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@@davewordsworth1251 hi thanks. I’ve renovated a lot of houses. Initially I used tradesmen for most things, and just learned along the way. I don’t have a trade specifically but I’ve always enjoyed being hands on. I don’t claim to know the best ways for everything or be an expert but I think (hope) I know enough to do an acceptable job.

@@renovateaproperty Cheers buddy. BTW I sent you a message on your patron page!

Yes correct can be. I don’t intend to sand any of it so should be ok. At most I’ll just over skim it. Thanks.

Nah they’ll be out! Just doing it one step at a time. My arms ache enough from carrying out what I have already!!!

Very interesting. Thank you for this input. The house is about 200 years old, so I wonder how well this central wall is supported!! Still assessing options (everybody who walks into the house gets quizzed on their opinion!). Will update once I make a decision.

Thank you! Yes pushing myself hard this week with progress. This stage of the project is all such heavy lifting and filthy work. My car is filthy, all my gear is filthy, the house is filthy. Hopefully soon the ripping out will stop and the rebuilding will begin.

I hope so! My arms this week feel abused from all the lifting. Hopefully it’ll be worth it..!!!

Thanks! Sometimes it’s difficult to motivate day after day. Amazing how blogging it is pushing me and giving me that extra push. Cheers for watching.

Hi. Thank you for this reply. And yes I’m inclined to agree with you. I’m still deciding what to do with this wall. I appreciate this input though. Will update once decided but the above is being taken into account.

I’m torn now between this idea, or just leaving it as is. Maybe just putting a modern glass door into the doorframe. I can’t decide!!

Yep, definitely how this is the plan. I was previously over complicating it. The boiler is being completely moved to the downstairs WC. It’s all being completely re-plumbed anyway, so this just gets it out of the kitchen and to a better/neater location. Only trouble is it requires a long gas run, but otherwise this is the smarter option.

Haha maybe! It feels 100 years ahead right now!!!

@@jonton123 thank you! It’s motivating blogging it. Gives me a reason to keep going. Thanks for watching!

It’s going to go above the downstairs WC. It’s a long gas run, but it clears space in the kitchen, and will give really rapid hot water to the main bathroom.

@@renovateaproperty Makes sense, you'll probably find that the gas is already running under the floor either in the extension or the upstairs corridor.

@@Reverend-Rodger no I’m re-plumbing right back to the stop cock and the gas main. Means we can put a nice 28mm run to the boiler. All the old piping is cut and gone. Nice to start 100% fresh.

Full rewrire yes. However, as for pulling Ethernet to each room; I don’t do that anymore. Modern WiFi is so good I don’t find it necessary now. In fact, almost all modern products (smart security, intelligent devices, computers, iPads etc) don’t have Ethernet ports anymore. They just expect WiFi.

@@sophiaw I know they’re amazing aren’t they!! I’ve worked on a LOT of houses, and these are the biggest floorboards I’ve ever seen!!

@@MajesticSlowking yeah it not loads. The copper is where it’s at, but my plumber gets that as he’s a friend! His bonus for putting up with working with me..!!

@@mailboxxy before starting I’d asked all friends and neighbours if there was anything they wanted from the property. But really everything has lived its life in here and is exhausted. On a project like this time scale is really important, so being quick at this stage really makes a difference. Everything I pull out goes into a skip, and the skip company split everything up at their end for recycling where possible (metal etc).

@@sophiaw I know. I feel kind of bad about it.

@@sophiaw no time to hang around!!!

@@AmirKhan-qx2lr I know!! Most of my tools aren’t at the house yet, I only took a handful there to get started. Just making the job harder for myself I suppose!! As I get on with the project more tools will appear.

@@AmirKhan-qx2lr thanks for watching! It’s hard to motivate working alone none stop, so sharing it on here feels a bit like there’s people with me along the way!!

Thanks yes. Well noted. Nothing yet but I’m aware of it. The house was last renovated in the 80’s, so it’s a definite possibility. The last house I did had a huge asbestos fireplace flue, it was a nightmare to get out!

@@sophiaw haha the yellow!! It’s so bad. Also the wallpaper was non-breathable. It’s done no favours to the fabric of the building. The white goods are a nice bonus. Some of the left over stuff I’m trying to give to charity or families who can use it. Will update as I make progress on that.

@@sophiaw Hi! Thank you for the sub!! May the force be with us both..!! Hopefully I might show a few bits that might help you along the way, even if it’s just mutual motivation

@@renovateaproperty I'm certain I will learn a thing or two from you! I just need to binge watch all your vids so far and get up-to-date! 😁👍

So far I’ve basically been pulling the house to pieces. Today (not on UA-cam yet), I was at the property with my plumber pulling the entire plumbing system out. Electrician there tomorrow, then next week hopefully I’ll be starting to put it all back together again 🤞

Thank you! Yes I’m trying to document it all. For better or for worse!

@@renovateaproperty Hopefully better! but probably quite a bit of the "worse" to be had too knowing old houses! :)

@@terryjbutler exactly! Fingers crossed…!!

@@SuzieDetectsUK I did think that, but the back of the wood is very damaged with woodworm.

@@SuzieDetectsUK maybe! I just thought they were SO awful!!!! The metal bit of the fitting is all tarnished and horrible.

@@renovateaproperty I agree with you actually.. but you never know, someone out there might have thought it was the coolest thing they’ve seen for a while 🤣

@@SuzieDetectsUK true! You’re right. It’s just so difficult to be that careful at this point of the project.

Me too!!!

Thanks. Yes I intend to do a video on finances. I’m using bridging finance so should be a pretty good/useful guide for others.

Gas is off, water is off at main stop cock, electrics useful for tools. No issues.

@@renovateaproperty Vid clearly shows you explaining isolating the sink after you ripped it out, just hanging there at the sink hot & cold points you just found so you could disconnect it. No mains their. As soon as you heard the hob clicking, the first thing you did was run to disconnect the gas hob. You got 1 thing right though,' Electrics are really useful for tools.

It'd been a long day, I had to find entertainment somehow..!

Think it's fooked

I think this is a fair assessment. Sorry Picasso.

Hi. Yes sorry. Just getting up to speed with posting things. It’s surprisingly difficult to do all the work on the house and also deal with the filming. I’m wanting to post the entire process but I’ll try to work on making the videos a bit more concise.

Thank you! It's hard to keep going day after day sometimes..!!

I know!!!

Almost! I have an amazing plumber and electrician. Otherwise, yes just pretty much alone.

I considered this, but I couldn’t find a way to make it any more efficient

I thought of this, but I hope widening the doorway but maintaining two separate spaces gives best of both worlds

I’m working mostly entirely alone. But I do have a really good plumber and electrician who work with me on those elements.