Replacing radiator valves without draining your central heating system is something that can be achieved with a few simple additional tools (bungs), a heating system that’s in reasonable condition, and a small helping of luck! This is a perfectly safe & viable way to do small changes or radiator removal / replacement / new valves etc without [...]
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Ripped out the window seat to find a hole in the plaster – complete with filling in the form of a copy of some pages of the Eastern Evening News from April 15th, 1976! Definitely the EEN… It’s a “Late Final edition”, presumably from the days when two editions were actually produced (!), complete with [...]
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Just a quick update: Lounge has now been completely wallpaper stripped & prepared for replastering. All looking a touch bare at the moment but that should hopefully start to change rapidly now. Next stop is to tidy up what appears to be a patched-over serving hatch (!) and to remove a window seat/ cupboard [...]
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It was long & drawn out… but the built in wardrobes are no more. (Start to finish in about 4 hours !) I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an over-engineered construction in a bedroom! Today’s flat-pack offerings are positively fragile in comparison, but on the plus side if you decide you’ve had enough [...]
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First “real” task on the agenda (after yesterday’s clean etc) is to strip out a er, lovely built in wardrobe. Looks like it was knocked up by an over zealous chippy when the house was built – complete with a fine example of 1970′s wallpaper for good measure. Definitely has to go…. Only question is [...]
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