I'm Laura - I'm thirty-something, I live near Manchester in the U.K. and I'm a single mum to a teenage daughter called Alyssia. I love DIY and getting creative around the house. Subscribe to follow my Victorian house renovation journey!
You'll see me getting stuck in doing most of the work myself including joinery, plumbing (occasionally some plastering) and a lot of decorating! In the summer you'll see me out in the garden keeping on top of my outside space. I'm not a professional but hope that my videos can inspire you to take on projects yourself that you thought weren't possible. So if you want to see before and after of the renovation make sure you subscribe and watch the house take shape.
It looks like you have the hinges that can adjust the pitch of your doors. The doors that are rubbing don't look as if the gap is the same on the bottom edge. You don't have to take the hinge off see if you can or have the hinges that allow adjusting that way you can increase the gap on the doors that are rubbing.
Looks wonderful change and respect your diy skills. I am about to take on the project as well. How long did the renovation take? And how much did it cost in the end?
I’ve had no issues with it yet! I did check on the pipe spec and it can be used for central heating. I use copper to connect on to the valves but not under the floor as the push fit fittings can be used on copper or plastic pipe.
Not sure if you spotted that this was a room split so cost for doing that included here too - £1600chimney removal but that was all the way down to the ground £600 skips £1200 drain connections. Approx £900 plastering both rooms, then ballpark £400 for timber (I ended up doing suspended ceiling in bathroom as it wasn't level so cost more) then about £200 on plumbing bits and the bathroom suite cost about £600, around £350 for electrics plus tiles/decorating costs which obviously varies depending on the finish you're going for. It took a couple of months in total for both rooms but I wasn’t working on it every day!
OMGosh this is an amazing transformation. Well done gal. I love it. Just found you on here YT You must be very proud of your achievements. You've inspired me in my late 50's to get my garden transformed (fed up of shelling out to so called handymen!) xx
hi Laura, ur this vdo made me watch till end, and SUB your channel too, I am far from ur city, but now my heart is attached to your work and videos to see more n more, like n luv U and ur channel alot.........Respect n Regards for U🥰😍🤩😘
The external mitres are the real problem because the Mitre saw will only cut up to 45 degrees . If you had one that cut to about 48 you can get away with it.
Benjamin Moore Command is an industrial coating that is scrubbable. It also dries to touch in 15 minutes and fully cured in 24 hours. I'll never use anything else.
The wooden fence is Cuprinol ducksback Silver Copse, the metal fence is Dulux Weathershield dark grey undercoat and the decking stain is ronseal charcoal. All are linked and have been added to my Amazon store - www.amazon.co.uk/shop/lauradoeslife/list/18QZVLMYYTJU4?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_aipsflist_aipsflauradoeslife_KWBVE69A5QH0FZMNVYT5&language=en_US
