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Well have been off line for a few weeks demoing the kitchen and dining room.

It started out with just getting the kitchen replaced as it was an awesome 70s race car red. It had to go. We thought why not do the lounge while we are at it ... and hell even get the wooden floor freshened up because unfortunately it had suffered the hand of some bad DIY at some point.

We have had a lot of help from various people over the past few weeks to name a few, Jamez, Westy & of course Brendon. And a few mates lending me a couple of tools.

mmmm red kitchen before
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Gross arch way

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Found horrible black mold behind the sink .. lucky it was only on the gib and not through to the other side or worse down into the floor boards.

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James pretty stoked with his sledge hammering

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Now a lot of people have asked why the hell did we remove the gib in the kitchen and dining area. Well TBH it wasnt in great shape, and I prefered that it got replaced with something that was somewhat straight.

The wife and I removing the ceiling and remaining gib. Dusty work!

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Didnt want that wall either

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The top 5 tools from this whole thing would have to be these .....

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Lots of fun to use :D ... and thanks to westy for use of that nail puller thingy .. it was better than any hammer/prey bar

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sooooo with a bunch of pink bats and the gib ordered and delivered ... Brendon, Ange I decided to start gibbing the ceiling with 13x2400x1200. Anything more and it would of been too much for us noobies to handle I think :)

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Obviously happy that was over :D

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Then the big task of cutting out gib and putting it on the walls really started. I actually under estimated this part as everything was tight or a few mm out. We made it work though with a pretty good job I thought. Adhering to the rules of 200mm from th windows and horizontal gibbing. Not that we had much choice as the house is imperial. So 8 foot stud and nothing metric to fix the sheets onto. Even had to order 1350mm wideline gib for the bottom.

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Sunday morning We had the whole bottom done but the more complicated tops sections were going to be difficult. Westy rang me Sunday morning and asked if I needed a hand... I didnt say no. So Westy and Brendon showed up and chucked another marathon day in to help out.

Westy 's building skills really showed us noobies how to do it..

Where Ange, Brendon and I were measuring, marking, remeasuring, scoring, breaking and and cutting the back side. Tony gets his measuring tape off the measurement and run a craft knife down the line with measuring tape as a guide. doing about 10 mins of our work in 15 seconds. I learnt a lot

Result!

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even time to install new ceiling scotia

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looking awesomer already!

good work on the gibbing. its certainly not as easy as people think..

also that wooden floor is gonna come up real nice once its done

keep it up!

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The stopping was done all of last week ... really happy with the professionals we used. As they say, the stopping is the one thing you hire the pros in for.

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And the first sealer coat of paint after the sanding of all of the walls.

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So over this weekend, I completed my first go at Architraves ... also used it as an excuse to go out and by a compound mitre drop saw. Picked this one up on special with the stand.

Also got these sanded flat and smooth ready for filling and painting.

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Learings so far....

The 50s were actually a pretty good time for construction materials. Solid timbers used and decent cladding. We are lucky to have cedar weather boards.

The only down sides is that pine goes hard as a rock, Westy warned me of this. And I will say that using finishing nails on this hard stuff pretty much guarantees that you have to use a cover punch and pin driver to get the buggers in without bending them! .... so many bent nails pulled out.

Dads framing gun also had a hard time with the 90mm nails. Got there in the end though! :)

Also nothing is straight! ... I spent quite a few hours with the electric planer reshaping new wood to get it to fit properly.

All and all not bad for two weeks work! .. and some much appreciated effort from a few mates!

More to come! :)

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Way to go.. Your cracking into it.

I'm in the middle of swapping the bathroom to the washhouse and vise versa. Now, I'm all good with the hard work, jibbing and stopping.. Easy as bro.

Walk into the shop and start looking at colours and finishings and should it be tiles or wood or lino on the floor. Thats it, I'm getting confused just thinking about it. I need to find a woman to give me some advice. Actually, I just need to find a woman. ha ha ha.. Nah, there are some bonus's to being a batcherlor.

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Good work. Ive done few bits since buying a house. Redid the soffit board down one side of the house as it had cracked. Made much much harder by box internal gutters. Timber is only 20 years old but is from the hottest part of the roof. As mentioned its rock hard stuff once it dries out that much. After bending some nails i changed to pre drilling and using stainless screws. Much more expensive but on a small job makes it easier. Hate nailing overhead.

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Cheers, yeah I must admit i had questions about what I would find when we lifted the tiles and what was under it. Also what was under that wall on the floor, would I have to replace board ? ... obviously it was all good!

Took the opportunity to run some cat5 in the walls through out other parts of the house and re-route some alarm wiring. Also got a sparky in to setup for the complete re-jig of the kitchen.

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You should turn that little room at the end into a scullery or walk in pantry keeping the kitchen minimalist. Laundry in garage if it is the laundry

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Good call. Heaps of cat6 and 8 or so power points behind the tv area. Always a good upgrade

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Cheers, yeah I must admit i had questions about what I would find when we lifted the tiles and what was under it. Also what was under that wall on the floor, would I have to replace board ? ... obviously it was all good!

Took the opportunity to run some cat5 in the walls through out other parts of the house and re-route some alarm wiring. Also got a sparky in to setup for the complete re-jig of the kitchen.

Good call. Heaps of cat6 and 8 or so power points behind the tv area. Always a good upgrade

I agree,

Everyone has an obsession with WiFi these days, but you still cant beat a cable connection, and if its all coming off anyways it makes sence!

I need to knock some more of the mortgauge out before i start on this place, but this is my second house, my first one i did up straight away and then damaged it living there before i sold, so learnt that lesson now. depends if you are doing it up to live there or to flick on etc though i guess

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Awesome job! The trouble i've found in the past, is that when i start DIYing (esp the demo'ing) i demo way more than really needs to be done or can be fixed within a few weeks then get put on blast from the wife for the several months it actually takes me too complete it... or, maybe it's just me haha

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Well done. Always a good excuse to buy some shiny new tools.

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You'll find one of these the best tool you could ever buy for all DIY work. Not necessarily this brand, there are lots to choose from. I got one to work on the Motorhome. You'd be amazed what you can do with one with the right attachments.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/power-tools/planers-thicknessers/auction-773378130.htm

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You'll find one of these the best tool you could ever buy for all DIY work. Not necessarily this brand, there are lots to choose from. I got one to work on the Motorhome. You'd be amazed what you can do with one with the right attachments.

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/power-tools/planers-thicknessers/auction-773378130.htm

Yup amazingly handy.

I tried a few. Best bet buy a cheap unit, mine was a supercheapauto rockwell for $65 then go out and buy the name brand blades. All fairly multifit as the rockwell comes with adaptors.

Rockwell had a two year warrenty and ive given it hell with no issues. Original blade wore down quickly new bosch blades are doing great.

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Looking sharp. Not gonna know yourselves when it's done.

If you haven't already, give those architrave mitres a good sand to get them flush.

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You should turn that little room at the end into a scullery or walk in pantry keeping the kitchen minimalist. Laundry in garage if it is the laundry

We thought of that, but I think it will eventually become a staircase to provide internal access downstairs.

Looking sharp. Not gonna know yourselves when it's done.

If you haven't already, give those architrave mitres a good sand to get them flush.

chur, yeah the theme should look good with a nice contrast when done .. should be able to post it up in a week or so.

Yeah I got a bit anal with the sanding, its now perfect haha. corners were hard to do, but got there in the end.

You'll find one of these the best tool you could ever buy for all DIY work. Not necessarily this brand, there are lots to choose from. I got one to work on the Motorhome. You'd be amazed what you can do with one with the right attachments.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/building-renovation/tools/power-tools/planers-thicknessers/auction-773378130.htm

Thanks glenn, yes I did get a multitool and it has been very handy with the finishing work .. or sqeaking some of the gib segments in. I used it for the sanding of the architraves and sils

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