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| Thread ID: 109507 | 2010-05-11 09:40:00 | OMG! i love this machine.... | beetle (243) | PC World Chat |
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| 883903 | 2010-05-12 09:11:00 | sigh........... at what stage would one decide that the walls are beyond redemption and will need a major plaster job cos they have so many layers than there is no bottom layer that is one layer? it will need more makeup than a sloth......... :stare: if i have to rethink the plans, what is the step to reclad it with that water proof stuff? i already have no vanity in there, ive taken the hot points off the wall, and the heated towel rail, and i may have to rethink the shower option cos at the moment i cannot find a small enough door and wall to fit it..... cos its almond ivory...... help please???????? :rolleyes: i still love my steamer its amazing...:p beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 883904 | 2010-05-12 09:38:00 | i still love my steamer its amazing...:p beetle Sigh, I so wish I could take that out of context and make some lewd jokes. But on a serious side, yeah, I got a steamer ages ago - a cross between a steam iron and an aquarium pump. Cheap Black and Decker, but it works! A paper tiger to puncture the top layer of the paper is handy too. You'll find if you ever get down to a layer of gib board that the last layer of paper will adhere strongest to the gib paper. Take care not to dig pits out of the gib layer. The paper practically falls off any area that has a painted surface as it's under-side. The dilema... if you paint / seal the final bottom layer you'll make the stripping job a breeze next time... but you'll also be making it easier for the papers edges to lift and curl if they only have paint to adhere to... especially applicable in wet or steamy areas like a bathroom. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 883905 | 2010-05-12 11:36:00 | It's a bit late now beetle, but in terms of wallpapered rooms, patch/repair/fill then paint was all you really needed in preparation to sell. The average buyer will not take it all in and it is the overall impression that counts, not the detail (except perhaps for cleanliness) because they may well already be thinking of what they intend to do if they buy. Stripping multiple layers of wallpaper may well leave a lot of restoration work before repapering can be done. Still, onwards and upwards........ Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 883906 | 2010-05-12 11:46:00 | Billy, everyone must love you at parties. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 883907 | 2010-05-12 21:43:00 | ok just to clarify things a bit further.................. i have no deadline to be sold by, i still want to live in a nicely decorated house while i am here, for sale or not. :) i have lived with the bathroom for over a year with a huge hole in the wall, and no vanity and paint peeling, and wall paper peeling as well, and mould starting to grow, i also have a hole in the wall where the heated towel rail is.......... if i was to just paint it .........then i would be no better off, im looking at the market and things are slowly selling, but i still want to have a nice bathroom not a bathroom that i hate cos i did this and look at the bad paint job etc, if it takes me ages i dont mind, its easier on the budget the longer it takes.... and yes i have some over zealous helpers so im looking at a bit more work than needed, but if for any reason i have to stay, i want to look at the long term fixing of the bathroom........... sounds a bit um boring, realistic, but i have to live within my means and if i fix it right, im better off arnt i? and its looking more and more like i will need to pull out the shower cos i cant find a wall and door that matches in the right sixe. all good. i have no panic to move, time is on my side. im lucky we have a second shower we can survive as is for a while. :) beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 883908 | 2010-05-12 21:45:00 | oh yeah and we dont always learn things unless we make mistakes.......... and i think this is a good way for me to learn about how to renovate, and what mistakes i can make :D :p beetle:) |
beetle (243) | ||
| 883909 | 2010-05-12 22:12:00 | Billy, everyone must love you at parties. Well Roddy, at least I still get invited to parties...............:devil Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 883910 | 2010-05-12 22:28:00 | i have no panic to move, time is on my side. im lucky we have a second shower we can survive as is for a while. :) beetle Well it's all good then, you can learn from any mistakes you may make and get skills you can use in your next house while leaving the learning phase behind you at the old one. Over my renovating years I have gathered a range of particularly useful tools and techniques that are great time savers, but that was all done by trial and error, with plenty of mistakes and bloodshed along the way. Some of the most useful tools I have were homemade out of bits of wood or old coathangers etc. I can rebuild a rotten window frame in a few hours work without removing the glass and the original I did is still sound after 20 years yet two opposing corners were missing completely once I removed the rot. I just repaired a garage window using the templates and profiles I made for that job (sneaky rot set in without any external signs) and it was no sweat to fix. I can also fix any size hole in Gib or fribrous plaster quckly and at minimal cost, leaving no signs it was ever there. PM me if that might be any help to you. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 883911 | 2010-05-13 14:03:00 | Steam powered beetle! (www.crabfu.com) That. is. EPIC! |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 883912 | 2010-05-13 20:19:00 | Well it's all . . . I can also fix any size hole in Gib or fribrous plaster quckly and at minimal cost, leaving no signs it was ever there . . . Cheers Billy 8-{) If the size ( . com/size . html" target="_blank">billarchibald . com) is making holes in Cib or plaster walls, it may be time to look at your technique ;) |
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