My First House...

[Screwfix]

Hi All...

I bought it in October 2005 and have been doing DIY ever since...

Mmmm...

Front Living Room On First Day we Moved in

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Front Room on First Day

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Back Living Room on First day

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View of Hallway, First Day

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Front of house, few days in

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Old fire place

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Rear View, First day

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You can see the Old Coal Bunker in the right of the picture, was solid brick built, hard work...

Front Junk Yard

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Taking down all the cieling in the whole house

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Kitchen First Day

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Early Stages...

Taking down all the cieling in the whole house

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Front Junk Yard

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Overgrown Garden

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Overgrown Front Garden

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Taking the tiles and bath out

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Fireplace

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Rear Room

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New Roof being put on the house

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Kitchen being ripped out

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Replacing all the wiring

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[TurboPez]

Almost the same as my house, which i just bought and in process of ripping apart at the mo, its great taking the ceilings down haha

 

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Few more Pictures...

Old bathroom

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I knocked down the wall seperating the Bathroom and the toilet and turned it into one big bathroom

Bathroom

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Knocked down the seperating wall and blocked up the small window, tiles and underfloor heating...

Bathroom

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Preparing the wiring

Bathroom

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Bathroom with underfloor heating, Just waiting for new double glazed window to go in

These are the befoe and after pictures of the bathroom, put underfloor heating in the bathroom...

Bath and Sink are left in the same position, I have knocked down thw wall and also left the toilet in the same place...

Only thing i have added was the shower...

There are 2 speakers hidden on either side of the bath and are connected up to the main hifi unit in the house, just in case I need to nip to the loo during a football game, also is much better then listening to a tinny little radio

 

[matilda]

It seems... good. Waiting for more pictures.

 

[Screwfix]

Scewfix is a nic-name that I have had since school...

Nothing to do with the Company so not advertising for them... I'm sure they can advertise for themselves...

 

[Screwfix]

It seems... good. Waiting for more pictures.

Will load some more pictures up tonight...

 

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Befor and after of the fireplace...

Blocked up the fireplace tho...

I knocked down the wall seperating the kitchen and backroom...

Kitchen diner

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Back room before I put the fish tanks in

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Preparing for fish tanks to go in

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Building fish tank cabinet

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Kitchen expose after knocking wall down

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[diy_darren]

The radiator infront of the chimney, did you put an airbrick in behind it? If you block the chimney at the top you'll also need an airbrick higher up too.

If you don't put airbricks in, chances are your chimney will get damp.

 

[Screwfix]

The radiator infront of the chimney, did you put an airbrick in behind it? If you block the chimney at the top you'll also need an airbrick higher up too.

If you don't put airbricks in, chances are your chimney will get damp.

I have put a fire place in the front room so have not blocked the chimney up...

I didnt put a air brick in the back room, come to think of it I think I should have, Hopefully there will be enough air circulation from the fireplace in the front room...

 

[Rob1982]

I think the bathroom looks awesome.

Iv got to do a bathroom from scratch to and id like to do some like what you've done.

If you don't mind me asking, how much were those tiles and where did you get them from?

 

[Screwfix]

I think the bathroom looks awesome.

Iv got to do a bathroom from scratch to and id like to do some like what you've done.

If you don't mind me asking, how much were those tiles and where did you get them from?

Thanks Rob...

I got the tiles from a place called Decor Tiles based in Watford, www.decortiles.co.uk

To be honest I cant remember how much I paid for them Per Square Meter but in total I think they came to about £700...

Hope this helps...

Do you have some pictures of your bathroom that you can put up beofr you start?

 

[Rob1982]

thanks screwfix.

yes iv got loads of pics for all the rooms in my flat through every stage.

Im going to start a project thread so you can see the mess iv got myself into!

 

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Hallaway with underfloor heating

Replacing all the wiring

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Untitled

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[magzy]

looks good so far mate takes me back 24 months its taken me i between work to get to almost completion good luck and keep up the good work it is worth it trust me