Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT London Calling. An ordinary life.

[Old tool guy]

Steve … did that hall used to be on the outside of the building. Looks like an exterior window.

 

[littlebean]

Three days at floaty last week and I, batterned, plaster boarded, panelled and filled the long hall.

I'm planning on panelling our hall - not sure if the fact that it's 6' long by 4' wide with doors in two of the walls, a window in the third and a radiator on the fourth means it will be harder or not..................
Trouble is I've now got to try and match your skills whilst having none of my own

 

[Old tool guy]

Trouble is I've now got to try and match your skills whilst having none of my own

Now that he’s retired, he could show up and lend a hand.

 

[sawduststeve]

I retired in 2015 and thats when the real work started.

Retirement is hard work, but at least making a living doesn't need to get in the way of the hard stuff.

Hi Guys
Yes it feels that you’re both right, it’s hard and dirty work at the moment trying to get to being retired. We should be done by the end of May.
Then if I blast through the Honey Do list and get it done , my time will be my own.
That’s how it works right ?

Steve

 

[sawduststeve]

Steve … did that hall used to be on the outside of the building. Looks like an exterior window.

Hi mate
Yes, it was originally the outside wall.
The end bedroom , next to the new front door was
Once the only building on the plot with the main building being built next to it at a later date.
And then later still the long hall added to connect the two. At some stage the end bedroom was the kitchen, which explained the odd electrical socket heights.
There is an 6” gap between the two buildings, covered riverside by the new cladding and behind the plaster board internally.


There you go, you can see the gap.
Steve

 

[Just_Steve]

Hi Guys
Yes it feels that you’re both right, it’s hard and dirty work at the moment trying to get to being retired. We should be done by the end of May.
Then if I blast through the Honey Do list and get it done , my time will be my own.
That’s how it works right ?

Steve

Finnish the "Honey Do List" ****** hilarious.

 

[sawduststeve]

I'm planning on panelling our hall - not sure if the fact that it's 6' long by 4' wide with doors in two of the walls, a window in the third and a radiator on the fourth means it will be harder or not..................
Trouble is I've now got to try and match your skills whilst having none of my own

It wasn’t to hard really.
The panelling comes in 8x4 boards and gets a couple of screws and plenty of No Nails.
The skirting goes over the top and holds the bottom of the boards.
Grounds and large architraves cover the joints around the openings.

Here’s what we did to finish the inner hall


I think that’s the worst of the hard labour done.

Steve

 

[sawduststeve]

Now that he’s retired, he could show up and lend a hand.

I’m more than happy to accept a temporary part time supervisors position. I have my own cup
and I just need a comfy chair, and I can point and say “ you don’t wanna do it like that”

 

[sawduststeve]

A couple of more days down at Floaty last week,
to finish boarding out the inner hall. See above.
More electrics getting connect each trip
We now have light in the bathroom even in the shower



The little boat earning its keep

When I get a minute I must investigate getting the steering wheel on straight.

Steve

 

[sawduststeve]

Knocked this up last week, probably the last ever joinery in the workshop.
1930’s style door (26”x69”) for the cupboard at floaty.


Two days later


It’s all getting very real.
All machines are being collected this week.
Has to be a good thing, right

Steve

 

[Geoff289]

A couple of more days down at Floaty last week,
to finish boarding out the inner hall. See above.
More electrics getting connect each trip
We now have light in the bathroom even in the shower



The little boat earning its keep

When I get a minute I must investigate getting the steering wheel on straight.

Steve

Wow. I guess you made it safely? That looks like a capsize waiting to happen.

 

[Old tool guy]

I know it’s normal for you, but I can’t get used to the high doorknobs.

 

[littlebean]

I’m more than happy to accept a temporary part time supervisors position. I have my own cup
and I just need a comfy chair, and I can point and say “ you don’t wanna do it like that”

hopefully in your best Harry Enfield voice

 

[sawduststeve]

Wow. I guess you made it safely? That looks like a capsize waiting to happen.

Yeah, made it back to the van safely, thanks
Not too surprisingly the little boat behaves better with a little weight in it. It’s 3/4 ton rated so we’re good with the weight spread evenly.

Steve

 

[sawduststeve]

I know it’s normal for you, but I can’t get used to the high doorknobs.

It’s due to the locks and the style of door.
It’s what’s known as the 1930’s style door, gaining popularity lately, with a high mid rail.
The locks fitted are, rim locks, which are wider than the styles so need fitting on the mid rail, explaining the height. Not surprisingly this was quite normal in the 30’s.
Today the spindle height of a door handle is set at about 1050mm/41 1/4” all being normal, though a front door lock is about 53”
clear as mud.


Steve

 

[sawduststeve]

hopefully in your best Harry Enfield voice

You got it. Not many did.

 

[sawduststeve]

You’ll have to take my word for it, but here we are at our last job site.
The start of the end


Two windows and a pair of doors upstairs.




Four more downstairs tomorrow, then it’s back in the workshop waving machines goodbye for a couple of days.

Steve

 

[drivesitfar]

Wow!! That is some scaffolding set up and tarping so you could install and maybe remove your very nice looking work no matter how much it’s raining or windy.

I’m positive you’ll be asked to either consult or make and install many more projects in your future so let them try to convince you with lots of cash cause you do great work!!

I know you’re enjoying your retirement even though you might be busier with the shop clean out and mcfloaty but it’s your choice.

 

[Old tool guy]

What are the eyebrow thingies over the windows?

 

[Tommo3]

What are the eyebrow thingies over the windows?

Trickle vents.

 

[Old tool guy]

This is a trickle vent? What does it do? (Other than vent those pesky trickles)

 

[zanyad]

What does it do?

LMGTFY

 

[sawduststeve]

This is a trickle vent? What does it do? (Other than vent those pesky trickles)

Since about 2010 many and various rules and regs
have been bought about.
All windows have to have a U Value of 1.4 or less and and individual glass unit a value of 1.2 or less,
all of which has involved expense and masses of paperwork for the manufacturer.
Therefore I have never understood the insistence of having to cut a fecking great hole in a drive to eradicate condensation in a window designed to keep the heat in.
Also the road notice they let in is also considerable.
Hay ho , my elders and betters know best

Just to confirm, I’ve tried to fit as few as possible, even though it is a regulation that must be followed, but in new work under building regs
there is no getting around them, as the build will not be signed off.

Steve

 

[sawduststeve]

This is what we got up to today, not back on site till next week, people coming to collect machines tomorrow and Friday.



Scaffolding is a complete PITA, I’ve requested some be adjusted before we return.


Not a lot going on inside.

Steve

 

[sawduststeve]

LMGTFY

That’s clever.

 

[sawduststeve]

Wow!! That is some scaffolding set up and tarping so you could install and maybe remove your very nice looking work no matter how much it’s raining or windy.

I’m positive you’ll be asked to either consult or make and install many more projects in your future so let them try to convince you with lots of cash cause you do great work!!

I know you’re enjoying your retirement even though you might be busier with the shop clean out and mcfloaty but it’s your choice.

It certainly is a good setup, probably 10k’s worth at least. The whole roof has been off including the timbers and it’s all be reworked to include, 2 beds and a bath upstairs where originally there was none.

Funny you should say that, tomorrow I’m delivering the wood burner and a spindle molder
to a fella who was my Dads apprentice while
I was still at school, one of his employees has just left and I think he’s gonna offer me a part time job
I think I might need to take some advice from ‘er indoors.

I don’t remember McFloaty being being a choice of mine

I know you like the garden, a quick pic
This seemed to have bloomed almost over night




Thanks for calling in.
Steve

 

[Old tool guy]

So do the trickle vents stay open at all times?

edit. Never mind, found this good explanation. I have heard talk that the old houses in the states, the ones with ill-fitting windows and doors, don’t suffer from sick building syndrome because there was always a little fresh air leaking in, and the new houses with air tight envelopes have issues.

Trickle Vents Explained. Why And When You Need Them | DWE

Do you really need trickle vents in new windows and doors? Here's everything you need to know, including busting some myths around trickle vents.

www.doorandwindowexperts.co.uk

Is that wisteria in the garden picture.

 

[sawduststeve]

So do the trickle vents stay open at all times?

edit. Never mind, found this good explanation. I have heard talk that the old houses in the states, the ones with ill-fitting windows and doors, don’t suffer from sick building syndrome because there was always a little fresh air leaking in, and the new houses with air tight envelopes have issues.

Trickle Vents Explained. Why And When You Need Them | DWE

Do you really need trickle vents in new windows and doors? Here's everything you need to know, including busting some myths around trickle vents.

www.doorandwindowexperts.co.uk

Is that wisteria in the garden picture.

Vents can be opened or closed.
The amount of condensation in a house is dependent upon how you live.
My wife rented her house after we met, to a young girl with 3 kids, who never opened the windows, hung wet clothes on door tops and only had heating on low. Under 6 months she was complaining that the amount of black mould was harming her children and they were sleeping in the living room.
Independent survey confirmed she was the problem and we didn’t renew her tenancy and spent thousands redecorating.
We follow the House Burping system


Yes, Wisteria in the garden.

Steve

 

[littlebean]

we managed to avoid trickle vents when we had our windows replaced, unfortunately we got water staining between panes and scratched glass instead.............
might have to try the house burping just 'cause it's a cool name

 

[gilr]

I stayed in a hotel in Munich many years ago, it was a nice hotel and was in January on that trip. Each morning after I left for the day, the cleaning people would open the window wide (it was a huge window - approximately 4 x 4 feet and leave it open all day. Mind you, it was in the low 20s Fahrenheit all day. I would return in the evening and close it as tight as I could get it, but again the next day they would do the same. I swear the sheets had frost on them when I went to bed at night! No amount of turning up the heat would help, plus it was turned off by the hotel at night around 10 or 11. I'm all for clean air, but that was ridiculous! Trickle vents would have been fine!

 

[sawduststeve]

And off they jolly well go.
In a cloud of sawdust Straight to Tilbury Docks and onward to their new life in Tanzania



It’s a little sad, how will I cut timber now

Steve

 

[bugnut]

Bittersweet.....

 

[TomGW]

This is what we got up to today, not back on site till next week, people coming to collect machines tomorrow and Friday.



Scaffolding is a complete PITA, I’ve requested some be adjusted before we return.


Not a lot going on inside.

Steve

I have always been a bit curious about the position of windows in traditional cavity block/brick walls, in England. In Northern Ireland, with similar building regs I assume, we have a vertical dpc behind the outer leaf and the inner leaf returned out, with a 25mm thermal break behind the dpc. The window or door frame sits behind the dpc, which slightly overlaps the face, sealed with expanding foam that bonds onto the rigid foam thermal break. This results in a 100mm set back reveal on the outside of all windows and doors and the frame doesn't touch the wet outer leaf.
What is the setup with yours in mainland GB?

 

[sawduststeve]

Bittersweet.....

Yeah, it certainly is

 

[Old tool guy]

I hope they have a competent person packing the container. I can imagine bits & pieces getting knocked off, like the fence rails and arm on the table saw.

 

[sawduststeve]

I have always been a bit curious about the position of windows in traditional cavity block/brick walls, in England. In Northern Ireland, with similar building regs I assume, we have a vertical dpc behind the outer leaf and the inner leaf returned out, with a 25mm thermal break behind the dpc. The window or door frame sits behind the dpc, which slightly overlaps the face, sealed with expanding foam that bonds onto the rigid foam thermal break. This results in a 100mm set back reveal on the outside of all windows and doors and the frame doesn't touch the wet outer leaf.
What is the setup with yours in mainland GB?

Evening Tom
Most windows here finish close to or flush with the outside brick/render, excepting original sash windows.
With new work , with say 100mm concrete block 150 cavity 100mm block. The cavity is filled with insulation and topped with a cavity closer that covers 25mm over each block.
With the windows fitted this week I’ve fixed them flush with the outside because the whole house is being rendered. Doing it this way it’s easy to fit the stop bead between the head drip and cill, and the renderers don’t have to mess with a small reveal, just straight up to the bead.
It’s a waterproof render which is two coated with masonry paint.

Steve

 

[sawduststeve]

I hope they have a competent person packing the container. I can imagine bits & pieces getting knocked off, like the fence rails and arm on the table saw.

I hope so too. They do want to sell the machines on when they reach Tanzania, but who knows.

Machinery

Machinery

kcglobals.com

These are the guys that bought them.
4,000,000 for a cement mixer
Steve

 

[Just_Steve]

I hope so too. They do want to sell the machines on when they reach Tanzania, but who knows.

Machinery

Machinery

kcglobals.com

These are the guys that bought them.
4,000,000 for a cement mixer
Steve

4,000,000 Tanzanian Shilling equals

1,311.10 Euro

Not to bad.

 

[captain14]

Steve,

How long did your family own the machines?

 

[Old tool guy]

4,000,000 Tanzanian Shilling equals

1,311.10 Euro

Not to bad.

Or $400 in real money. Wife is going to England for 10 days later this month with a group from church, hope the exchange rate is good.


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