HELP! We Need Somebody…well a few people, really

[Shirley]

Got any photos??

Glad you had some willing and able helpers - and gingerbread (definitely yummy)

[ina]

And while we're on the yummy - your damson jam is just tooooo good... ALmost half gone already!

[red]

glad it went well
himself and I managed to plasterboard a ceiling together.. tho it was funny - involved himself balancing a board on his head.. wearing a wooly hat as his head left a mark on the board me holding the other end.. and with electric drill, screwing the board into place.

next time.. we might use much smaller plaster boards...

[ina]

My boss told me yesterday he'd manufactured two props when he did his ceiling... So obviously, there are many ways to do it!

[Annpan]

We are using 8 x 4 plasterboard, balancing on heads and on the top of the ladders, then lining it up and quickly screwing it in place with a drill each. So far we have only done 4 bits, another 6 to go, trouble is that one of us usually needs to be watching the small person, she only finds it amusing to watch mummy and daddy for about 20 mins before she gets fed up.

Red- if you use smaller bits you'll have more joints which are too fiddly to fill so we are using the biggest sheets available.

I'll go and take photos just now, and pop 'em up later. We don't have any 'work in progress' photos, as we were all too busy

Ina - glad you enjoyed the jam, it's not my favourite but a few other people I have given some to have asked for more

[Annpan]

Before


After


Not great photos I'll admit but I have a wall, not just stone and a crappy wood frame. The photos don't show the amount of time and effort put in to the insulation or the wonky shapes around the windows.
I will continue to work on the livingroom any time I have and in a few days I'll post new photos (if anyone wants to see)

[ina]

Well, I for one would be interested to see the progress!

Just as well the photos don't show the - ergh, kind words - that were said about the guys who built the frame...

[Annpan]

We have...
finished plasterboarding the ceiling.
Filled all the joints.
Sanded the filler
Stripped the wallpaper
Taken all the loose plaster off of the walls.
Replastered (with lime) where it needed patching up.
Painted original walls with lime paint.
Painted new wall, and ceiling with regular emulsion.

As yet, no tears have been shed


We are still not finished... need to do another coat of paint here and there, and finish patching some of the holes in the walls, and put down the flooring... but we are nearly there.

[red]

wow - impressed!

we still have plasterboard and gaps ceiling.. been like that for a year now...

[Millymollymandy]

Well done!

[Shirley]

That looks GREAT!!

[Annpan]

It's amazing what you can do, with a little help, and a lot of determination



From this


To this


In less than a month, and just in time for us all to celebrate Christmas in our home

One Happy Customer... the one, we did it all for


Taken on Saturday, the first time she ever had the chance to play on the livingroom floor.

[Thomzo]

Wow, Ann
That's looking great. You've done a fantastic job.

Well done
Zoe

[ina]

Very nice! Are you going to leave the walls white? (I prefer white walls - very Continental, I know - but it makes the room so much lighter.... And I'm sure it saves energy that way - so white walls are green, really!)

[mrsflibble]

awww it looks fabby!