Typical UK 1920's house renovation - DAY IN THE LIFE! (1920's Renovation Part 25)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- I thought I’d share a very typical day-in-the-life of a UK 1920’s property renovation. We’re up against it time-wise and it’s time to get all remaining cables under the floors before carpets go down. Mainly running a/v cables today and lots of floorboards to put back down!
Here’s the full 1920’s semi renovation playlist:
• 1920's SEMI RENOVATION
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Yes to a AV video. Would be a great idea. Need to get my head around the Ethernet/HDMI situation.
Andy, you always do a great job of explaining things and living in an old property myself, you hints, tips and insights are invaluable.
Keep up the great content.
Bloody hell Andy, I'm stressed out for you!!!! You're doing great though and definitely keeping Mrs. W and me entertained. At one point I thought of saving all the episodes and binge watching...but we couldn't wait!!🤣👍
Ha thank you David! There's plenty more to come! Timescales are getting very tight now! 😬🤣
Do you really mean HDMI over Ethernet? Or is it HDMI over twisted pair? Massive cost difference!
Yeah, it's HDMI through a Cat6 cable. 👍
I'd be saving money and not put temp flooring down. Can't be cheap at all especially the way the trade prices have gone the last year +
Agreed, we've been living with bare (and sometimes loose!) floorboards upstairs for just over 2 years. Nearly there now!
@@chris1roll same pal. You must feel relieved. Floorboards are not bad anyway not like it'll be clean and dust free anyways so saves the hassle
It was so cheap it really was a no brainer for the living room and dining room (bedroom). So much more comfortable and takes the pressure off for doing the floors in a year or so. Especially if the wood shortage thing gets worse. 👍
@@GosforthHandyman fair play bud. Prices have gone insane recently it's been a serious struggle!
Really enjoyed the wiring content 👍🏼 detailed video on the AV and networking sounds great 🙏🏼
Cool! will cover both in a single vid I think. 👍
You can bet that your solvent free adhesive will get a good bite as you want to take the skirtings off again!
Sods law says it will. Personally I think I would have just screwed on the skirtings and put a bit of paint on the screws to make them less noticeable. When the job was finished sink the screws deeper and fill them.
Murphy's Law at work!
Lol, well there's a story. Think I'll save that for a future video. Safe to say that glue is VERY temporary. 🤣
@@GosforthHandyman I wondered how you'd get on with that. I (attempted) to use gripfill to stick on skirting boards and every single piece fell off the wall. Lesson learned - it's nails or nothing!
Gripfill is very strong but it skins so quickly it's useless for long lengths of anything. It dries before you can get it on the wall! Pinkgrip is a bit better. Sticks Like **** is great for a longer working time but it's expensive. 👍
Geez Andy, don’t know how you stay sane! Hats off, you’re such a hard worker🧢 Made me smile when you mentioned JPWs - they were my first speaker purchase too😎
Great work sir! My apologies in advance if I missed it in this video while you were on the subject of fixing and repairing floorboards. Did you decide what to do about that floor joist that some numptie "notched out" near to where the toilet pan was originally fitted in the bathroom? IMHO that looks like a bit of a pig to repair and/or to put right to your high standards. As a DIY (that's Don't Involve Yourself) duffer myself, I am in full admiration of your investment in time, money and materials in your property. Especially where you try to cover all the possible eventualities and not have to go back and rip out your hard work later. Keep on keeping on! You and yours stay safe and well.
I bolted 2 new joists either side of that dodgy notched joist, so should be good. Can't remember if I mentioned it in the upcoming bathroom vid! If not I'll shove some pics on Insta. 👍
I spent the whole of this great video with my little heart screaming ‘when are you going to do the bathroom???’. Your wife must be a lovely laid back lady, coz I wouldn’t be! Only 3 weeks until you move in with no bathroom, and they take a good while to do. Ask me how I know this!!!
Carpet in two weeks, but walls not painted! I’ve never been so stressed!! 😳😵💫 lol lol lol 🤣🤣🤣
Ha ha! I'll not spoil it, but all I can say is on the day before move day the silicone was still wet. 🤣👍
@@GosforthHandyman 😂😂
Great series. Living in the US, it is always interesting to see waste/drain pipes running along the exterior of the building. Perhaps that is done in some of the much older US buildings, but I have never seen it in any property with which I have been associated.
Cheers! Yes, very common over here. Some house builders run them internally now but most of the time they're external. Although once the extension is done on this house all of those pipes will be internal. 👍
In much of the US, our weather is too cold in winter for exterior pipes!
Yes please, an AV video would be great. Did you say you were putting in a link about installing a projector, as that would be great to see? Keep up the good work, you are an inspiration to watch.
Been following this since the start, we bought our first house around the same time, 1955 build you have got 30 years on ours. Been great to watch to do a lot of the same tasks I need to carry out. Keep watching your video on the new surface water gulley but keep putting off starting it myself! Doesnt help ours runs under our poured concrete drive way and is fully crushed...
Keep up the great videos!
It is all looking great. I bet you have already fitted the carpets by now, but I had to do this sort of thing in my dining room prior to sale and i recalled my marketing days when I used to do exhibitions. So I asked the carpet company to supply Exhibition-Grade carpets and I think it was something (even in 1018) of only a tenner per metre and 4metre width, so £2.50 a square metre !!!!
As regards skirting boards that you will remove later, why don't you avoid anything secure for fitting and just use the double sided tape they use to secure those exhibition-grade carpets down or even Blu-tak !
Cheers! I think blu-tak would have been more secure than that glue I ended up using 🤣. Great tip on the exhibition carpet! 👍
Wishing every joy imaginable in your new home....I feel sure it's a happy ever after home for you both. 🥳👍🏼
Thanks so much! 👍👍😁
“Happy ever after”…for 2 years until the itch kicks in to renovate the next house! 😂
But yes…well wishes of course!
@@StevoE7 Now hinny...divvent jinx it! 🤣🤣💝
@@moiragoldsmith7052 😂😂 that's what he did for the last few years! Haha!
@@StevoE7 🙈🤣🤣🥰
Hi Andy, just wondered if you've had any hassle from your neighbours about all the noise, especially as it is a semi? Not specifically about this episode (which was relatively quiet of course!).
You’re missing out on Atmos. Pro-logic is in the 70’s compared to Atmos. Also your projector can be wifi. Pretty sure 4k is supported. The HDMI cables must be high speed too. Otherwise you’ll be digging it all up in a year 🤷🏻♂️ also, you can get HDMI senders so no need to add cable runs. Modern ATMOS systems use a mic to calibrate the speakers so don’t worry about your centre speaker. I’m using an STR-DN1080 and Harmon/Kardon surround with optional ceiling speakers (not fitted yet) and even though the system is oldish it’s still Sony’s best seller.
You should run speaker cables in the ceiling of your lounge for 2 ceiling speakers above where your couch will be. They're so much better then rear speakers.
Ive been looking at the clip on/off skirting from Leaders for when I replace my laminate floor in the hall
Loved this video. All the tiny little jobs take so much time it’s scary. Good luck with the next stage
Cheers bud! It's amazing how all the little jobs add up. 👍👍
Yep - I’d like a dedicated video on the av wiring 👍🏻
Will do! 👍
Why did you use 10mm help pipe straight to the rads?
Wouldn't 15mm copper be better and looks so much better?
Brilliant video, Andy. You are competent and full of confidence (I lack the latter), organised and methodical. Isn’t it nice to have a workshop to hand and modern cordless technology is so useful. Thanks for sharing 🌞
Cheers Ray! Yes, the on-site workshop has been invaluable. Defo sped things up a lot. 👍
Also meant to mention, amazing to see a reno with not a single piece of plywood in sight. Those floor boards sure make some tasks much simpler! Don't get me started on those solid masonry walls though! LOL Cheers.
Cheers! There's a small bit of ply now I'm afraid, huge shortage on chipboard flooring at the mo!👍🙄
As a Canadian, one of the freakiest things about British homes is plumbing on the EXTERIOR of the houses. Just how many days a year do you get below freezing?
Just waste pipes, but yeah - waste pipes don't freeze over here. You'll get some winters where your barely get a frost. A bad winter you might get a few days of -5C but rarely worse than that.
@@GosforthHandyman And I live in one of the milder parts of Canada and we still get -10 to -15 often enough in January/February. All our buildings have to go down at least 4ft into the ground as that is the frost line around here.
Your English makes me sound like I’m speaking a second language. Architraves is a word I’ve never heard.
10,000 tasks...10,000 skills.
Congrats on the plumbing!
Cheers! Still so much to do! 🤣😬
your ability to contain chaos is amazing.
your humor is the little creme filling.
Thank you! 👍😁
Coming along nicely - nothing like a deadline to making you get a shuffle on.😉 Hope the carpets look good.😀👍
bit late now but you could have run flexi conduit under the bathroom floor....and cat5/6 shouldnt be cabletie to that big power cable next to the consumer unit
Hi Andy how have you secured the floor boards I couldn't quite make it out in the video. Do you drill then countersink or use the combined countersink and drill bit. I fear the latter will make the hole too big for the screw to bite in to the joist/block
My speaker (mono, could be stereo) is Bluetooth to the player. No wires anywhere.
the carpet fitters will probably knock the skirtings off.
Hope that's shielded cat6 being as close and parallel to power lines. Fun seeing it evolve into a modern home.
Not shielded, all fine. Having worked in datacentres for years I can assure you it will be fine. 👍😁
My safety factor background 😄. It’s just home av/tv. Super job your doing.
Very good episode!
I learned a few things from this one.
Firstly, having a whiteboard with all your To Do's listed is a very good one, especially in a more involved renovation project.
All too easy to finish your floor and have carpet or laminate down and then thinking oops, I should have the HMDI to that corner and it isn't.
Also making the small inspection hatches in the floor boards is a great idea.
One thing I don't do in my renovation project is running any kind of data wiring tied to mains cables, although cat 6 is shielded well tying them to 240V cables can still have impact on your signal quality, I rather run my cat 6, HMDI etc. separated from mains wiring with a foot or so between them to minimise electromagnetic interference.
Honestly, having worked in datacentres for years you really don't need to worry about the Cat6/power thing. Over short distances it's fine providing the twisted pairs are wired correctly. 👍
@@GosforthHandyman Ok! not having worked in a professional IT job I choose to play safe, but when you say it's ok then I don't have to worry to much.
Get yourself some rods Andy. Good use of T&E in their absence though.
Cheers! Got a fish tape but it was in the workshop. 👍
Hi sir one thing you could do next time if you know your going to eventually install extra cable such a media cables is put flush boxes in the wall and put plastic conduit with a bend in it that you can assess from under the floor at a later date , this will let you get walls plastered before your ready for such a future project. Best wishes and kind regards. 😀👍👍👍
Defo! Just not enough time. 👍
Planning: The detail on your big whiteboard is impressive. You've run cabling not only for the audiovisual equipment you want, but also for things you might want in the future! You've stockpiled all the materials you expect to need. Belt and braces: The ends of the cables have protectors, but you added tape "just in case". Neatness: When you create a bit of dust, out comes the vacuum! And I have no doubt that the inspector will approve - and admire - your drain work.
I suspect that the temporary work you will do to make the house livable will be of better quality than a typical contractor's finished product. ;-)
Cheers Bob! All approved, inspector happy! 👍😁
Excellent content to entertain this felling sorry for himself hungover sparky 👍🏼🍻🍻😵
Ha glad you enjoyed it and hope your head gets better! 😁👍
And next week dump the speakers for a wireless system...
Ahhh I do not miss wiring under floorboards and through holes.
I had bruises down both arms for days afterwards!
Looking good though! be worth it in the end :)
EDIT: separate the power and the network cables (a brass mesh separates them works) the power can play havoc woth data speeds, even 'shielded' cables it generally is not enough.
Cheers! Having worked in datacentres for many years the power/data thing is a bit on a myth. You can run in to issues at very high speeds over long distances, but not with domestic stuff like this. The most common issue is the pairs being wired up wrongly, that does cause havoc. 👍😁
Hot water...luxury when I were a lad all we had was a handful of cold gravel.
When did the workshop get done? Think I’ve missed a video somewhere 🤦 lol. Good work bud
Here you go... 😁 ua-cam.com/video/j1SDd0JR2l0/v-deo.html
@@GosforthHandyman thank you, will be watching that shortly
why not run your cable behind your shirting boards
All this filming and editing malarkey is holding you back! Seeing your boiler condensate pipe going straight into the waste has given me some crazy ideas.
perhaps you could have a word with the guys that shoved a third floor flat one through the wall into the back of the rainwater gutter down pipe - now the rain goes down the outside of the downpipe.
Cheers! They seem to do that with the condensate pipe on all new builds, that's where I first saw it. 👍
I really like the day in the life videos! Very satisfying to see all the odd jobs getting done
Cheers! They're a nightmare to edit. 🤣👍
@@GosforthHandyman and believe me when I say we appreciate every bit of time you take to edit them, the end product is as well planned and executed as your reno work!
Cheers Andy
Great videos as always. I'd like to see an AV video.
Interesting to watch. Gosh you have some patience!
Thank you! 👍
Nice looks like you've got virgin fttp
What about ceiling did u have artex paint ?
Hi Andy, a dedicated av video will be spot on
Steve
Dedicated AV vid please!
Cool - will add it to the list as there's a lot I haven't covered. 👍
Love this channe;l one man Wimpey Homes lol
I dunno why but i found watching you fish the wires extremely relaxing and interesting at same time. Your comment about fish tape appeared just as i was wondering the same. A detailed vid on the AV and IP network would be excellent. Grand job so far. Love it all
Thank you - watch this space for the a/v vid! 👍
Do you intend to insulate the under floor pipes?
Coming along at pace now. Looking great. 👍👍 At 29.20 I thought it was cool how you had a big GH window sticker on your door. 🤣
Ha ha - cheers Rod! 👍
Surprised that anyone would go back to two channel stereo after 5.1. I thought you would be wiring for Atmos or DTS-X...
Looking good , just wondering ,was there any reason why individual supplies for the projector and screen were not installed to save having to use sockets upstairs?
Cheers! Simply ran out of hours. At the time the sockets were put in I hadn't worked out the projector position. 👍
@@GosforthHandyman that explains it,knew there must have been an obvious explanation to it
I'd like to hear about AV cabling. Don't know much about it, especially audio. It is now popular to have sound bars (one at the centre that have number of speakers). And those soundbar are not too bad based on reviews.. I wonder how they are in comparison to just 2 side speakers.
Hi Andy,, your doing a Great job,, I don't normally comment but you deserve comments, did you never try plastering 👍👍
Another great video mate, a wiring video would be a great idea mate, thanks for posting from Garry iN Barnsley
Cheers Garry! I'll add it to the list. 👍
Would be interested to hear more about this building inspector you speak of. Who is this guy and when does he need to come out? I'm actually being serious though :) What jobs must an inspector be called for and what happens if he doesn't sign off etc.
When they approve plans, the building inspector will tell you what bits they need to see. If it's not up to code, you'll need to remedy it.
Might do a vid on it! Building Control is via the council. You pay a fee and they come out and sign stuff off if everything is good (sometimes done remotely these days). If you don't bother you might run in to problems selling your house (although yet to see it cause an actual issue). 👍
@@GosforthHandyman good to know, thanks for that. I suppose if you drastically modify your house then the new buyer will expect some cert to ensure it's been done correctly.
Plasterboard adhesive foam works well with the skirtings. Get a nice tight to wall fit with a quick bond time but comes off nice and clean with a scraper slid down the back
Good tip! Next time! 👍
@@GosforthHandyman HA! See we all knew there would be a "next time"...only question is how far down the road it will be!
Hi Andy,just about to change my bath for a walk-in shower, any recommendations for a tray and enclosure?
But change your toolbox to a toolbag
What did we do to deserve such an amazing channel?!
Thanks so much! 👍👍
Have you passed your own stress testing? How has the hike in materials prices hit you?
This makes me shudder reminding me of the last time I did a demolition / re-furb. Nice to hear your plans and thinking, "yeah, fair enough". Good on ya 👍
Cheers bud! 👍
@@GosforthHandyman No probs! 👍
Thanks for sharing.
I would recommend a smoke alarm in the living room and a heat detector in the kitchen
Cheers!
All this temporary work , what a waste of time 🤔
What temporary work?? 🤔
Also it is good to see you have changed the postion of your rads to be on internal walls and not under windows, a suggestion i made a few months ago.
There's still a few under windows, but the window in the living room is coming out. 👍😁
What's the reason to have them on internal walls?
These long format vids are fun to watch, nice work
It's going to be a great house in which to experience the fall of Western civilisation
🤣 Why do you think we wanted the big garden? 😬
@@GosforthHandyman It makes sense 😁👍
Could you do a tools tour
Man runs cable.
All that AV stuff.......hopefully you'll not be listening to Coldplay. Nice to see a bag of Frazzles. Hope the move in day went well (-:
Lol, no Coldplay in this house, thankfully. 👍🤣
Really enjoyed this one Andy, cheers! Out of interest, did you use any specific hardware to fit the floor boards down, or standard screws?
Should put speakers in ceiling my mate has and it sounds amazing
The ceilings are quite high in this house so wouldn't really work. 👍
I am no expert, but my mate has being doing his house with all the wiring the same. He put two speakers in his ceiling and he had a movie night and the sound and even vibration was incredible it was like the cinema. Though if the ceilings are high I can see your point.
Must be nice to be able to spend all day everyday on your house.
Hey, really loving your refurb content! So much ideas.. Do you have a video on the electrics and the wiring?
Stereo are mad man! Been drinking? 😁🙉😁. Where are you putting your B&W TV?
Only joking, your house do what you want. It is coming on well
PS. Our centre speak is on a long lead. Stands in the corner when not in use. Comes out for films
Ha ha cheers Doug! Might do a Bluetooth centre speaker and just get it out when we need it. Got the JBL Charge 5 and it's excellent - way better than my old Gale. Pretty sure I can send the centre signal to that somehow. 👍
Any reason why plumber’s brought rad tails up in middle (and in bendy pipe), rather than under valves? Still like to see copper.. plastic still worries me, I’m still a dinosaur.
You then can't see the tails once the skirtings are fitted. 👍
High quality stereo is the way to go. Unless you have the right sized and shaped room 5.1 surround is just added cost and over kill I find. And the arsing around with all those cables (stereo bad enough as per this vid lol) is a real pain
Wise words! 👍😁
Looking canny Marra.
Cheers - getting there!
this video should be sent out to all spaks to teach them how to do this properly.
not only did you use a sweeping brush but also a vacuum
no hammer was used to make holes or butcher floorboards out of the way
all floor boards screwed back down and supported on each end
and the craziest thing of all. you picked up the rubbish and put it in a bin rather than into a corner or down under the last floor board.
great job andy. coming together now.
Cheers bud! Gotta keep things neat. 😁👍
Recommendation not to cable tie the T&E cables together, otherwise you need to consider grouping factors which may mean the circuits need to be de-rated.
They're just very loose, not tight at all, just to stop the cables snagging themselves when floorboards are going down. 👍
@@GosforthHandyman Looking good though, reminds me of one of my renovation projects. Look forward to more updates
Interesting about having to take off the baseboard (skirting) later... over here in north America (at least in my experience) we typically put the baseboard on before the carpet and leave it up 1/2" to allow the carpet layer to tuck it in over the "tackless" strip. This way, we can spray or paint the base, in place, before the flooring and then only have to touch it up later. Good to see lots of progress and congrats on getting in! Now getting settled will take a bit eh.
We don't generally leave a gap here since you get all sorts of rubbish being blown up from the sub-floor and it tends to make the edges of the carpet dirty. Tack strips! Interesting... Gripper Rods over here. 👍😁
Why is the water mains incomer mounted half way up the wall, can't remember you covering that?
All of that will be boxed in, technically that's a 2nd (more convenient) stop-cock. The main one is under the stairs. Didn't want it too close to the CU though. 👍
why are the floorboards dark around the edge? i'm guessing that in the 1920's they had rug's , not carpet's? loving the series.
Cheers! Yeah, painted at the edges in some rooms.
All your hard work is starting to pay off,interesting to see the way you tackle a renovation but just one question.is Mrs Mac camera shy ? ? As we never get to see here or is it just that she doesn't have an equity card ! ! .Thank you.
Ha ha, she sometimes makes an appearance! Very rare though. Coming out of her shell a bit. 👍😁
There must b a name for people like u! Jack of all doesn't quite fit, because you're master of many! & I Luv how u "clean os u go" saves a lot on tension, anger, things lost & more aggravation than the other way! 😊
Ha, thank you! I'll have a go at most things... but know my limits! 👍😁
Lol how did you lose that long piece of floor board? 45:44
Lol don't ask. I probably used it in another room without realising. Also lots of damaged boards.👍
Keep up the good work mate, I did quite a lot of diy floorboard repairs watching your videos
I know people tile over plywood and I’ve done it myself in the past but I would suggest using a tile cement board such as hardie board. I’ve seen many horror story stories of tiles cracking on plywood floors.
Cheers! As long as the floor underneath is solid (which it is) it'll be fine. 👍
Did you consider going wireless with the speakers Andy? Sonos is pretty good and gives great flexibility.
Not for the main L/R as I have nice floorstanders. Might for the centre though. 👍
I see Frazzles. I hit like.
😎👍
I hope that’s shielded cat cabling and cat 6 but doesn’t look like it. You might experience electrical interference if it’s not. You should run Ethernet cabling horizontal to power lines.
Unshielded, all good. Over short distances like this it ain't an issue. 👍
Phantom centre speaker I'd say. I ditched mine years ago and haven't looked back, in fact I think it sounds much better now.
I've found that stereo sounds better too. 👍
I used Wickes solvent free grab adhesive (I couldn't get anything else at short notice) a couple of months ago to fix beading after I laid laminate in my office, and was impressed by how good it is.
Hmm... the No Nonsense one isn't so sticky. 🤣
I'd use double sided carpet tape for the skirting easier than faffing about with adhesive and hacking it back off potentially damaging the wall
Trust me, the last thing I'm having to worry about is any hacking off. That glue... never again... 🤣
@9:10 Gray Makita drill. I've seen blue, yellow, orange and now gray!
How many freaking colors do they make Makita drills in anyway??
Lol, I know. It's not very good, clutch is going. I can't remember what the colour signified... 🤔