Rich Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hi Fishwalker,Welcome to The DIY Forum, and thanks for joining us here.Please feel free to browse around and get to know others. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.I certainly look forward to hearing from you sometime soon, and hearing all about your DIY experiences...Be sure to check out the DIY Forum rules above, just to ensure were all on the same page...Why not tell us a little about yourself, let others get to know you, and what you get up to?Please do NOT post links to your business, adverts or any other kind of spam. New members posting links to their business/shop or who seem to be here ONLY to plug their business WILL be deleted and flagged as a spammer with ALL Invision Powerboard Forums!Welcome againRichard... DIY Forum Slave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishwalker Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hi there everyone!I've been looking for decent DIY forum to post my experiences on, as a first time homeowner of 5 years now in the UK.DIY is were it's at for me as my boyfriend, as we can't afford tradesmen, unless it's for a special job like carpet laying or a new kitchen and being a creative sort (Photography graduate) I am into doing anything I can myself.So I guess I should tell you a bit about my house and DIY experience so far... Well, it is still needing a little love, after being a student property previously, before the last couple who lived here, took it on and worked on it a little.My house was built in around 1904 so its an oldie! It is a first home size; smallish and a typical mid terrace, Edwardian, a 2 up, 2 down, with many original features e.g. sash windows at front of property, wood burning front fire and ornate fireplaces in bedrooms; stripped pine doors, original wonky front door with stained glass windows and some simple art deco coving. It also has the wonderful paper thin but still brick walls! E.g. I can hear my neighbours coughing and shouting as though they were in my room sometimes! I have planned before to try soundproofing the alcoves, but we have so far found it a little scary, as most ceilings have been drylined and it's difficult finding the joists in the ceiling, to fix a head plate to. Anyway I digress...We have a large upstairs bathroom (was probably a bedroom once) and the kitchen is below with a low ceiling respectively. I have a small patio garden with borders and a front room and back. We also have our front room going straight onto a small cul de sac street, so no bay window.So far, we have:Had the 2nd bedroom ceiling drylined and skimmed (to cover hideous wallpaper).We've laid new carpet in the front room downstairs ourselves and regret that, (looking at the fraying edges and rubbish cheapness 4 years on [sigh]).We've sanded and restored our front bedroom upstairs original floorboards and stained and varnished them ourselves! (Mammoth task that would do differently now but it is a learning curve like much of DIY!)We've repainted the 2nd bedroom over lining paper, same with the bathroom and painted mosaic tiles with tile paint (fairly successfully (but I would prefer to tear it up if I had the time and money to repair the plaster underneath).My latest project though, and on par with sanding the floor is restoring the ageing staircase to a new awesomeness, and it is finally coming together 6 months later!!!! We now just have to paint the skirting, stairwell walls, flakey door architrave's and then, then... we can buy my dream runner and finals and fit some new flooring through the hall and middle sitting room, dubbed 'the wooden room' go figure! The original knackered wood floor in there is beyond sanding and is sooo draughty, especially with our giant open fireplace, for all heat to disappear up!So yeah, that's were I am in my DIY career. Hi everyone on here! Also I am planning a blog for my stair project with pictures and video so if all goes well on here, I may post a link soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Hiya Fishwalkerwow, this is probably one of the best introductions we have seen so far! Love it Funny you should mention the blog, as were about to put in place a blog facility right here if you like, that way you can get all your help, and your blog, all in 1 place, save you a ton of time and agro if thats of any interest? You will be able to upload pictures and video to it too..Well, we all look forward to helping you out whenever possible :-)Hopefully the upgrades I did today will come in handy for you too..Dare I ask, where does the name "Fishwalker" come from?you dont walk fishies, surely.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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