The remodelling of our auction farmhouse property in Lincolnshire STARTS HERE!
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2024
- Hi all 👋 This week in our auction Lincolnshire farmhouse property, we start gutting out the living and dining room so we're no longer camping in our home!
We're so excited to add a lintel in the chimney breast to cut a bigger space for a new stove and flooring, but we've realised it's going to take longer than we realised (a whole series of DIYs) to get there.... like new windows, patio doors, and more.
So follow along if you want to stay updated with our DIY home renovation journey!
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How are you finding the progression on our auction property so far?
It's great, love what you're doing. You're doing a great job inside and outside.
Really enjoying watching you transform your property inside and out Vikkie 🙂👍
When that drone shot came up, I saw what I hadn't realised before - the number of house rooves right next to your lot. I thought you were way in the boonies with other farms all about.
I'll bet that those neighbours are pleased to see someone willing to put the work in to make the place presentable.
It's looking great so far! It may not be your style, but have y'all considered a multi-sided fireplace?
Loving it! 🧡🙌
I’m 70 and as a child it was wet it down with cloth and brush, then scrape. Nothing better than peeling back a big piece. Also seeing all the drawings that were done on the walls by my older siblings and me over the years. Mum lived in that house for close on 25 years. I wonder what the next occupants thought of our art work.
I like how you don't hang about Vikkie, just get stuck in and on with it. Looking good so far.
We bought our home 9 years ago and it needed remodeling, done most of the jobs myself and still got jobs to do, its hard work but well worth it. Enjoy every job you do
Thanks so much! Every job has so much potential to learn and gain a new skill 🥰 Have you been enjoying yours?
I love the way you just tackle all the jobs without shying away from them brilliant work
Why not remove that huge wall, and put your multifuel stove in with a twinwall stainless flue. I had to do it as the previous owner took out the chimney stacks. I have two spare stoves and a lot of twin wall flue pipe left over after a change of plan when we bulilt an extension.
The bricks in old storage heaters often contained asbestos so take care.
I used the old bricks from the storage heaters to edge my veggie beds in the garden...no going into landfill.
Think I would have left all that painting until after work on the fireplace was done. Cutting the brick will be extremely dusty and the freshly painted surfaces will likely be covered in dust and dirt again
That spider on the wall beside you at 20:11!! Whole house would have been on fire had that been me 😂😂
Always take the covers off the electric, so that you dont have to be exact when the paint is on that the covers actually cover.
Be worth saving those bricks from the storage heater and using them to build a fire pit for the garden.
Not often it happens but you had me cringing on this one!
Storage heaters (or TSR's) need a bit of care. Those Dimplex were around in the 70's back when Asbestos was freely available! They are fine right up until you do something to disturb them!
When we were taking them out (we did housing estates full at a time) we had to red bag them and the bags were classed as hazardous waste! All the asbestos courses I have been on since have shown me that we were extremely lax about things and stronger control methods are a must if you do not want problems 20 years down the line!
The correct way to dismantle them is to unscrew the fixing screws (bottom front 3 or 4 dependant on size). The front cover then lifts off. Next there are a series of small posidrive screws on the exposed front plate, leave the top centre for last and then Carefully lift off the plate with the insulation pack hopefully attached to the back ...... dispose of this properly (dampening it down is good). Next come the bricks. They are partially made of iron to give good thermal mass so again be careful. We used to throw packs of 2 in a dasychain from man to man to unload delivery trucks so you should not have any problems (as long as they are cold). Next you have a screw at each end that fixes the rad to the plate on the wall. Take the body of the heater off the wall. Finally you have the wall plate which should be screwed in with black flat screws into Fiber rawlplugs! You will Not get those plugs out but as the screws are usually tapped in with a hammer to start off they should be below the plaster surface! Other makes of TSR's are built differently but common sense (Not a grinder) should work well for you!
You may find your new socket does not work until 10 PM though as that was the time those heaters were set to power up. Careful not to leave anything plugged in that might cause danger if this happens!
Those TSR bricks would make a good thermal mass for your burner so have a think how you could incorporate them into the build. They are designed to allow a flow of air to rise up the gap in the centre.
You can get site lights which are good for checking your finish on paint and plaster. They used to be fluorescents but now will be LED tube type. Put them close to thee wall to cause any imperfections to throw shadows.
With your lintel above your fireplace be careful of minimum distances of flammable materiels from a burner. You are also going to need to check the regs on Hearths. Wooden floors are counted as flammable ;o)
Didn't realise you were in Lincolnshire. You are now Yellowbellies congratulations 😂
If a plastic Rawlplug is refusing to come out, Just drill it out with an appropriate size Steel bit. Most of the plug will be stuck to the flutes of the bit & any remaining can be picked out easily. And it prevents damaging the outside plaster while trying to lever it out with a claw hammer etc. This method is particularly useful for tiled surfaces too. When I discovered this I had a Homer Simpson "Doooouuuuhhh" moment. 😊
We used a wall paper stripper from a friend and used it when it was 29c outside... I thought I was going to die in the heat soaking in and being generated.
Storage heaters are sometimes on a different circuit to the rest of the electricity. We discovered this to our cost when we lived in a property and we were getting 2 electric bills. After a year we found the second electric meter hidden behind the curve in the bottom of our staircase. Apparently, in the days of economy 7, houses had a separate meter for storage heaters.
This is exactly how ours was set up.
When we moved in we got a new consumer unit and learned this from the electrician, we got rid of economy 7 with the supplier because we didn't trust the heaters and didn't want the more expensive day rate.
The Days of economy 7 are now! I understand with old heaters they would have been an expense to replace. I have looked at alternatives to our no maintenance system over the years and never found an alternative I liked.
Glad I waited as now I get my heating at 7p/kwh night rate and use solar panels to to reduce time we use power during the day. I shop around for the cheapest night rate. On a sunny day we sell electricity back the the grid. House is semi detached and the roof size and orientation isn't ideal but if I had both those things I think edf would pay me!
Glad it wasn't layers of wallpaper or damp.
My husband gets screws out the same way as you. Looking good so far! 😄
Extending the hole for the wood burner is likely to be rather more involved than just putting in a longer lintel. The bottom part of the end wall will be solid which will be supporting the end wall above. Depending on the chimney route (straight up, kinked?) there could be a lot of brickwork above your proposed wider opening (including the chimney itself) that will need supporting or taking out and reforming.
Nice update. Hope Hans loves it in front of that fire. I got mine in February and my collie is terrified when I open the door and the air rumbles haha.
Yay, you’re back inside proper, no more ‘Gardener’s World’ 😂 (not my thing), looking forward to watch the transformation start…👍
Haha.... can't say my garden won't make another appearance 😅 But got plenty to do in here for a few years 🤣🤣
the wallpaper came off so easily because the "New plastered walls" were not sized before the paper was put up which means the plaster absorbed a lot of the Glue in the paste which usually is fine but if you get Any kind of damp or cold the paper just starts peeling off.
You can use the fire bricks to build a forge. I have a Stihl with a diamond blade if you want to borrow it, I'm in Lincolnshire too.
Always pay on credit card no exceptions, its so easy to get caught out.
Vickie, Google ‘3 - sided fireplace’. Makes a lovely feature for the 2 rooms. Cheers!
Hi Vikkie, great job you are doing love your videos, the weather in the West Country is the same rain rain rain, enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Hi Vikkie, we are in the process of buying a Lincolnshire bungalow that needs some TLC, maybe not as much as yours! Maybe we will bump into you some day!
For filling crack I like to use Easifill 60 with a V grove as you said. Brush first with diluted ova.
Use the bricks from the stores get heaters and build a outdoor bread and pizzeria oven ...hold the heat better than anything
Thank you! I've not thrown them and will save the others too from the remaining heaters 😀
I just knock the Rawl plugs in a bit instead of taking out. Less to fill and something for the filler to grip onto.
Just a heads up, some of those old storage heaters are full of asbestos. You can check the serial numbers online. You are making good progress on the home though… cheers
Didn't know you could check serial numbers. Thanks for the heads up!
Please be very careful, my dad worked where storage heaters were made and many contained asbestos as insulation. Sadly he secumed to this not anything I would want to happen to anyone else.
Two ways to deal with plugs, punch then in or drill them out.... pulling takes a lot of messing about and can make holes larger taking more work to fill....
Hi. Do not go back to wall heaters. We made that mistake, we have solar panel and have in stalled air to air heating and the advantages is it will run for free of solar panels + air conditioning in the hot summers. For 1KW in your going to have 3 / 4 KW back. Also if you have 2 of the units the better . We have a bungalow and the one in the hallway heats the hole of the house. Air to air is cheaper to run.
In the dining room into the hall way double doors would look lovely. And allow more light.
You're selling it to me 😆😆
You're both doing a great job there.
I would keep hold off the curtains and rails. They may come in handy for one of the out houses/ workshop, even if its temporary. They also can make great dust sheets/ blankets/ wall dividers until you can get to a project.
I remember my sister making tiny tears dolls clothes from old curtains. You can also sell them on vinted if you wanted to?
We have 5 layers of wallpaper and even wallpaper on the ceiling of most of the rooms, when we remodelled our house. It was fascinating seeing all of the decades of fashion, with avocado and pinks. Was hard work but very therapeutic and satisfying when you get a big piece off at once!
We also had those dido rails near the top in every room and they were nailed into big wooden wall plugs. The holes were massive!
Fantastic work!!!! Well done 👍
Can’t wait for more !!!!
Hope you get the wood 🪵 fire heater sorted
Cheers 🥂
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You seriously need to be on the TV programme your voice your style and your uniqueness blends to have a very interesting narrator/presenter vibe
Love these when you do them as a series Vicki it is so useful informative and interesting to watch
I have watched a Danish UA-camr who has a bungalow with a dark area in the centre of the home. shes taken the ceiling up to the roof in that spot, isolated that area from the rest of the attic and put velux and has made that area feel bigger and lighter.
That's promising. Which youtuber is this?
Her name is Elise Buch, she’s had builders do the main part and then she’s finishing off the plastering herself.
Well done! I always work in the garden when it's sunny and turn to the house when it's wet. So much to do in both places but not on your scale. I can't wait to see the end result of those rooms and your new fireplace. 😊
The screw in the rawlplug plus claw hammer removal trick works every time and is miles easier than owt else I've found. My pa taught me that donkey's years ago.
👍👍👍. Thank you
A couple of light tunnels in the lounge area? It’s amazing what a lick of paint can do to a place 👍
*Vikkie a tip for when you have pulled off any very old 1970's vinyl wallpaper... if you plan on painting those walls. Buy 'pigmented sealer' paint and apply that first... as the old wallpaper glue reacts badly to modern paints. It causes it to bubble and go all funny. I discovered this when I stripped off my 1979 kitchen wallpaper. so the yuk paint was scraped off and a light sand and then applied the pigmented sealer paint... then you can go and paint the walls. 🙂 Also be careful of ASBESTOS... homes built before a certain year will have some sort of asbestos in it. So wear protective gear & mask... gotta protect your lungs 🙂 When painting around power points & light switches and wall & ceiling light sockets... unscrew them and leave them hanging... when finished the last coat of paint, leave them hanging for 5 days.. to allow the paint to harden. It makes it so much easier to remove them when painting the next time round. As you won't be pulling off the paint and having to fix it up. 🙂*
you've got a fair amount to do there Vikkie I hope you had a productive bank holiday - when it comes to raw plug removal I'm team hammer, screw and something to lever against
Keith Brown has a disc cutter. Call Keith.
I agree Vikki. That corkscrew idea for removing rawplugs is a load of rubbish. Good to see you used the approved method.
Really enjoying it. Nice.
Those bricks from the heater would be great for a woodfirered pizza oven... Maybe a future project?
Great going BTW 👏👏👏👏
Another brilliant video, it's looking better with every video.
Might want to check for asbestos, seen CharlieDIY discuss this with easy to buy/test kits.
But I suspect your fireplace chimmney "plasterboard" from a previous video, but also most old night storage heaters were asbestos, but personally suspect yours is more modern.
There’s your fire bricks for your outside pizza oven.
its like some just turned a load of lights on!!! 💫
I think the bricks in the heaters are fire bricks, they can be used round fires, pizza ovens and bbqs.
Loving the videos my living room needs decorating so I’m looking for ideas x
GO GIRL keep Up the good Work ❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much 🤩
Yeah enjoyed ever job, especially re landscaping the garden, we used it as a dumping ground for everything we ripped out the house so it made it more difficult but incredibly satisfying
Finished this and already want to see the next part! Wanted to go to makers meet but clashed with kids camp trip 😢
You have a diamond in the rough. You can make it whatever you want.😅
I think you have to be careful with old storage heaters, I think they used to use asbestos insulation.
The mention of skylights makes me cringe. Please be thorough evaluating that option. My experience is it negatively effect R-value, but can be amazing in northern homes (if in the correct room (an isolated exterior room)).
I meant light funnel really
Great video check fuse rating at fuse board for storage radiators as you may need to lower the ratings and keep the bricks as you can use them as they are fire bricks for outside barbecue / pizza oven project
Maker Central always clashes with things for me but thanks for taking us there. Bob (Weston super Mare)
Re. heating your Bungalow. The wood burning stove could be replaced with one that has a back boiler. Then in winter you aren't reliant on Solar Power.
I’d be concerned about reusing the heater bricks. Because they’ve been in a heater with possible asbestos, they may be contaminated. I’d definitely not use them in a barbecue area, where you fix food, until you knew for sure if the heaters contained asbestos. Great video.
Recently decided to remove the anaglypta in the living room and sort and paint the walls ... a month later and it was done. Anaglypta is very good, BTW, at sticking woodchip splinters up your fingernails. Nice. It also came off bit by bit. As a bonus, it brought down a big chunk of a supporting wall too. Damaged by an electrician doing the kitchen wiring ...
Not doing that again.
Yeah best check for screws... I couldn't spot them when first trying to remove the old blind tracks and I thought they had used glue/no more nails...a wrecking bar through plaster board late I was in trouble. I used a neodymium magnet to identify most of the other screws that varied between flat head, PH, PZ and robinson (why)... such a nightmare. I replied the damage from the all the holes and it is least blemished part of the room.
Always seemed pretty obvious how to remove a rawlplug, run a screw in until you have purchase then pry out just like you did. Never heard of that corkscrew suggestion; looks made up by someone who only ever handled screwdrivers with vodka in them. 😄
You got some good ideas there, changing the the fused switches for single sockets on you heating circuit you may need to check that the heating circuit is not on a timer or those single sockets will only work on the timer and that is usually through the night, but it can be changed to be used all the time. The cork screw bottle opener doesn't work for me either I do what you did to remove wall plugs. A mist coat on the walls is a lot better mixing emulsion with water 2-3 coats does it I make the first coat weaker 30-40% paint the rest water and on 2nd and 3rd coat 50/50 mix. Just a thought those heating bricks from the storage heater can they be used in the fire place you may need heat bricks for your new fire surround you might not . Great video take care
i've always used a steamer and did our first bedroom with it when we first moved in and it damaged our walls, just stripped our second bedroom and decided to just use water and I have to say I'll never use the steamer again, much less filling and damage with water and a scrapper...
we have coving throughout our 60's house and doing bedroom 2 we decided to remove the coving (left it in the first bedroom) and I have to say the room looks so much better without it. 60's houses don't have the highest ceilings and it makes a massive difference not having the coving. yes there was a fair amount of damage underneath but nothing easy-fill couldn't solve very quickly. i will be removing the coving as I go now...
we had a couple of cracks in our ceiling but just cut a v-shaped hole and filled, hopefully it will be enough.
always used the screw and hammer method to remove rawlplugs, never heard of using a corkscrew... done about 6 days total prep on our bedroom and painting tomorrow.
glad to see your progress, enjoy watching it and the tips. keep up the good work 👍
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I would advise investing in a little electric sander- I have a feeling you may need it for all those future projects - Plus can be used for some outdoor projects too :D
be careful with those storage heaters as they did contain asbestos in them at one point. there's a website online you can type the make and model of yours just to check.
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When you do put the new lintel in you will have to acro it as you take the bricks out Vikkie
Have to say I agree with Mr tcd it's easier to take down the curtains first. When in doubt get the angle grinder out, and no corkscrew method doesn't work your screw method is far better but not totally fool proof
Keep the curtains for covering up when painting etc
That looked like a Creda storage heater that were installed in the mid 80s. Be wary about the socket as not all storage heater circuits had rcd protection.
Before you get electric radiators you should consider air conditioning. I moved into a bungalow last year with no heating and air conditioning was the most cost effective way we could find to get heating installed.
Air conditioning is the exact same thing as an "air to air heat pump" so they are cheaper to run than a standard electric radiator.
The property doesn't have gas and getting a gas line installed along with radiators throughout the property would have cost loads + we'd prefer to use electric for environmental reasons. We also looked at a wet heat pump which is the standard kind of heat pump designed to be used with central heating but as we didn't have that it would have been a lot of work to install compared to the AC guys who ran everything through the loft in a single day.
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There should be two screws at the bottom either side remove the screws and then there's a metal plate inside take that off and the bricks will come out
Sometimes the storage heaters contain asbestos
Yes, I read the same about pre-1980s one so put the mask on just incase!
Vikkie, if you are going down the solar route, add batteries as this will power your home for a lot of the year. Also seriously consider a heat pump as you will be starting from scratch. There are a couple of Utubers that have really good knowledge of heat pumps, The Urban Plumber and The Heat Geek. Modern heat pumps can give around 400% advantage over electric radiators. ie 1kw in gives 4kw output, indeed ground source heat pumps are possibly more efficient. Good luck with your improvements.
Agree with this. Now is the time for them to do it. Wet UFH coupled with a heat pump and they'll be toasty into their old age.
I'd feel better if you used tape and mud to repair the cracks.
Hi Vikki, I think what you're referring to when you say "flat head" screws are just slotted screws and are actually round head. A flat head would actually be a countersink regardless of whether its pozi, philips, torx or slotted. Sorry to be picky but it just bugs me, like when yanks call a circular saw a 'skill' saw or brits calling a vacuum cleaner a 'hoover'.
P.s. I also hate slotted screws! I used to work in a major Scottish Art Gallery and I collected every slotted screw in the building and chucked them out as old frames constantly got damaged from drivers slipping out onto the frame. 😎👍
Vikki - do you see this being your forever home? If so maybe a larger investment in the heating system? As you are going to the bones maybe a wet underfloor heating system coupled to an air source heat pump?
If it were me I would certainly be considering wet UFH. Absolute game changer. The fireplace can then be primarily for aesthetics (which it probably will be anyway).
Great video again what part of lincolnshire are you we move in about 4 weeks
Another great video thanks for sharing vikkie can I ask how big is your tv as it looks absolutely massive x
Thankyou, it's 75", funny story with that aswell, Mr TCD broke one when we were taking it down to put into storage as we were moving onto the narrowboat a couple years ago. That is the brand new replacement from the insurance company and we've never had anywhere to put it since and now we need to decorate before it's worth putting up.😅
i hope it works...lol
@@TheCarpentersDaughterUK am so glad you got it replaced vikkie can't wait to see your next video x
Are you connecting your 24 hour board and your off peak board together otherwise your storage heater socket will only work for 7 hours a night
Can't imagine why anyone would want to invent wallpaper.
They're trying to hide something, I swear 😅
Just a point for living in the country side ....make sure ya dog doesn’t go near any Fox gloves ....make the pooly
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you wouldnt paint decent wood thats why all would that was painted was the cheapest softwood available ( usually pine )
Always seemed obvious to run a screw in until it bites and pry out. Never seen that corkscrew method, looks like something made up by someone who never actually touched a rawlplug, and probably had too much wine. 😄
Put up vertical blinds instead of curtions 😅😅😅
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We renovated our rural house,removed the storage heaters and replaced with electric radiators from electric radiators direct, they are fantastic they turn themselves off when up to temperature and with 7 days a week and 24 hour controls you can really maximise your usage our only recommendation would be to have as big as possible sizes in each room as you can always turn them down but you cant turn them up and to get the wi_fi controlled versions so for every different occasions you can maximise savings when your not unexpectedly not home or not using a room
Ad?? My older cousin was conned into these, cost her a fortune. They put her on a tariff which means she can’t easily shop around and the controls are pants. It might depend on the property I guess.
@@nicolad8822 that’s why I recommend these ones, I bought some originally from bandq and the controls where rubbish, didn’t stay or get hot enough and I just switched from a economy 7 tariff to a standard tariff so could get the best rates with anyone, if you convert to gas/oil you just end up paying another standing charge bill (15-20) a month and a yearly inspection which is usually £100-£150 at least for a yearly signed off checkup on your boiler by the time you split that up over 12 months your paying about the same if not less with electric
@@nicolad8822 at the very best these are only 100% efficient (slightly less). They would be better considering a heat pump that regularly achieve 300% plus efficiency.
Your cracked plasterboard means the house is moving and settling more
I fail to see any real point removing rawlplugs. Chances are, all you're doing is leaving a void to hit if you ever drill the same spot. Easier to just use a flat punch to knock the plug a few mm into the wall, then skim over with filler.
I've done that a few times too. I think I just like to know that they're gone and I can fill deeper