yetchh Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 Such nice timber, feel a little bit guilty that I'll be staining it black.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Got a delivery yesterday of the rest of the bench top lvl sheets, for a while I thought it was gonna be a struggle as the the place I got the last lot for the kitchen bench told they weren't getting anymore for the foreseeable future.. Then they got more (phew) Threw them under the house with the rest of my "lumber" collection. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted September 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 In other news.. Started the interior finishing touches just after lockdown 1.0... Just after nys I bought the rest of the cabinetry to go in the laundry/skullery which included a new sink for the kitchen. I was sick of the old one as it was way too small and asymmetrical. Mmmm, shiney Bit of a measure up, was gonna try and bring it evenly spaced between the front of the bench and the wall but the door hinges had the final say. Out with the old, And time to make a massive mess, luckily the fam was away. Trial fit and edge confirmation. Semi free hand routing, consists of me holding the square with one hand and routing with the other. Has a couple of layers of epoxy on all the rebates just incase of water. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted September 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 Before I set it in for good I recoated both benches in epoxy , the island bench was still ok but the wall bench was my first go and only had one coat on it that was full of air bubbles and was quite rough. It was also easily damaged. Before I started I had to repair the joint between the two sheets of ply that made up the wall bench, epoxy plus fuck off batten screw works.. Next I sanded it all back with 60 grit for keying purposes, looks quite nice just like that. Awesomely, the sander I bought last time I did the bench packed up half way through sanding the island bench, cunt, had to buy a new one. Went over it with liberal amounts of prepsol and gave it two coats of epoxy. This time I did it with a microfiber nook and cranny roller as it was too hard to do it with a window squeegee in place. Worked good until I went too hard with the roller and it broke leaving little bits of foam in the epoxy (FUUUCK!!!)... Plus once it cured there were a bunch of little fish eys in the finish Cue round two of sanding, Worth it tho, results speak for themselves. Much better finish, only problem I have is that next time I do this I'll be sure to strain the epoxy first as when I finished the older epoxy a big solid lump came out of the pottle after I had already made and applied half a coat.. consequently, what I thought was bits of roller in the first coat actually turned out to be bits of coagulated epoxy in both coats. I picked as much as I could out of the final coat but still missed a couple. Can always give it a light sand and polish further down the track... *probably won't.... 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 One of the jobs to do during lockdown was remove the door jamb and architrave from between the kitchen and laundry as we weren't putting a door back there. In hindsight we should have put a cavity slider in there when we had the chance but meh.. I really don't like plastering, specially small jobs. Coat of oil on the revealed flooring. Time for plaster. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Did I say I hate plastering? It stayed unsanded like that till the beginning of August such is my complete lack of enthusiasm for all things drywall. That and I assumed plaster could be used anytime. Found out it had a shelf life of about 18 months, Tradeset 90 goes off in about 15min once its 4 years old(eye rollingly annoying) then I found no-one stocked lite blue in 5kg bags. When I say I don't like drywall, I also don't like driving round getting supplies for said drywall. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted September 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 Finally finishing plastering was spurred on by the fact I had some tiling to do.. Decided on a handmade Italian subway style green tile.. Not a huge fan of tiling either, mainly due to tiling over an abundance wobbly floors and walls. That sort makes tiling extremely painful, my house was no fucken different.. After doing some measurements I found that I was going to have to start with a half tile cut at the bottom to meet the extractor with a full tile at the top. I could've moved the range hood to make it work but I really couldn't be fucked and the tiles are dark enough that you wouldn't really notice a half tile under the window either.. As you can see my original mixer adaptors were pretty munted looking, went to miter10 to see what they had on the shelves and what do you know.. Free. Look a better now. 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 The timber with green is a winning combo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted September 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 The other problem with a half tile under the window was that when I returned back to the laundry doorway I couldn't just finish at the height of the window architrave as that would mean a half tile to finish on which isn't ideal but putting a full tile there means a step in the line of the architrave, again, also not ideal. I was 2 tiles short of being able to finish on the line of the range hood but luckily the tile warehouse supplied us three tiles for nothing.. Win. Put the new skirtings on, Worked out where I needed to start to meet the course of the initial tiles, meant starting on another cut (roll eyes) got it right tho and didn't have to do any last minute adjustments to the course. I'm also not a huge fan of generic tile edges so I decided to use a 12mm quad instead. Oiled with the same stuff as the floor. Still have to grout and install the edging on the return tiles.. Came up pretty good tho. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Next, started on the bathroom. Picked a 300x900mm tile to go there with the join in the middle of the wall. So as not to complicate things around the back of the sink/tap area I decided to start on a full tile from that point which meant a cut top and bottom. Doesn't matter there tho as you have nothing to register it off and it's also not where you look. As per usual these walls were wobbly too, easier to manage with big tiles tho. Doing the two opposite ends of the bathroom so it still stays reasonably light. The squiggles are just lime protection to separate tiles in the carton. My first cut, classic. Started the other end, Lasering the center and horizontals, makes life a lot easier when setting out vs a level. Then, after 9 years of throwing stones around I finally managed to leave my finger between two, Has thrown a bit of a spanner in the works but is actually a blessing in disguise as I should actually be able to finish all this by the weekend. Then it's time to finally close in the bottom of the house.. Excitement.... 1 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty360 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 The finger looks farking ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 14 minutes ago, rusty360 said: The finger looks farking ouch! Ironically, the most painful part was the needle for the local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Finished the tiling a couple of days after the above.. Got the joints pretty spot on. Discovered these tiles are quite soft, had to wedge a couple up to keep the line level and they chipped the edge of the tile when I pulled them out. Shit plastic wedges, behind the mirror anyway. If you need to wedge non ceramic tiles use wet timber wedges as they don't chip the tiles and have the added bonus of shrinking when they dry. 1st grout pass Sponge pass Didn't take any pics of the vanity install but it's literally a 10mm bead of silicone along the back edge and jammed into the tiles then tooled off. Plumbing was a total cunt which involved 3 trips to miter10's shit plumbing selection on a Sunday. Had one of those dux adjustable u-bends but with the additional tile thickness was too short length ways to meet the sink drain. Ended up getting removable bowl trap and 90 bend compression fitting. Then had to go back to get a 40mm extention. This all started as I couldn't be fucked cutting and glueing fittings.. Did that anyway in the end. Will get different colour socket plates to match the tiles. Grouting kitchen tiles, 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Stuck the mirror on, previously it just had three mounts on the back that corresponded with the screws on the wall, was removable. I didn't want to make permanent drill holes in the tiles so I glued the mirror to the tiles with mirror silicone (don't use anything else) The tape is used just to stop the mirror going anywhere while the glue dries, could probably just use the tape as it holds 16kg per something. It's fucken sticky anyway. Made 6mm timber packers painted with bathroom acrylic paint, tape and glue both don't stick to plastic packed very well. Then put glue on the original mounting points and strategically placed packers glued both sides. Sorry no pics so here's the glue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Glued on (yes, with silicone again. Makes good glue) the last of the trims Tape does a good job of holding most things wood orientated. This is a classic example of my wobbly walls, just on bench height it was about 7mm, here it's about 3 but as I'm 6'5 it's pretty much only me that can see it. It's good having my miter saw calibrated right after 13 years of ownership. And that makes that bit done. Still have to do some shelving around the fridge and the laundry. Need to change it up tho otherwise the cbf factor skyrockets. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Actually, this makes it done. Went with a black silicone to try and match the grout but it made the line to obvious being that it's twice the size of the tile gap So I cut it back out and went with a dark grey (anthracite) what follows is how I silicone tiles and /or most other things that need a silicone join. First I cut the nozzle so it's large enough to get a bead slightly bigger than the joint in trying to seal. Make sure that I overfill it so when I put water /soap on it everything I want to seal has clean contact with the silicone as once the water goes on it won't stick to anything. Then using a popsical stick (coz they're round, wood and a good excuse to get a popsical) that's been soaked in the soapy water, I run it along the bead far enough that I don't end up with an unmanageable blob of silicone on the stick (normally about 200mm) Circulars are a good for wiping excess silicone of onto.. In this case a lint chocolate bar wrapper. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted September 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2020 This is obviously how it would look sans silicone. I try to keep the popsicle stick on the same plane as the tiles that way it leaves a minimal bump in the silicone line when you run from one tile to the next. Then once I've done my first pass (respraying soapy water with every pass) I go over again with a tighter angle on the pop stick, smaller line is better. Looks like this... You only get one chance with this otherwise you make a mess cleaning it out now with meths or wait till it dries and cut it out. Saturate your finger with the soapy water and another spray on the bead and lightly run your finger along the entire length to smooth out any ridges and it should come out looking like this. 10% of the time it doesn't go as I planned or I fuck something up but you get about 5-8mins to play with it then it skins up. Sometimes you can still smooth it even though it's skinned. You end up with a pile of silicone grubs, bit of wastage but meh. That makes this bit done. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 @yetchh How much time on acc are you getting for your finger? I just had almost 5 weeks from doing a similar trick cutting firewood up. It was a bit munched 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Fucken ow.. Gave me four weeks at 87% but I'll be going back to work next week probs. On light duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 Started on closing in the subfloor finally. Attached the uprights with joist cleats as I had a box left over from the house build, based the rest of the house on what I worked out here, as I got around the other side I discovered the foundation is out by about 20mm, not bothered tho as it'll be planted around that side. Made some frames up to go between the uprights. They get bolted through them and also down onto the concrete. Prob a bit over engineered. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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