Owning your own home

Excellent. Really like these. Looked the business the stuff @Vince did.

Should take that reuse vibe into all interior decisions.

Anyone want some Junckers there's a good amount left.

I was thinking I could use something like this and make a feature out of the wonkyness.

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The Metabo thing is great for the flat parts of doors. It's where it really excels. You can dial in the paint depth and it destroys it leaving fresh pine which needs a little sanding.

It might not help but if you want to see any of this in 3D I could knock up a few visuals.

Is that reclaimed school sportshall flooring?

Yes

Which school did the government have to shut for you to get this flooring?

The one with all the poor orphans in it

Don’t do it. It’ll look shit.
Make the shelves to the depth of one of the chimney breasts (ideally the shallowest) and commit to it. If they are straight they will look fine.

I made these to go round our very shallow and not-perpendicular chimney breast. The bookshelf on the right lines up only with the boxed in section and the window. The one on the right lines up with nothing. But because they are straight they seem to fit just fine.

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Was going to say the white lines are obviously badminton court tramlines, trying to work out what the other colours are: black basketball and blue netball, no idea of green and red (indoor tennis one of them?)

Thanks.

Done and both fine, called the solicitor before and afyer

@aggi. Monzo needed some additional information and checks but all sorted.

Rant over!

I did not sand mine yet.
I still had tradesmen coming in / out so thought I do it after. Now I will probably do it before I sell in a couple of years ao it looks fresh.

If you have space to keep the spare lengths, do so as you might want to keep some to make a coffe table / bench / desk / workbench.

Put some photos up of that floor!

How did you lay yours? Junkers suggests nailing directly to the joists through the groove with a headless nail and then gluing the tongues.

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Adam (the carpenter guy I gave you details of) fitted them by gluing them fully to the floor then nailing them to the chipboards (I have a more modern house). This was to avoid squeaking as some of my chipboards were squeaky.

He did a great job, also cutting the door frames to perfection to slide the boards underneath.

@Vince - did you ever sell all those nice floor tiles you took up a while ago?

I think you are thinking of the tiles in my grandparents old farmhouse in France?

There were nicer ones in other rooms however we could not get any reclaimers wanting to travel to remove them.

Also cement tiles laid on cement are difficult to salvage!

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ahh, those were the ones.
The ones in my new house are very boring and 70's and will have to be replaced with something more appropriate.

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Classic french workmanship there. Get a ceiling leak mark and high energy bills?

suspend & clad the whole ceiling

How much do you have left?

It's not mine but I think there is around 40sqm. It's in Tottenham.

Cost per Sqm? It’s tung and grove right? Easy to DIY?
Our kitchen/ hallway is a terrible laminate that I could happily get rid of.

nil

I have a no ground rent, leasehold on a flat, no sinking fund.

Either I can let the landlord S20 us, or we can take on wear and tear maintenance ourselves. We're doing the latter for roof work currently.

I personally don't think it's necessary, the only question is whether people have enough savings to cover unexpected 4 and 5 figure surprises in the future. If they don't... sinking funds give a degree of peace of mind (but can still fall short).

I'm meh on it... if it's such a concern, can they afford home ownership? I have more questions about who controls the sinking fund and who gets quotes and authorises work.