The Council inspector put us off til tomorrow - typical. We forge on: the house is nearly rewired. We've been running the wiring ourselves and placing the boxes for powerpoints and light switches. But, some shonky junction boxes joining old wiring and new have been discovered up top. We'll need the electrician to have a look at those.
The tiling has been grouted. Really would you know that we'd never done this before? Looks great doesn't it?
Here's the second bedroom washed and ready for painting. All the staples and nails have been pulled from the floor also, readying the floor for carpet. Bits of the kitchen are stored here waiting for installation.
The small hallway off the front door receiving a stripping today. It was the only room with wallpaper - layer upon layer upon layer and then paint. It's a fascinating study in history though uncovering the different wallpapers used throughout the years.
This photo shows the ceiling panels removed also. The nails that held the panels in place all had to be pulled from on top of the ceiling rafters pictured.
The original wallpaper shows a real 1920s to 1930s classic design.
It looks like new wallpaper was applied every 20 years or so. From the 1950s - 1960s is this ghastly large flower pattern. Then from the 1970s a green vertical pattern seen here over the flowery one. Lastly a creamy coloured paper was then painted.
The underfloor insulation has been done for us. It was crawl space - sometimes it's worth paying other people to do the really dirty stuff.
There we are from top to bottom of the house in a few days. Looking forward to the pre-line and plumbing inspection tomorrow then we get on to lining the walls. That will feel like major progress.
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