door blinds.
Bought more wood struts. Had quite a comedy farce trying to get the things into the house now the build cupboards prevent them entering the room. Had to carry them around into the garden then in through the back door and up into the kitchen to get the angle to enter the bedroom.
The company sending the new paint had emailed saying that they don't do varnish in the colours they had allowed us to order, so asked for whatever blues they do have. That did not arrive today. Nor did the extra wood that was set for "early" this week.
Making all these doors is going to take ages and I suggested that seems like something that could be done working from home. He's probably got a proper workshop there even. Carpenter suggests his boss won't allow such things though. 🙄 Bosses eh? They do like their staff to be monitored even if only by the client.ework over the top by the ceiling and around the windows ready for the mirrored door blinds.
Bought more wood struts. Had quite a comedy farce trying to get the things into the house now the build cupboards prevent them entering the room. Had to carry them around into the garden then in through the back door and up into the kitchen to get the angle to enter the bedroom.
The company sending the new paint had emailed saying that they don't do varnish in the colours they had allowed us to order, so asked for whatever blues they do have. That did not arrive today. Nor did the extra wood that was set for "early" this week.
Making all these doors is going to take ages and I suggested that seems like something that could be done working from home. He's probably got a proper workshop there even. Carpenter suggests his boss won't allow such things though. 🙄 Bosses eh? They do like their staff to be monitored even if only by the client.
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Spot the difference from yesterday? More framSpot the difference from yesterday? More framework over the top by the ceiling and around the windows ready for the mirrored door blinds.
Bought more wood struts. Had quite a comedy farce trying to get the things into the house now the build cupboards prevent them entering the room. Had to carry them around into the garden then in through the back door and up into the kitchen to get the angle to enter the bedroom.
The company sending the new paint had emailed saying that they don't do varnish in the colours they had allowed us to order, so asked for whatever blues they do have. That did not arrive today. Nor did the extra wood that was set for "early" this week.
Making all these doors is going to take ages and I suggested that seems like something that could be done working from home. He's probably got a proper workshop there even. Carpenter suggests his boss won't allow such things though. 🙄 Bosses eh? They do like their staff to be monitored even if only by the client.ework over the top by the ceiling and around the windows ready for the mirrored door blinds.
Bought more wood struts. Had quite a comedy farce trying to get the things into the house now the build cupboards prevent them entering the room. Had to carry them around into the garden then in through the back door and up into the kitchen to get the angle to enter the bedroom.
The company sending the new paint had emailed saying that they don't do varnish in the colours they had allowed us to order, so asked for whatever blues they do have. That did not arrive today. Nor did the extra wood that was set for "early" this week.
Making all these doors is going to take ages and I suggested that seems like something that could be done working from home. He's probably got a proper workshop there even. Carpenter suggests his boss won't allow such things though. 🙄 Bosses eh? They do like their staff to be monitored even if only by the client.
Cleaned up more of the tools after today. Still waiting on shipment 2 of the wood planks so he's been doing fiddly bits. One week more of the master carpenter before he goes on holiday. Mostly making doors during that time I think.
Neither paint nor wood arrived today. Hopefully tomorrow I guess. He may run out of things to do if he doesn't get wood soon.
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Cleaned up more of the tools after today. Still waiting on shipment 2 of the wood planks so he's been doing fiddly bits. One week more of the master carpenter before he goes on holiday. Mostly making doors during that time I think.
Neither paint nor wood arrived today. Hopefully tomorrow I guess. He may run out of things to do if he doesn't get wood soon.
Paint samples arrived today and it was obvious which was gonna work better so I ordered a full 2.5l can.
Only to get an email back saying they can't make that colour in that varnish. Weird. That was literally the only actually blue they said they'd do last time they said they couldn't deliver what the website let me order.
After some discussion they have referred it to the Tainting Supervisor and it's apparently going to be here Monday.
Similarly for the wood, failed to arrive again today. They reckon Monday this time really for reals. Fingers crossed coz the carpenter can't do more until the wood arrives really and he's going on holiday this time next week.
So assuming the wood comes, four days to build the doors and finish off the walls of the closet and stuff.
Hopefully it can all be done in that time. Or at least the hard bits leaving the easy stuff for the less carpentery builder.
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Paint samples arrived today and it was obvious which was gonna work better so I ordered a full 2.5l can.
Only to get an email back saying they can't make that colour in that varnish. Weird. That was literally the only actually blue they said they'd do last time they said they couldn't deliver what the website let me order.
After some discussion they have referred it to the Tainting Supervisor and it's apparently going to be here Monday.
Similarly for the wood, failed to arrive again today. They reckon Monday this time really for reals. Fingers crossed coz the carpenter can't do more until the wood arrives really and he's going on holiday this time next week.
So assuming the wood comes, four days to build the doors and finish off the walls of the closet and stuff.
Hopefully it can all be done in that time. Or at least the hard bits leaving the easy stuff for the less carpentery builder.
Wood arrived!
Not until lunch time though.
After lunch he's built the dresser desk and the closet.
Not much more than door and drawers left.
Two workers tomorrow apparently, maybe one will start the painting.
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Wood arrived!
Not until lunch time though.
After lunch he's built the dresser desk and the closet.
Not much more than door and drawers left.
Two workers tomorrow apparently, maybe one will start the painting.
The closet looks to be complete other than the door. Almost everything looks complete other than doors and draws. And painting of course.
We're sure of the size of the doors which are to be mirror-backed now so ordered those.
Two more days before carpenter goes on holiday. Suspect there may be work for him to do when he gets back. Lots of doors to make. Draws surely each take ages and there's five of those.
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The closet looks to be complete other than the door. Almost everything looks complete other than doors and draws. And painting of course.
We're sure of the size of the doors which are to be mirror-backed now so ordered those.
Two more days before carpenter goes on holiday. Suspect there may be work for him to do when he gets back. Lots of doors to make. Draws surely each take ages and there's five of those.
They've been cutting doors into shape all day. Some have hinges on them, but none are hung onto the cupboards so no point in any photos.
None have any panels yet either.
Oh, or the holes I need for all the cables that'll have to go everywhere for speakers and lights. Will have to remember to ask about that tomorrow.
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