Owning your own home

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1920s terrace house so i doubt its stud walls.

The walls also dont align with upstairs / downstairs so no possible support.

But yes, i agree, i need to get a structural engineer in to confirm.

smash first, survey later.

We have identical houses.

All this time spent surveying could have been used to greater effect smashing.

Anyone know how to get the wooden frame bit out to replace a double glazed window? Is it just a hammer and chisel job?

See post 10452 above.

From the inside out, remove glass first.

Identical? Lol

SAME

Youve been gazumped! Im moving in!

The glass is in tact.

Do it from the out side in then, but be careful.

Looks like we don't have to replace the floorss after all! Pulled up the smelly carpets to reveal nice planks... Winning.
Met the neighbours - upstairs and from next door. Seemed nice. Pictures incoming, just need to stitch some panoramas.

First time in my life I've had a garden. What do you do with these things?

DONE.

First time in my life I've had a garden. What do you do with these things?

Endlessly prune, weed and mow.

concrete.

Great Battle Re-enactments.

Great Battle Re-enactments.

Warhammer or Warhammer 40K?

Grow food.

Decking, shed, BBQ, solar garden lights.

Sash windows can be restored and weatherstripped for about the same price as replacing with DG. They should last 8 years before needing another coat of paint on the exposed areas. Replacing a cill is about 1/2 days labour but most window specialist will use epoxy resin to repair windows in situ these days. I'm a specialist in restoring sash windows but only work in SW6, Mayfair & Richmond!

Please think about retaining sash windows and restoring them, partial restoration can still be very durable and weatherstripping stops them rattling and makes them easy to open and close and improves acoustic insulation. DG units in wood should be avoided (unless they are premium products properly installed by experts), anything in PVC will lose it's looks over time.

I usually only recommend DG in roof extensions where they are less visible and access for maintenance is difficult.

Heavy acoustic lined curtains are a good way to cut down noise and heat loss.

Here it is!
The floor boards are in much better shape than I thought - I think we'll just sand them and stick some varnish on em. The kitchen floor will probably get tiles as its in pretty rough shape. Also, that 70's wood panelling on the kitchen walls! The drain from upstairs' kitchen in the garden was blocked with rice and ghee... The neighbours seemed cool though so I'll just explain to them to put food in bins rather than down the sink... Really excited about cracking on with it though, not as much work as I imagined.

It looks like upstairs' fuse box is in our flat which wasn't picked up in the survey. If that's the case, it'll have to get moved asap.

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Whats DG?

i hate acronyms... How is anyone supposed to know. Think of the children and future generations FTW

last pictures everything looks squiff... That looks expensive.

Double glazing.

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