Fiona's Project.

Wednesday 14th of February 2018.

My daughter in law Fiona and family moved back to Derby from Cornwall late last year.
They bought a four bedroom detached house in Oakwood than needed some alterations and TLC.

I volunteered to help - there was the deadline of a month before they moved in !!

Floors upstairs first.

All four floors had the same laminate and all new Taurus skirting.

                                                              Main bedroom

                                                               Second bedroom

                                                                Guest Bedroom

                                                          Fourth / Walk in Wardrobe.

Additional work -

All upstairs doors off then made to fit properly.
Storage cupboard in main bedroom sagging shelves supported.
Radiator in fourth bedroom rehung and leak sorted.
Major leak in main bedroom en-suite shower found and sorted.

Built in wardrobe in the second bedroom - doors removed - casing remade properly - doors rehung - to a good fit this time and a door stay fitted to the left hand door.

Downstairs -

Integrated dishwasher fitted and wine cooler installed - plinth made up from redundant panels + a small infill piece made and fitted.
Water pipework and a double socket behind the dishwasher moved to fit the dishwasher in properly.

The conservatory was cold so we decided to fit two radiators in there - fed from the feed to the dining area radiator - micro bore !! - but we tried it any way - IT WORKS !!!

Plaster chopped out behind the skirting - just enough room to hide all the new pipework.

A big hole drilled through to the conservatory - skirting off - chopped out behind and all piped up - mainly in copper - just the bit through the wall in plastic.

Skirting back on - nice and neat.
A lot of work but worth it - nice and warm in there now.

The garage is now the utility room -

I installed the washer and drier on a 300mm  raised plinth to make it easy to load /unload.
installed all new pipework and waste pipes.

Removed lots of rickety / odd shelves and installed fifty feet of heavy duty plywood shelves with lots of brackets - a solid job.

Made up a Dog wash station from a small shower tray - thermostatic mixer and a shower head with a trigger.
All tiled back splash and sealed up properly with non setting mastic.
I devised a PVC foam board front splash guard - removable on magnets works great !!
A used cupboard and worktop from another part of the family - for dog grooming and dog stuff storage - remade and renovated it.
It even has a powerful dog hair drier !!
Fiona is very pleased with it all !!

There were numerous other little jobs -
Fitting new lights in the dining area.
Making the Bi-fold doors to the lounge work properly.
Fitting the American style fridge freezer and piping up the water supply.
New radiator in the downstairs loo.
New towel rail radiator in the main bedroom en-suite.
Re- fitting skirting in the lounge.
Making the lounge / hall door fit properly.
New lighting in the lounge.
Working with the decorator - taking lights down - banister off and back on etc.
Dodgy wiring in the main bedroom sorted.

Still oddments to do but they did move in on time as planned.

It was a busy run up to Christmas to say the least !!

Mike.