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Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: conor on April 14, 2007, 02:30:26 PM
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Afternoon guys :)
Well we are in! Didnt have broadband for 3 weeks as BT cancelled the reprovide. Just got reconnected today and connected at 6500 or there abouts! So We are well pleased :) And James at plus net agreed to refund a months sub so thats even better! :)
Hope i havent missed anything exciting :)
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That's great news, even if it took longer than it should have done. :)
It's been fairly quiet in the meantime, mainly because the boss has been tied up with other things. But they say that Holloway is quite comfortable these days (just joking!!!).
Welcome back.
Eric
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Glad you got everything sorted in the end Conor... good to see you back "online" :)
As for me - picked up an infection from some tests that I had at the hospital, which laid me low for a few days.
I'll probably be awol again over the next few days since being ill mucked up my schedule for the prep work I was supposed to be doing on my kitchen. The fitters are supposed to start work tomorrow.. so Ive got quite a bit of stuff I need to do over the next week :/
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>> The fitters are supposed to start work tomorrow..
hah - Ive just found out that they want to start this afternoon... so Ive just had a frantic dash clearing the remaining cupboards out.
ho-hum - will have to paint the ceiling after the new units go in :(
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I hope it goes well. A new kitchen can brighten your life, even if you do have to paint the ceiling yourself (horrible job!).
Eric
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heh painting the ceiling I can cope with.
(yeah it hurts the neck - unless youre 6 foot 3 and dont need ladders) ;D
Progress so far - new electics installed and central heating boiler moved.
Spent yesterday knocking the old tiles off the wall and filling in holes.
I had wanted to do stuff like painting the woodwork (skirting boards etc) before the new kitchen went in though, leaving only the wallpapering etc and final touches.
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Glad you got everything sorted in the end Conor... good to see you back "online" :)
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I'll probably be awol again over the next few days since being ill mucked up my schedule for the prep work I was supposed to be doing on my kitchen.
ah, thats why I have not seen you around, your presence was missed, in fact I was "just" going to e-mail you, but then came across this thread. Hope you get well soon.
PS, Have just come back from the builders merchants and could not resist buying a new paint roller and stuff, the problem is, I am allergic to paint fumes, (well work really) so if you would like to pop around after you have had your own practise my whole house needs some TLC :lol:
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I'll do it for you, OF. My rates are very reasonable. :P
Eric
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Quick update -
cupboards are now in - was up till late last night moving some of my stuff back in, so I could move in other rooms.
Still got a couple of cupboard doors and handles to go up but that should be today (waiting for wholesaler to deliver some final bits). Theres also some finishing touches yet to be done.
This weekend is going to be clearing up and moving everything back in... then I can start the papering.
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"When father papered the parlour..."
Eric'll remember that one! ;)
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You're right, I do. :)
"Mother was stuck to the ceiling
The children stuck to the floor
I never knew a blooming family
So 'stuck up' before."
They don't write 'em like that these days.
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This weekend is going to be clearing up and moving everything back in... then I can start the papering.
You don't want to use paper!! horrible nasty stuff.
We have just spent then last 2 weeks getting rid of what paper we can to paint it.
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>> You don't want to use paper!! horrible nasty stuff
Going to have to -
One side of the kitchen is well..... kitchen. The other side is the dining area.
In the kitchen area, Ive just had new splashback put up (The stuff thats like huge sheets of tiles), and Ive painted the areas over the units.. but as for the rest of the room.. the plaster isnt that great (particulary where the double glazing and doors are) and Ive also had to have the central heating pipes boxed in (concrete floor) so paper is the only way of hiding a multitude of sins in that side of the room Im afraid.
Things are a bit delayed - the joiner came down with that flu-buggy thing at the w/e so was ill yesterday so havent been able to move everything back in yet as theres still his tools lying around all over the place.
He's still got to finish off a few things (cupboard doors, handles and sealing the splashback) but when he's finished and taken his tools away (like the large bench saw etc).. then I can start decorating the dining area.
... and then clean the house - brick and sawdust seems to be flying around for fun. Will be good to have everything moved back in the kitchen too since then I can reclaim the rest of my house :)
>> We have just spent then last 2 weeks getting rid of what paper we can to paint it.
So Luce has got you doing the decorating of the new house already conor?.. or was that something to do until BT got around to installing adsl. :D
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So Luce has got you doing the decorating of the new house already conor?.. or was that something to do until BT got around to installing adsl. :D
I'm sure I don't know what you mean!! :P
We should have the dining room/ Study finished this week. It's a large room and will only be able to to after work. I know it needs doing but is so boring!! :D
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brick and sawdust seems to be flying around for fun
If you really want to see brickdust going everywhere, try cutting a hole in a brick wall with an angle grinder. I cut a doorway in the side of my garage a few years ago, and when I'd finished I looked like the victim of a volcano eruption. :'(
Eric
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heh - I can imagine...
I spent most of last w/e clearing the stuff up but it still seems to be "airbourne". I'll be glad when everything is done.
anyhow just a heads up - gonna be a bit busy over the next few days trying to finish stuff off, and a couple of other things I need to do. :/
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arggh...
I'm kerry packered. Still not finished the **$%^$&&ing wallpaper. One of those days. Not one single piece of paper was straight forward. Window, door, socket, more sockets, more cutouts, radiator... damn wallpaper wouldnt stick. :-X :-X :-X
:no:
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Did you remember to paste it? :D
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grrr... it sticks to the wall but its the edges which wont seem to "lie flat" if thats the correct description?
I only had 3 rolls of wallpaper and 1 packet of paste (supposed to put up 5 rolls which was mixed stronger).
So far Ive had to go out and buy another packet of paste, and on my 2nd tub of solvite border/overlap adhesive -
Mind you one really awkward piece was pasted about 5 or 6 times.
I tell you I nearly ripped the whole load of what I'd done so far off the walls and go looking for a different paper.
Dad was helping me and hes been papering for years - even he was cursing yesterday.
Round the window and door (and a couple of other places) Im going to cheat and use white sealant to make sure it sticks down at the edges. :'(
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White sealant eh? :no:
Still, it'll be something to talk about at cocktail parties.
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I think nailed edges would have been more of a conversation piece.
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Now there's an idea. :)
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Finally finished it. (aside from the sealant) >:(
You know what? I now hate the damn paper - yeah ok the paper looks ok - but I bleeping hate it, because right now I just think of the hastle and how its the worst paper Ive ever had to put up.
So wish I could have emulsioned, but that would have involved getting the walls re-plastered.
Mum and Dad came round this am to help.. I was one bit short so had to get another roll. I think theyre fed up of the paper too.
Chris came round yesterday and wired in the new cooker* (in between work), and my bro came over this afty and with my dad lined it up and did a wee bit of DIY to make it fit in with the units.. so thanks to them for the help, otherwise Im sure I woulda cracked up.
Okay Ive got paste in my hair (dont ask), I ache through moving heavy stuff, Im bruised and I got sore hands... and Im shattered...
and cant wait till everything is finally done.
Just gonna enjoy some more of this bottle of wine... then Im gonna go soak and relax for a wee while
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*unexpected expense - another long boring story.... but ended up having to buy a new one (http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/dyn_imgs/prods/prod_full/340014.jpg). Dunno what I woulda done without Mum and Dads help... and everyone else thats mucked in over the past few days.
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You'll laugh about it when it's over.
© Clichés R Us Inc.
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>> You'll laugh about it when it's over
Yep Im sure I will - but for about the past week I seem to be on the *almost there* stage.. and the simplest things seem to be taking an eon.
I wont go into specifics and bore you with what happened today - suffice to say - Im not too chuffed - knackered.. and dont ever buy any of those shelves that are supposed to be self-supporting. :no:
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I take it then that your self-supporting shelf didn't? Oh dear. :(
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>> your self-supporting shelf didn't
Nope - it decided to hang off the wall at over 100 degrees and no amount of tightening would pull it up to less than 90 degrees. Tried messing with a couple of things and I now have some rather nice 1.5cm holes in my wall when dad tried to pull it off to start again by putting some additional packing behind it.
(Warning - once the self supporting shelves are up there is no easy way to take them back down again cause you have to pull very hard on the shelf to take the wood off the rods - which will ruin any future support if you have plasterboard walls regardless if youve used the correct plugs)
I tell you I was almost in tears of frustration. I cant bear the thought of filling in and re-papering that section of the wall. So it looks like Im gonna have to fill in and put in traditional style metal brackets up. grrrr wish I'd done that in the first place. Its only a small shelf and should have only took half an hour to put up.
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okay - new brackets bought - you know "proper" ones this time!
and the shelf was up in 1/2 an hour - and that included some very clever measuring up in order to disguise old holes.
Finally finished - new blinds ordered, got to clear away some old furniture and tidy up
- but dinner party at mine on Sunday in order to celebrate which co-incides nicely with the brats birthday.
Bring a bottle :) Already bought a bottle of bubbly
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Top job!
I'd love to take you up on the invitation, but it's rather a long way from Kent. Still, happy birthday to the br^H^H^H^H^H^H Kimi.
Eric