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    Neph’s new house…

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    • GilesG
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      WHOOPS…..

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • neph93N
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        I know… there are more too. They are very good at letting me know. However all the boarding is coming off and we are insulating the outside of the house, replacing all the boards in a 1940’s configuratiom, and re painting the place a much more attractive colour. So it is fine.

        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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        • GilesG
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          I thought it probably did not matter that much…And it's an easy fix anyway....

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • neph93N
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            @Giles:

            I thought it probably did not matter that much…And it's an easy fix anyway....

            We’ve been fortunate with global warming (jk) and the frost hadn’t set in until last week. But they now have to get under the extension, while avoiding those pillars and dig out clay that has frozen solid. They’ll be doing it by hand soon.

            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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              @neph93 I was curious why I didn't see a frost line.  Did the budget include hand digging or is that going to be an extra??

              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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              • neph93N
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                @goosehd:

                @neph93 I was curious why I didn't see a frost line.  Did the budget include hand digging or is that going to be an extra??

                The price is for getting the job done. When that happens they’ll get paid what they quoted. How they get it done is their problem [emoji1]

                Yeah, there were barely any sub zero days in November or December and lots of 2-5C days. Unheard of. The temps have dropped firmly with the new year, although we’ve only had high pressure weather so no meaningful snowfall.

                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                • neph93N
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                  It’s ON!

                  New wood going in for the first time to level off the floors…

                  In other, less awesome news, we have discovered that the extension to the living room which was built in 1980 used a dangerously under spec steel i-beam. It needs replacing.

                  This in itself isn’t a problem except that it would be much easier (and not much more expensive), to rip the whole thing down and start again. However doing so would mean we would need to rebuild a simulacrum of a 1941 style extension. That would mean losing about 7 square meters of living room, the second floor bedroom balcony, and the back door out to the garden, according to the Royal Norwegian Antiquitarian (whom one does not fuck about with). Nothing is ever easy.

                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                  • neph93N
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                    More action that leaves me with mixed feelings.  We had a specialist have a look at our chimney. It is a huge, concrete structure that runs through the middle of the house. Or I should say, it was.

                    The inside is made of clay tiles, and while that was fine in 1940, the expert could tell us that 80% of chimney fires are in this type of chimney. Rehabilitating it would cost four times as much as ripping it out and putting a new, modern system. Add to that the room space we would get back from removing the original (the modern systems are very small and tidy), and it was a no-brainer. Another original feature gone though, which is a little sad.

                    This is where it used to be:

                    One extremely positive thing is flooring going in!

                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                    • GilesG
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                      Those walls…. 😘 😘 😘 😘

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • neph93N
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                        @Giles:

                        Those walls…. 😘 😘 😘 😘

                        They are crazy aren’t they. It must have taken forever to build like that.

                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                        • organisysO
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                          @neph93:

                          Another original feature gone though, which is a little sad.
                          This is where it used to be:

                          Houses should also evolve sometimes I think. 100% the right decision given the risks.
                          🙂

                          Pride of Japan :-)

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                          • neph93N
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                            @organisys:

                            Houses should also evolve sometimes I think. 100% the right decision given the risks.
                            🙂

                            I think that is a very good point and I appreciate it.

                            To illustrate the under spec i-beam issue, here is the old one still in situ….

                            And here is the engineer-approved new one waiting to go in:

                            In the same shot:

                            The builders have estimated a 4cm sag which is fairly obvious now they have taken a few walls down. It will be corrected when the new one goes in.

                            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                            • neph93N
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                              And now the beast is in!

                              «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                              We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                              • GilesG
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                                The 4x4's (?) pass code?

                                When I put in a similar size steel here, I had to demonstrate to the building regs guy, that I had brick-built piers holding it upswith brick foundations going 3 feet below ground level…..

                                Luckily the original builders had anticipated this in 1830  🙂 :). As we dug down (with the building regs guy peering down the hole), the brick wall that we were making the new opening in expanded in width by 2 half-bricks each course below ground level.  When we got to about 2 feet deep and the foundation of the wall was at about 3 feet wide, he said, OK, I've seen enough, that'll do....Over-engineered was their starting point.....

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                                  Looks awesome Reuben! I'll bet all that lumber smells awesome.

                                  Needs some powder actuated tools, though, JK.  🙂

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                                  • neph93N
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                                    @Filthy cheers buddy.

                                    @Giles  the «pillars» are 9 lengths of 2x4 that are glued and nailed. The whole foot of one and 66% of the other are resting on the brick fundaments of the cellar.

                                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                      It’s finally starting to look like a space that can be lived in again. Flooring is down on two levels and I have been tasked with sound proofing the  wall shared with the neighbours. @RoxRocks86 would not approve…. [emoji1]

                                      After that was done our contractor decided he wanted extra insulation in the roof. To do that we have rip out the existing ceiling below the loft. More demo work for me this weekend. Joy.

                                      Shinayaka’s in action in what will be a load of bedrooms…





                                      «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                      We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                      • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                                        That gap in the floor next to your foot I'm imagining Mr. Burns' trap door. 😂

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                                        • RoxRocks86R
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                                          Honestly, I’m happy to say your hanging is a helluva lot more acceptable than the butchered shit hanging I commonly come across. You at least look like you know how to use and read a tape measure  😉

                                          Would def do the finishing on your boarding without extracting extra cash from your piggy bank  😃

                                          Happy to see things moving along at your place!

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                                          • goosehdG
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                                            @neph93 @RoxRocks86

                                            Not to be that guy, but….I always thought that you were supposed to stagger drywall joints.  Am I wrong?

                                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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