DIY - Lounge

Never took any pictures of the lounge prior to working on it, never had a great deal to do in this room. Re-skimmed some parts and ripped out the old meter cupboard and built a new one. All the skirting, door casing, window board, and architraves have all been replaced with new wood and varnished instead of painting it white. The original coving, around 100 years old, was in a bad state but I managed to repair the damaged bits and now it looks like new.

The biggest problem I had was the fact that DPC (Damp proof course) had been bridged by the person who replastered after the DPC injection, this is bad enough, but the idiot used carlite browning, which is like a sponge to water, so we had a few damp patches until I managed to remove all the browning and replaster with a motar mix with waterproofer addative, and kept this above the layer of injected brick work, which is how it should have been done in the first place.

The fireplace was knocked through and an electrical output was put inside the opening, I also put a fused isolation switch on the face of the chimney breast so the fire can be isolated for any maintenance. Got the fire from Hombase as an ex display, gave it a clean up and hey presto looks like new, only £100 cheaper.

some of the sockets have needed new back boxes due to the damp (they were rusted to hell), also found one which was actually stuck to the brickwork with plaster instead of beaing fixed with screws, some things I have found really amazes me. All socket faces have been replaced with new fittings. The light switch still had the original wooden backbox! needless to say its also been replaced with a new metal one.



the carpet will be replaced once the house is complete and ready for going on the market.