Progress on the house has been limited this week due to a bit of a sore back... not sure how it happened, but I suspect that lifting the dishwasher had something to do with it!!
With last week's plumbing antics out of the way, I was able to get on with putting the flooring back down in bedroom 3. I've tried, wherever possible, to re-use the existing materials as I only have a few sheets of new chipboard and don't want to have to buy more. The chipboard panel that I'd temporarily put down by the radiator when it was installed had several oversize cutouts along the wall edge so I set about repairing these rather than cut a whole new board to fit.
By setting the router bit to exactly half the depth of the board, I was able to rout out a ledge around each cutout. I then cut some pieces from a scrap of chipboard and routed corresponding ledges on these.
Where necessary, these in-fills were then shaped to clear the radiator pipes.
With the main chipboard sheet screwed into place, the infills were glued into position using PVA and sawdust was rubbed into the joins. Once dry, they were lightly sanded for a neat finish.
I then continued across the room, re-fitting the original boards where they were good enough and replacing with new chipboard where they were not.
The floor of bedroom sits several inches below the half landing and there is a timber doorstep which protrudes into the room. This was getting quite loose and the timber fascia which sat below it had seen better days too. Previously, this step had been poorly covered with carpet which was tacked down to the floor and looked a bit odd.
I had an old 25mm MDF window board in the shed so decided this would make a nice new step. The old step was a bit stubborn so, in the end, I cut it through using the Sonicrafter and levered out the two sections.
Prising off the fascia board revealed a rather inadequate timber batten.
This was also levered off and the brickwork cleaned up.
A new piece of C24 joist timber was cut to length, planed to height, drilled and countersunk ready for screwing to the joist. I opted to use four hefty 3.5" number 12 screws as this will need to make a strong support.
The strip of joist timber that I'd previously cut off was just the right size to use as a supporting batten along the top edge. I trimmed this using the electric plane and screwed it in place along the top edge of the joist. This will provide a straight edge up to which to plaster.
The area below was then filled using a piece of 9.5mm plasterboard, cut to size and glued using grab adhesive. Drywall screws were used to pull it into position whilst the adhesive sets.
The MDF window board was then cut to size, holes drilled and countersunk ready for fitting. I have not fitted it at this stage as I will skim the board below with plaster once the adhesive sets.
Jacqui has continued to work on the bathroom blind and has been busy sewing the curtains for the living room and dining room.
So, that's all on the house this week, but the Tuesday evening craft nights are proving productive... should have plenty of gnomes and snowmen ready in time for next Christmas!!
No comments:
Post a Comment