DIY - Painting internal brick

Southampton.

Tbh the whole exterior needs sorting too, soffits, guttering, its on its original 100 year old roof to (which touch wood) is still fine

I have good and bad news:

https://flic.kr/p/2qzaR5U

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There is steelwork, one RSJ picking up the wall that was removed, and it looks like they bolted 2 small steels to pick up the chimney leafs the one side I have access to is 40cm long.  but, its not supported at one end, and has dropped about 5mm - that would explain the cracking in the chimney above it.  There is no evidence of any support or fixing on the end of the stubby bit so I assume its as designed.   The outer leaf is on a wooden joist.  I would have expected the steel to be fixed to joist or something else at the end not just left even if its short

No evidence the movement is recent, and given the evidence was the plaster had been repaired several times above the chimney I reckon it was settlement relatively soon after the lower stack was removed.

Needs to come out soon though.

Should have just painted over the wall paper

*looks like the block work to the side of the chimney was built to hide the flue as it comes from the corner of the room across to the stack.  why its built out of solid brick I don't know if it was just built to hide the flue bend

Is it a cocaine hook up app?

I wish it was.... it would be an easier sell!

[maybe I could integrate that as an additional upgrade?]

Tbh the whole exterior needs sorting too, soffits, guttering

Best do everything at once - the scaffolding is a major part of the cost - you don't really want to put it up twice.

I reckon it was settlement relatively soon after the lower stack was removed.

Makes absolute sense.

Should have just painted over the wall paper

Well, durr!

why its built out of solid brick I don’t know if it was just built to hide the flue bend

Because it's single skin flue and will get hot, a wooden enclosure would be a bad idea and against building regs.

I'm intrigued, how did you get on?

Not too bad, went the plasterboard route.  The plastering is ok from a distance, filler can be seen if you look close, but to be honest its in a better state than the rest of the room.   I kind of like the slightly battered look  - soon as something is perfect it makes everything else look rubbish.

One extra fun thing is that the essential central support part of that ikea bed is not included, i mean wtf, which lead to a panic drive to ikea and picking it up on the day guests were turning up.

It was a bit like one of those interior design tv programmes against the clock....back to work now for a rest

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You made a nice job of that. It's always good to feel your guests have somewhere comfortable.

I too was working to the last minute getting both a bathroom and spare bedrooms ready. Moving sockets so they had USB ports and lamps next to the bed was the final touch.

Its good to have a deadline, it means you get on with it.  My stairs are still in the undercoat I did about 8 years ago (!)

with more time I would have moved the sockets, and the woodwork ideally needed more than one coat, also would have taken the rad off and removed the paper from behind it / painted properly.  But had to prioritise!

Quite surprised my wife has yet to suggest getting on with the hallway now I have all the brushes to hand!  There was mention of the floor needing doing during NYE but I'll pretend I'd had too much to drink and hadn't heard 🙂

Brilliant job, well done!

cheers, amazing what a bit of paint can do 🙂

Nice job {thumbs up}