My extension thread

This is one I've used before Skirting-Cable tidy But there's not a lot of space, depending on the quantity of cables. however, we've taken part of the back edge off with a table saw, to expose the charabers you can see, and that worked well.

But bear in mind, again, depending on the amount of cable, any dual face skirting will allow you to run a cable behind it - see pic.

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Do you need the side pictures before the new blocks are covered with render?

I'll try and find out what the tiles are they used for the vertical sides and the front of the dormers. It did take them some time to fit them properly but I think the end result makes it worthwhile.
 
The carpets have been fitted this morning Now comes the task of moving my bedroom up to the new one and my office upstairs also.

I'm a glutton for punishment because as soon as the bedroom is moved upstairs I will be moving the lounge into the old bedroom and then knocking the kitchen through to the old lounge to make that bigger.

More mess on the way!!! At least they're only internal plasterboard walls so it shouldn't be too bad, but not looking forward to having the plasterers back.
 
Cheers chaps. I've also been thinking about the heating up there. I'm going to hook into my existing gas boiler central heating system. Is the only reasonable priced option to go with standard radiators? I'm trying to avoid radiators taking up big areas of wall space.
 
Well the downstairs work is now finished and my kitchen now stretches the whole width of the property. I can't believe I managed for so many years with the old 9ft by 9ft kitchen!

I got the builders to paint it as well so that's one less thing I have to paint. I've had new cabinets installed and am waiting for my new cooker to arrive. I've spent the last 18 months (at least) without an oven so will look forward to that, it's such a bind only having a hob and grill. I didn't want to buy another stand-alone cooker until I knew what I was doing with the kitchen.

The new kitchen is going to be great, I can see me spending a lot of time in there
 
Where the tiles on the roof meet the sides of the extension, you have like 90 degree tiles. which cover the side of the roof/extension wall and the roof.

It prevents water from hitting the wall and it actually makes the roof look sleek.

I am actually quite impressed, i have been looking at roofs for ages and am quite concerned that i will be spending a shed load of money and the roof will make it look poor.
 
We tried thermaskirt in one room - good idea, poorly executed. Insufficient heat out put (newbuild extension) and pieces supplied for corners etc just look tacky. We wouldn't use again.

Looking at underfloor heating for other rooms, but I want to have carpets so I'm not sure whether this is a good idea.
 
They are UPVC caps for the enRAB of the tiles and can be used instead of putting mortar (or whatever it is) between the tiles and the UPVC fascia. All the houses down my street which have had their fascias replaced have had these caps fitted. It means that the gap between the tiles and the fascia is also maintenance free. The end caps are usually chosen to match the roof tile in colour.

I'm trying to upload a couple of photos but for some reason it's not letting me at the moment so will do so later.
 
Almost there!! We're having all the floors ripped up at the weekend to replace the central heating pipes. All through this cold snap we've had no heating.
 
Thanks for that, what a shame...

I think there is a bulkier version with convector fins out there, by Smiths or someone

Edit: http://www.smiths-environmental-heating-products.co.uk/index.asp?keyword=Skirting%20Heating
 
Well I've been leak free since that initial disaster last Thursday night. Having the felt on made things a lot better. It was noisy still with the wind blowing on Sunday night so I didn't sleep much at all again, but if I stay dry then it's not half so bad!

They've sealed up one side gable now and the other side is going to be done by the end of today. Starting to frame the front dormers now as well.

Here's a photo showing the gable wall which shows how much higher the new roof is
 
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