Day 67 - Enabling Works

Today was spent clearing all the rubble from the two bedrooms where the plaster and wallpaper was removed. In addition I had someone demolish the wardrobe and cold water storage area in the attic rooms.

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Bedroom 1 with plaster removed form exterior walls, architrave removed from windows and picture rail also removed.
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Photos 3 and 4 show bedroom 2 with the plaster removed from the exterior walls and wallpaper removed from the interior wall. Picture rail, skirting and architrave from windows were also removed. The 2 bedrooms are now ready to have their exterior walls insulated and first fix wiring to start.
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Photos 5 to 8 show the first floor hallway with the wallpaper removed. The wallpaper on the staircase leading downstairs below the dado-rail was particularly difficult to remove. It was actually cardboard with an embossed pattern that had been painted over a couple of times.
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There is still the ground floor hallway and 4 rooms that require wallpaper stripping, so still lots of work to be done.

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Photo 11 shows the fitted wardrobe removed from the attic room.

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 Photo 12 shows the cold water tank cabinet removed from the adjacent attic room.


 The next task is clearing the attic rooms of the rubble.




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