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A2H GO

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23rd Jul 13 at 09:37

Thanks for the comments. It’s been hard work and still going, not sure I’ll ever be completely happy, always seeing bits I want to do.

Still need to buy a loads of furnishings, our life possessions from our old place have pretty much been used up in one corner of the house

so it’s looking a bit bare at the moment.

Still need a big rug for the living room coffee table, tv unit, curtains/blinds throughout . I’d like a stone fireplace too. New lights for the living room hopefully going up this week and move the current ones to the hallway.

Can’t see the garden being started until next year, hopefully want to level it off.

More pics showing off my poor photography skills from last night.

Second bedroom (which we’re using for now)

Third bedroom

Fourth bedroom

Main bedroom

En suite (had to paint, re-grout and re-silicone the whole thing)

Stairs

Hall way

New flooring in downsairs loo

Lined the boards up between the rooms…

Front room

Doors in front room

Quick look at sofa before covers went back on for now

Back door painted

Roof cleaned at back (still need jet wash all the moss round the bottom and the patio slabs) will be decked eventually.

Need to relay the slabs, perhaps this weekend if I can get some sand delivered

Front garden, pretty much died in the heat over the last few days, been out with the hose but needed a sprinkler really and haven’t had time go buy one

Quick blurry one of the kitchen (will be re-tiling in the bevelled white rectangular tiles to freshen it up a bit, dishwaser to go in).

Wired in properly

Broad daylight with no blinds, still need to put a painted MDF pelmet up infront of the screen to hide it, another job for the weekend I think.

[Edited on 23-07-2013 by A2H GO]

Gary

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23rd Jul 13 at 10:37

Need a couple of floorstanders for either side of the projector now

A2H GO

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23rd Jul 13 at 10:53

For the speakers? Was going to stick them on the window ledges but glossed it two days ago and it's still tacky, bloody humid weather.

Also ordered the centre and rear speakers for the system, should be here this week, wires already in, it's nothing special but will do for what we need.

[Edited on 23-07-2013 by A2H GO]

Gary

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23rd Jul 13 at 11:11

http://www.richersounds.com/product/floorstanders/mordaunt-short/aviano-6/mord-aviano-6-dk-wal

Would look nice against your floor

A2H GO

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23rd Jul 13 at 11:44

Don't show me things like that, must resist...

Gary

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23rd Jul 13 at 11:45

Its a dangerous website!

ljames555

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23rd Jul 13 at 11:51

Get some artificial grass for out the front. Don't waste your life mowing and watering it.

Get rid of that carpet in the en suite.

Downstair flooring looks posh.

A2H GO

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23rd Jul 13 at 12:50

All the carpet thats left wants coming out at some point. We've used a proper carpet cleaning machine all the way through for now until funds allow.

Give it a few months the front lawn will come back and hopefully we'll be able to box the hedge round the outside. I do hate mowing though.

John

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23rd Jul 13 at 16:50

What are you doing about the surround Ash, do you just use it for the projector?

I've been trying to work out how to sneak a screen in as hidden as possible, I thought your over the window trick would work but then thought about the speakers

drunkenfool

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23rd Jul 13 at 18:16

Looks lovely mate! I've got my projector boxed in on the ceiling and no problems with it overheating. I'm sure yours will have an overheat protection on it anyway so if it does happen then it will stop itself from getting damaged and you can always make the hole bigger if needed :-)

A2H GO

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23rd Jul 13 at 19:04

quote:
Originally posted by John
What are you doing about the surround Ash, do you just use it for the projector?

I've been trying to work out how to sneak a screen in as hidden as possible, I thought your over the window trick would work but then thought about the speakers

I'll take pictures when the other 3 speakers have turned up, got the official Onkyo upgrade ones for the bargain price of £50 delivered on eBay.

The rear left comes out from under the floor in the corner and up some thin white conduit stuck against the white door frame so pretty inconspicuous. The rear right goes into the wall (same wall as the projector which is actually into the garage) up the wall then back in at the top.

Fronts are more difficult, going to just put them on the window ledge for now. Centre will have to go in the TV unit in the corner which isn't ideal, may eventually do another alcove in the centre of the bay above the screen to sit it in just don't like having stuff on show.

Got to have the sparky round again to wire the screen in properly, wire will go up into the roof in the bay on a switch. Then putting an MDF strip along the top of the bay, same colour as the wall to make the casing for the screen less obvious.

A2H GO

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23rd Jul 13 at 19:06

quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
Looks lovely mate! I've got my projector boxed in on the ceiling and no problems with it overheating. I'm sure yours will have an overheat protection on it anyway so if it does happen then it will stop itself from getting damaged and you can always make the hole bigger if needed :-)

Thanks dude, that was the original plan but this way I get an extra foot of throw given the distance isn't ideal, also means less keystone correction being able to have it lower down.

[Edited on 23-07-2013 by A2H GO]

Haimsey

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23rd Jul 13 at 20:03

That flooring is gorgeous! And laid very well by the looks of it.

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A2H GO

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23rd Jul 13 at 20:16

The Mrs old man laid it, he's a joiner of 40 years so I'm afraid I can't take the credit for it.

John

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23rd Jul 13 at 21:32

quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO

quote:
Originally posted by John
What are you doing about the surround Ash, do you just use it for the projector?

I've been trying to work out how to sneak a screen in as hidden as possible, I thought your over the window trick would work but then thought about the speakers

I'll take pictures when the other 3 speakers have turned up, got the official Onkyo upgrade ones for the bargain price of £50 delivered on eBay.

The rear left comes out from under the floor in the corner and up some thin white conduit stuck against the white door frame so pretty inconspicuous. The rear right goes into the wall (same wall as the projector which is actually into the garage) up the wall then back in at the top.

Fronts are more difficult, going to just put them on the window ledge for now. Centre will have to go in the TV unit in the corner which isn't ideal, may eventually do another alcove in the centre of the bay above the screen to sit it in just don't like having stuff on show.

Got to have the sparky round again to wire the screen in properly, wire will go up into the roof in the bay on a switch. Then putting an MDF strip along the top of the bay, same colour as the wall to make the casing for the screen less obvious.

I mean what do you do with the fact the projector points in a different direction from the TV, so the speakers can only be set up for one or the other? Do you only use with projector?

A2H GO

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23rd Jul 13 at 22:06

Ah sorry, misinterpreted that. Both TV and projector hooked up to surround but gets used about 10% of the time with the TV, so positioned for use with the projector.

MarkM

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23rd Jul 13 at 22:07

Is that Balterio flooring? If so I have it.

A2H GO

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24th Jul 13 at 06:16

No mate it's Quickstep.

deano87

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24th Jul 13 at 20:35

That piss stained carpet downstairs

Nice house by the way. Bit jealous like!

DansCorsaSXi

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24th Jul 13 at 20:42

Lovely house mate.

Sorry if i've missed it but whats plans for back garden?

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IvIarkgraham

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24th Jul 13 at 20:50

why is your 'front room' at the back of the house?

A2H GO

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25th Jul 13 at 09:32

quote:
Originally posted by DansCorsaSXi
Lovely house mate.

Sorry if i've missed it but whats plans for back garden?

Hopefully level the grassed area (keeping it grassed) then decking the patio'd bit all the way across the back of the house. Wendy house thing is gone and ordered sand and slate for this weekend to re-lay the slabs we took up for the pipework for now as it's not likely it's going to get done till next year.

A2H GO

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25th Jul 13 at 09:35