After cleaning out the rooms in last post, the time had come to take it one step further. The time had come to remove the old ceilings completely. Mind you, this was a decision we did not take lightly. I’m not a fan of renewal for the sake of renewal, so if I see a […]
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Now that the living – dining – kitchen space was pretty much ready for use (leaving out some minor details to be finished), the time had come to aim our efforts at the rooms on the first floor. As the saying goes, it first has to get worse before things get better. Ergo, time to
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The final nail in the coffin of what used to be our living room: getting rid of the old wallpaper. Now this wallpaper had all the looks of being a more feisty opponent than what we had removed so far, so we came prepared.
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The fireplace wasn’t the only thing we wanted gone in our future living room. No, no, no. There was also the old ceiling, exactly the same as we used to have in our kitchen. And what went out there also has to go now.Â
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With the kitchen done, what’s the next logical step, the next logical room to tackle? Well, in our minds that was the living and dining room. As it’s practically one open space, we’re going to tackle them together. The cycle can restart, and hence it’s demolition time!
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If you’re an attentive reader (and I assume you are), you must have noticed that I skipped a part between taking down the wooden ceiling in our former kitchen and installing the insulation. You know, the part where things get really dusty, removing the old lath and plaster. Fear not, for I can make up
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The attic. Once filled with a lot of rubbish. Then cleaned out and filled again. Our rubbish this time. And now it was time to clean it out for good. Completely.
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Yes, it ends where it all began: the kitchen. At least the current demolition part ends here. But I guess you figured that out already, didn’t you? In the previous post you could read that I was chiseling away all those tiles (of the variety ugly and uglier). Above the counter there were even tiles
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Bad luck if you’d guessed we would continue the draining works now. No no no no no (and once more, no), we weren’t ready yet to create drains all the way. First, some more demolition needed to be done, so for a little while longer, we could keep messing around breaking stuff away from the
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Now that we emptied a few rooms, it’s time to really start diggin’. Diggin’ deep that is. Let’s just dive in, shall we? Depending on how serious your renovation is, at some point you’ll need new electrics and/or new plumbing of any kind. If you’re on the ground floor with no basement or cellar, you
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