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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:28 am | |
| Hi, following my previous thread in Banter, i've dug out a few pics of when I built the fourth bedroom extension onto my house. They aren't detailed, thought they were for some reason, but it at least shows you the project in a before and after way. The plans: Before work commenced, there was a single storey side extension, which was the dining room. Picture showing work in progress, old roof off, new walls half way up. Picture showing the roof & tiling going on, I used pre fabricated trusses from a specialist company for the roof, these are easy to fit, just placing into position and nailing on required. Picture showing the finished project externally. I created a balcony so that there was a holiday feel to it at the weekends. |
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delboy Mad Destination Expert
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:46 am | |
| The old glass of wine on the balcony. I bet Jan was sent of a shopping trip whilst you did the 60 minute makeover Rodney's project is going to take 3 years and thats to plaster the walls PS it looks really good, i bet Jan was pleased |
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WirralScouse DE/Prophet of Doom
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:53 pm | |
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Daryn Admin
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:44 pm | |
| Brilliant mate, the balcony ads the final touch love it _________________ |
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Daryn Admin
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:46 pm | |
| Did you build on top of the original extention or did you flatten it and start again ? _________________ |
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beeech Lil 'ol wine drinker
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:14 pm | |
| Good work Mark ! Does Jan stand on the balcony shouting " Romeo, Romeo................" |
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WirralScouse DE/Prophet of Doom
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:52 pm | |
| She does, but he doesn't hear the "whereforeartthou" call as he's in Selsey pigging out in the Massive Helpings Cafe and larging it at the entertainment place on the caravan site. |
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beeech Lil 'ol wine drinker
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:03 pm | |
| " Whereforeartthou" ? " I'm at the 'riviera' my love......havin' a large portion.....yessssssss "...! |
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WirralScouse DE/Prophet of Doom
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:16 pm | |
| Excellent beeech.Loved it.No wonder you are into the bard's lingo living as close as you do to Stratford-on-Avon.Never got him myself.Went once to a summer evening open-air theatre production of Two Gentlemen of Verona in the garden of a stately home.Never been so bored in my life.And bitten by midges.Departed at the interval.Call me a Philistine.Yes I know-I am a Philistine. |
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beeech Lil 'ol wine drinker
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:57 pm | |
| - WirralScouse wrote:
Went once to a summer evening open-air theatre production of Two Gentlemen of Verona in the garden of a stately home.
That was at Farkham Hall wasn't it WS ? ( just outside SOA ) !............................ |
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WirralScouse DE/Prophet of Doom
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:54 pm | |
| No it wasn't it was Sheldon Manor, Wiltshire.We went with all the other poseurs.Champers and canapes and inconsequential chit-chat on the lawns before the play.I could play the part in those days. But I love that Farkham Hall reference. Worthy. |
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delboy Mad Destination Expert
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:59 am | |
| Marks Extension to Champers on the lawn at Farkham Hall love it |
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:20 pm | |
| - Daryn wrote:
- Did you build on top of the original extention or did you flatten it and start again ?
Built on top mate. Roof off completely, fitted the correct size floor joists in between the existing ceiling joists as they were too small to take a floor. |
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Mick ALL ROUND GOOD GUY
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:26 pm | |
| Will it be a wrench leaving the house at all, after all the work you have done on it mate? _________________ Mick
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:39 pm | |
| I'm hoping not mate. Done a bit of soul searching before making the decision to put it on the market. 21 years is a long time, my kids have spent virtually all their lives here. But reached a conclusion that life is but a journey, and this part of the journey is over for now. Onwards and upwards |
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DadsBarmy
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:50 am | |
| Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We are traveling by train, out the windows, we drink in the passing scenes of children waving at a crossing, cattle grazing on a distant hillside, row upon row of corn and wheat, flatlands and valleys, mountains and rolling hillsides and city skylines.
But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, our dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. Restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes - waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
When we reach the station, that will be it!" We cry. "When I'm 18." "When I buy a new 450sl Mercedes Benz!" "When I put the last kid through college." "When I have paid off the mortgage!" "When I get a promotion." "When I reach retirement, I shall live happily ever after!"
Sooner or later, we realize there is no station, no one place to arrive. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us. "Relish the moment" is a good motto. It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today. Regret is reality, after the facts.
So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles.
Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream,
go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along.
The STATION will come soon enough
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delboy Mad Destination Expert
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:58 am | |
| Dad, Dad are we there yet |
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DadsBarmy
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:02 am | |
| No the blooming Donkey is standing on the level crossing and disrupting all traffic |
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Mick ALL ROUND GOOD GUY
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:30 am | |
| I felt the same when my sister's & myself had to sell our Mum & Dad's house Mark. All 3 of us were born in that house, my old Dad died there & we all thought that it would see my Mum out as well, if you know what I mean. I have been past it a few times, but my sister's can't bear to see it again. Possibly in time, they might, but for now that is their way of coping with the loss. _________________ Mick
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:48 pm | |
| Definitely a toughie Mick, once a house makes the transition from bricks and mortar into a 'home', then there becomes an attachment. |
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beeech Lil 'ol wine drinker
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:56 pm | |
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I can see where you're both coming from - but it must be exciting to think of making a new 'home' again...is it not ?
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beeech Lil 'ol wine drinker
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:58 pm | |
| BTW......lovely verse from Dads...rep from me |
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: Building an extension Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:00 pm | |
| It ticks a few boxes beeech.
Yes, a new project. But the equity also wipes the slate clean, so going into the new project with no debts and potentially no mortgage (maybe a small one to have funds to do the renovation work with) really appeals. |
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