Study - first internal work - January 2009

With the new bathroom on the first floor now at the front of the house and the thermal store and boiler downstairs in what will be the utilit room, I coudl take merge the old boiler rooom and old bathroom into one. I have no photos showing the removal of the stud wall between the two rooms, but it was a messay job removing the ver crumbly paster and lathfrom 4 wall faces and from the ceiling. I also had to remove the old bath, basin and WC while keeping all the exisitn gplumbing working. These pictures show what I did next.

Old chimney breast

There had alwasy been a draught and this is where it had been coming from! The bricks at the bottom had slipped.
Old chimney breast

Bricked up, the lower bricks - which fell out - were replaced and a hole left for a vent.
Floor joists

The old bathroom had lots of pipes and these had been run in notches in the joists. I removed all the old pipes and over filled the notches with new timber then planed them down once the glue had set.

Stabilising rod

There should have been noggins between the joists according to the plans but there were none and so I fitted new bits of 8x2 and screwed them into place.
New ceiling

The old ceiling above the boiler room was in a very poor state, so I re-plasterboarded it (after running in some audio cables for the bathroom above)
Ceiling completed

Double boarded to match exisitng ceiling level, just needs skimming now.

Wall between studa and back bedroom

With new sheep's wool insulation - mostly for noise but partly for heat. I also put new battens on the floor to reduce noise and dust between the rooms which had been a problem beforehand.
Wall plasterboarded.

Where the bath taps used to be

Though difficult to see, there are bricks missing here between the joists.

Bath head end repaired

New brickwork - the joists were also treated hence the darker colour - though I saw no evidence of any problems.
Waste and soil pipes before

Gone!

Waste pipes removed and holes filled, and soil pipe removed and bricked up.

Old soil pipe bricked up

OK, not very neat...

Old chimney breast There had alwasy been a draught and this is where it had been coming from! The bricks at the bottom had slipped.	Old chimney breast Bricked up, the lower bricks - which fell out - were replaced and a hole left for a vent.	Floor joists The old bathroom had lots of pipes and these had been run in notches in the joists. I removed all the old pipes and over filled the notches with new timber then planed them down once the glue had set.
Stabilising rod There should have been noggins between the joists according to the plans but there were none and so I fitted new bits of 8x2 and screwed them into place.	New ceiling The old ceiling above the boiler room was in a very poor state, so I re-plasterboarded it (after running in some audio cables for the bathroom above)	Ceiling completed Double boarded to match exisitng ceiling level, just needs skimming now.
Wall between studa and back bedroom With new sheep's wool insulation - mostly for noise but partly for heat. I also put new battens on the floor to reduce noise and dust between the rooms which had been a problem beforehand.	Wall plasterboarded.	Where the bath taps used to be Though difficult to see, there are bricks missing here between the joists.
Bath head end repaired New brickwork - the joists were also treated hence the darker colour - though I saw no evidence of any problems.	Waste and soil pipes before	Gone! Waste pipes removed and holes filled, and soil pipe removed and bricked up.
Old soil pipe bricked up OK, not very neat...