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So now we've now lining-papered the bulk of the hall - only a few bits left (where the exposed wires need re-plastering into the wall; where we have yet to box in the utility meters; and a bit of downstairs ceiling). Still have to cleanup all the skirting boards and other woodwork - doorframes etc.; caulk (don't know what this is about but apparently its like using mastic in the bathroom); change all the old light switches/plug sockets; and PAINT!
Leaving the hallway for a bit to get back to the front room floor.
Finally! PROOF! That we do do wallpaper (lining paper actually - its all going to get painted) pasting, hanging and associated tasks.
Having taken most of the weekend off, we thought we should get back into it. We got so into wallpapering that we actually forgot to take photos of me pasting up wallpaper downstairs, whilst Sunshine pasted the paper to the walls upstairs. We had a neat little production line going. You can see here though that most of the upstairs hallway is done. As are some small sections downstairs. Those long drops to the left of the stairs are going to have to wait till we have a better ladder system.
More peeling/steaming progress on the hall today. Including the ceilings (or whichever bits of them we could reach!)
*Found painted on the stair walls - "BR. CITY O.K." - Bristol City ... just OK ... not great or anything .... just OK ...
The last few days have been pretty much wallpaper removing. The bulk of the hallways (upstairs and downstairs) are done - my goodnees does the hall have a lot of walls!
The physical peeling though always seems to leave a thin layer of backing paper - or in some instances an even older paper; and for that - out comes the steamer. Thank you the Peskimos for loan of wallpaper steamer.
The front lounge is not quite done yet - we have bought the insulation and stuff, but we're still a bit undecided about what to do about the floorboards - but in the meantime, our friend Kev is coming on Friday to help do the hall... so current priority is prepping all of the hallways/corridors - part one, peel off all the textured wallpaper. Oh so satisfying!
Today I have been mostly making holes in walls (chasing the brick wall) so that we can house the plug sockets IN the walls rather than sticking OUT if it. Yes, mum ... the electricity was turned off first ...
Whilst Sunshine has bought himself a hammer drill (it worked out cheaper than renting one as we are going to need it a couple more times around the house), and has been bashing away at concrete. Lookie my scary husband! Lookie he demolish the fireplace hearth! I had to take that last photo from outside the front window as the noise and dust was driving me insane ...
Also have realised that the job I was doing would have been MUCH easier with the hammer drill. Well, now we know for the next time ...
On the left - start taking off ceiling paper - on the right, almost at the end of taking off ceiling paper... It came off amazingly easily. And the board under is really smooth. We should be able to just clean and paint over. Yay to no more textured ceiling paper!
So, we've lost a little bit of momentum as we've got into a slight dilema about whether or not we want to buy new floorboards. There's nothing wrong with the old ones (no rot or woodworm); just that they are soft pine (meant to be under carpets), and therefor dent easily. Also we've inadvertantly broken a few in taking them up - so need to source replacements. Still undecided about what we're going to do.
Also, to get all the boards up, we had to get the skirting boards up, which meant that the radiator had to come off the walls. The radiator turned out to need a thorough clean out (it was full of the black magnetic rust that accumulates if you haven't got any inhibitor in the water). So we had to take half a day off to just flush out the whole radiator system in the house. We had to get ourselves a hose too - as we don't have an outside tap, so have never had a hose. Sunhine had to engineer a pipe under the washbowl in the back WC so we had somewhere to plumb the hose into. All such a faff! I wish the landlords had left the outside tap that was already there when we first came to see the house when we were looking to rent it. Outside tap has been included on the must-do list.
Day off DIY to have a day hill walking with friends in the Brecon Beacons - Black Mountains, Wales.
*Sorry for the image quality - its a rather large image and it obviously doesn't like being compressed by Blogger.
So now we've now lining-papered the bulk of the hall - only a few bits left (where the exposed wires need re-plastering into the wall; where we have yet to box in the utility meters; and a bit of downstairs ceiling). Still have to cleanup all the skirting boards and other woodwork - doorframes etc.; caulk (don't know what this is about but apparently its like using mastic in the bathroom); change all the old light switches/plug sockets; and PAINT!
