Welcome to 'The Moneypit'

dbs2 · 22-11-2007, 10:28 PM

Hi everybody

This has been a long time coming, a long Summer of putting our house up for sale, finding a new place, losing a sale, a poor solicitor Etc..... Anyhow, we Moved into our dream home on November 8th (Another long story but tonight we are finally on broadband via Vodaphone, as BT Can't decide wether we can have a Broadband line till 31st Decemebr

), and this is where the story starts, the title of the thread should give you an idea, we did purchase this lovely old property knowing it was in need of a bit of 'doing up' but we are virtually starting from scratch in each room as we go along (as each room falls apart

, our first task, getting priorities right , even though the house has been bodged up and requires a new kitchen, a new bathroom, a new boiler and Oil tank, utility & wc ripping out and altering around, the rest of the house 'modernised' the outside re-landscaping Etc... Etc... My wife agreed that i should start with the Livingroom/Home Cinema so after a long day at work, and an evening or weekend day doing DIY, that we would deserve a sit down and relax in a finished room

So here we go...... I Moved most of my gear from the old house, all nicely boxed in the original packing - which makes for fun unpacking like new again after their storage.... i left the old PJ Screen and cables up for our purchaser, so have had to Order a new screen, new lighting, new cables (Av to PJ and plasma Etc..) we are installing TV to all rooms via a 'Loftbox', this time we are installing Network points to all rooms (Just hope i can get Broadband now

) We have only had 3 days on a couple of weekends so far due to general unpacking Erc.... so only got a bit to show.... when my 'connection' can upload the blinkin pics

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All comments welcome as usual, please be gentle as i am new to alot of these things

Deano............

Miniholic · 22-11-2007, 10:43 PM

Come on Deano, you should know how these things are done by now.

We want pic's

dunks517 · 22-11-2007, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dean1474

Hi everybody

My wife agreed that i should start with the Livingroom/Home Cinema so after a long day at work, and an evening or weekend day doing DIY, that we would deserve a sit down and relax in a finished room

Top notch missus you have there Dean, looking forward to the thread.

dbs2 · 22-11-2007, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Miniholic

Come on Deano, you should know how these things are done by now.

We want pic's

Cheers Ian

This Broadband by mobile is a tad slow to upload when you live somewhere with no 3G signal

..... But it ads to the fun i suppose

This is a pic of the room before we moved in........

This next pic shows the RSJ i have to try and get the PJ to project past..... the pic is from from the livingroom into the extension end of the room....

This is taking for ever.......... I think i have 100+ pics to upload to Photobucket, so i will do it over night and see if i can pop on during work and post some on here...............

Till the morning then....... Sorry late onlookers

dunks517 · 22-11-2007, 11:03 PM

You are getting rid of that ceiling texture aren't you??

dbs2 · 22-11-2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dunks517

Top notch missus you have there Dean, looking forward to the thread.

Cheers my Man ....... I have to agree 100% there

A lot of wifes would want the kitchen first..... especially when you see the one we have to put up with till the new year........

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Originally Posted by dunks517

You are getting rid of that ceiling texture aren't you??

I wondered how quick that question would take to come up....... I rather like it myself

Yes dunks517.... it will be gone as quick as i possibly can muster..... It's in most of the rooms downstairs

...... I have 10 bags of Multi-Finish standing by for the first attack

Sofa-loafer · 22-11-2007, 11:28 PM

Get stuck in but take your time... I'm in the same position as you, step by step, day by day, we will succeed! Good luck dean!

THE_FORCE · 23-11-2007, 12:10 AM

Well Deano - you're finally in mate, and so the thread begins lol. Looks like you've got a nice garden there too. Lookin forward to the 100+ pics , and I'm intrigued to see this kitchen of yours ??
Good luck boss

suniil · 23-11-2007, 6:00 AM

Deano! extremely glad to hear you've moved in. Look forward to see / hear the experience from friend

Refurb is a pain!

Luckily you have textured ceiling, which is a good reason to rip that down for PJ / downlights and other necessary wiring.

Good luck mate!

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Originally Posted by dean1474

Yes dunks517.... it will be gone as quick as i possibly can muster..... It's in most of the rooms downstairs

...... I have 10 bags of Multi-Finish standing by for the first attack

dbs2 · 23-11-2007, 7:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Sofa-loafer

Get stuck in but take your time... I'm in the same position as you, step by step, day by day, we will succeed! Good luck dean!

Cheers for the encouragement Sofa-loafer

, i must say it is great to have plenty to get my teeth into - my first house was a 'doer upper' and there is a great level of satisfaction when stuff comes together...... eventually

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Originally Posted by THE_FORCE

Well Deano - you're finally in mate, and so the thread begins lol. Looks like you've got a nice garden there too. Lookin forward to the 100+ pics , and I'm intrigued to see this kitchen of yours ??
Good luck boss

Thanks THE_FORCE.....

Yep we have a wonderfull garden to work on aswell.... i have inherited a great big pond along with it's koi occupants - is there a 'Fish Help' Section on here

The kitchen will be what i move onto next - odd pics will follow shortly for those that are interested..... and for those that arn't.... what are you doing here

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Originally Posted by suniil

Deano! extremely glad to hear you've moved in. Look forward to see / hear the experience from friend

Refurb is a pain!

Luckily you have textured ceiling, which is a good reason to rip that down for PJ / downlights and other necessary wiring.

Good luck mate!

Thanks suniil..... I think your right..... PJ's, downlights and Loads and Loads of Cables... what more could a man have

....... i think we would be lost without them

Thanks a lot for all the encouragement Guys...... i'm gonna need it.....

albriscoe · 23-11-2007, 9:49 AM

Hi Dean

and so it begins matey, it looks like you`ve a lot on yer plate but starting with the most important room is as always a priority. I know you`ll do a great job as you`ve had past experience so looking forward to seeing it all develop.

good luck mate

Allan

dbs2 · 23-11-2007, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by albriscoe

Hi Dean

and so it begins matey, it looks like you`ve a lot on yer plate but starting with the most important room is as always a priority. I know you`ll do a great job as you`ve had past experience so looking forward to seeing it all develop.

good luck mate

Allan

Cheers allan

I will be hounding the likes of you for info on the technical side of things if you don't mind.....

albriscoe · 23-11-2007, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by dean1474

Cheers allan

I will be hounding the likes of you for info on the technical side of things if you don't mind.....

I don`t mind a bit mate

dbs2 · 23-11-2007, 10:26 AM

Right..... Here we go then......

Me and Jo (the wife) decided.... well i decided, that i was this time going to build a pelmet to house the PJ screen into (as most of you seem to have done

) and that i would put some lighting behind them..... i worked out a line infront of the Chimney breast that would tie in with a joist to Fix the Screen onto but also to have a 1" gap between the lowered screen and the plasma..... I hope

I then decided that maybe a lighting pelmet/box should continue around the perimeter of the room/s that i could also use to house the cables for the projector etc.... (And leave less 'artex' to skim out.....) so my top man 'Richard' and i made a cardboard template to gauge the size of boxing required..... we settled for 6" x 6" which fits in very nicely with the low voltage lighting i found at my local wholesaler (cheers Paul).......

So 'Rich' set about marking out for the Lighting Pelmet.... Overlooked by mr Spider

dbs2 · 23-11-2007, 11:21 AM

In the big scheme of things my 'Distribution Centre' works out best in a nice little place in the loft, which allows for easy installation of the network and tv distribution.... fortunately for me the airing cub is placed just below this area, which is also just above the left hand recess next to the chimney breast, so the perfect point for bringing down loads of cables....... so we also decided to stud out the recesses to allow for a lot of cable drops.....

The skirting had to come off.........

More 2" x 2" timber around (5.5" down to allow .5" plasterboard to finish)..... I know..... Nice wallpaper - and Rich likes his photo being taken

In the Meantime...... 'Mick' (Father-in-law) getting some cables down the corner with me..... Starting with 6 Drops of cat/5e, 2 drops for Sat (feed up to Loftbox and return to the Dining room) 2 bt cables...... and the start of a new ring for the lighting (Re-wiring the house completely as we go along - don't think the previous occupants knew what a ring main is

).....

Last Saturday Mick and I started to feed round the new cabling (spent the sunday 1st fix cables to the loft - pics to follow soon)......


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