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Bathroom renovation

May 21, 2021 Joinery, Painting and renovating, Plumbing, Sanitary Comments Off

The bathroom looked really dated, no insulation, and overall a terrible looking bathroom, old grotty shower cubicle with a moody power shower, hot water was from a tank with hardly any pressure and way not enough for a bath. So all was gutted and replaced with a brand spanking new everything! This post shows an extensive set of photographs as well as a couple of videos shot showing the various stages of the renovation with commentary explaining the stages of the work

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Video Diary of the bathroom renovation on 2020 12 08

Video Diary of the bathroom renovation on 2020 12 23

Video Diary of the bathroom renovation on 2020 12 26

Video Diary of the bathroom renovation on 2021 01 07

Video Diary of the bathroom renovation on 2021 01 11

Video Diary of the bathroom renovation on 2021 01 26

Cottage Entrance Porch

July 16, 2017 Building, Garden, General, Joinery, Painting and renovating, Roofing Comments Off

A Cottage with a tired porch, now all nice and tidy!

Porch Custom Made

The old porch looked a little used up to say the least

Old and rotten

The old built is gone

Frame of the new Porch

Cladding in and out

Cladding finished

Porch under construction

Porch under construction, almost finished

Porch, inner and outer cladding

Porch with skylight

Work by Bib’ll Fix it.

April 20, 2017 Building, DIY, Fencing, Flooring, Garden, General, Joinery, Painting and renovating, Roofing Comments Off

In the past 3 years We haven’t stopped being busy, so busy that this website was neglected, well, here is a quick gallery of major projects in the past few years. I cover most trades except wall papering, plastering (large areas) and Slabbing…

: Cat Run

: Cat run

: Cat Run

: cat run with removable roof

: cat run

: cat run and shed painted

: bespoke joinery

: Bespoke joinery

Skirting painting and ceiling lights

February 12, 2014 Electrical, Painting and renovating Comments Off

A new customer needed a hand to finish painting his newly renovated home, I helped by painting a coat of gloss throughout the downstairs kitchen,hallway, toilet and upstairs hallway.

Client was glad to have found me and was so pleased with the job that he will contact me again when there is more painting in order.

Whilst I was there, I fitted a ceiling light in the toilets as well as a towel rail and mirror.

Menstrie – Various things

February 5, 2014 General, Painting and renovating Comments Off

A regular customer in Menstrie required a few things mended in a newly rented property:

Affix lining paper on a plastered wall
Paint a door
patch a couple of holes in walls
refit a piece of skirting board
A door needed a new handle fitted (which I purchased)

All work carried out over a few ways as the door required a few coats (inc. undercoat)

Wall lined with paper

Door to paint (undercoat and 2 coats of gloss)

Bare plaster wall

A piece of skirting to fit

Door needing a new handle

Menstrie – Storm Repairs

November 27, 2013 Electrical, Garden, General, Joinery, Painting and renovating Comments Off

New customer Living in Dunblane but letting a house in Menstrie. A couple of things needing done:

Water damaged ceiling needing mended
Upstairs wall to re surface (a hole was open to repair the water leakage)
Broken lower glass pane of the kitchen door to be replaced with a panel of wood
Blown down Garden fence to be re-erected
Some sockets to replace and others to remove

No problems for Bib! 😀

During construction

Job Done – Customer very happy!

Doors, shower, tv aerial cable and garden gate

October 29, 2013 DIY, Garden, General, Joinery, Painting and renovating, Sanitary Comments Off

A new customer (word of mouth from another delighted client) needed a few things done:

Three new doors coated in eggshell oil based paint (two coats)
a shower basin needing re-sealed
A wall mounted TV needing a shorter aerial cable (made to measure)
A garden gate to be adjusted

All done to customer satisfaction!

Living room re-decorating

October 15, 2013 Painting and renovating Comments Off

Worked for myself this time, my living room desperately needed a refresh… See pictures below.

The key aspects of any decoration are:

Remove all fittings (electrical/nails/rails etc.)
Wash thoroughly all the walls and ceiling
Cover all irregularities or holes with poly-filler (after removing plugs etc.)
Sand the poly filler smooth
Mask the skirting boards, windows etc. and only then one can
Paint (which is really fast)!

More often than not, this type of work involves skipping steps 1 to 5 and jump directly to step 6 which may seem to be a time saver but really does not work at all as one is left with ugly paint marks all over the fittings and unsightly holes and cracks etc. -or- one can be very careful and try to painfully avoid painting over the fittings, which usually does not succeeds and can take longer than preparation itself 🙂