Woman VS Sander. (Plus Viewers Opinions Required !! re Original Cast Iron Bath – get involved) #138

Your opinion is required this week! In regards to the original cast iron bath from the house. Get involved and drop a comment below!

This week the bathrooms come along leaps and bounds.
With both of us working on them progress speeds up.
What could be funnier than watching Clare with a sander?

We also take the time to repurpose some of the items that were originally in the house when we bought the place with some stunning results.

We conclude this week – of course! With wine of the week and a Merlot – not just our dog but one of our favourite wines…

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[Applause] So I’ve just been putting some primer onto the walls inside the shower cubicle got to let that dry now for at least 4 hours so that’s all that’s going to happen in here today although I’ll go and prime the other shower cubicle walls um that helps the waterproofing stuff

Stick to it uh which is what I’ll be applying tomorrow um so yeah putting waterproofing everything prior to tiling so just another barrier just in case there’s any any water that goes through the joints of the tiles so yeah protecting it for the future well good morning

Um so yeah the primer I put on the shower walls um that’s all gone off overnight and yeah dry to the touch so now I can start putting the waterproofing Compound on it something I need to roll On I started off in the corner there um just as CLA is jointing and taping all the plastic Ward and putting uh jointing tape in the corners a jointing tape is what is supplied with this which just means if there is any movement between the walls this is kind of a little bit

Flexible but because it’s also got the waterproofing on it it should provide a permanent water Barrier so a few weeks ago we bought some furniture and this was one of the items um which is a yeah large unit with a marble top um I’m going to try and cut the top today to fit a wash Bowl on and

Uh a tap to go with that it’s not just a simple hole for this Basin it’s got an overflow Channel which means that um it’s more of a a keyhole shape that I need to cut for it um so yeah it’s not just a straightforward as one drill bit the way

I’m going to cut the hole is actually cut two holes um intersecting um yeah give it to Go [Applause] He Well that’s gone right have a look at it wonderful I need to drill a tap hole on the marble for for the Basin but as we haven’t bought the tap yet I’m not going to do that today I’m going to wait till got the tap and then

It’s not going to be in the wrong place I’m also going to need to modify the unit I’m going to have to cut the top draw here to allow for the waste pipe to go to the base and to allow for the the water pipes to to come in for the Taps

Um when I’ve just been having a look through it I’ve noticed some telltale signs of possibly some woodworm so what I’m going to do is give this a good coat of xylophanes well so uh might as well get them and spray That well I’ve given that unit a decent ding of xylophon so um that should protect everything going forward all right well I’m going to let that all dry off before I find out how to get the waste pipes and everything cut into it so this is the Basin that we’ve got

For the on site and um it actually did come with its own stand but it just sat it on this old sewing machine base and we both went oh we like that so we’re going to try and make that look pretty and fit the Bas onto the top it has

However arrived without a tap hole so I’m going to have to drill that Out with drw free Basin now has a tap hole and it’s in the middle Think I’ve come outside to one of the barns when we bought the house inside there was an old sewing machine in a room and I will show you a picture anyway we’ve taken the top and the actual machine off of the legs and we are left with this now I did have a

Little look on the internet I don’t think it’s of anything historically important there is hundreds of these bases for sewing tables in England in France I don’t know about all over the world but they are 10 a penny and what we’re going to do with this we are going to

Put uh some wooden blocks on the top just to raise it slightly and then we’re going to put the I’m going to say this properly not sink we’re going to put the Basin for the on Suite on top of here firstly however I want to give this a real good clean

Down with some hot soapy water and then I’m going to spray it with a spray Paint back in the on the Matra and I think it is now time to get a bit of plaster board up here to put across this Gap and then this room will be completely separate from this room um so yeah that will enable CLA to to finish the jointing and taping in the

On street here um and I can start cutting the wall for lights and things like that um yeah let’s get on with It here we are the room is now a room I brought in the toilet and Basin just to get them lined up where they’re going to go just to check out really where exactly do we want the lights where do we want the socket where

Do we want the power for the heated tow things like that um actually remarkably spacious in here it’s quite a nice nice room and you come here through the Cupboard toilet a Shower Right so that’s the two wires for the lights that are going to be either side of the mirror in there push through the wall now going to cut a hole for that which will house the socket yes it’s the right Size Hello Merlo not not yet we’re not ready yet it’s a bit early too early so we’re taking the dogs out for an evening walk down R principal to the other end of shenon which is not far at all and there’s a couple of ponies that uh when she remembers she

Brings out carrots for and they seem to like it it’s not really my outfit I this one night rider this one this one’s my favorite this one’s py there Flora what’ you make of that not a lot I look like I’m on day release calling a horse floppy and Night Rider I covered up all of the furniture that could possibly get hit with any backlash of spray paint now I’m about to go in and start this aha there it is put it down for a minute so I’m going in with Dulux color touch silver bye black That’s already an instant transformation um I’m going to let this side dry and then I’m going to come back later flip it over and spray the top half wow fumes however I’m looking for a sander I’ve managed to find two but they’re not the correct ones it’s

Just it’s an absolute dump in here it’s just like dump it and leg it look why why you why is there one of my cafeta Bottoms in here found the Sanders then well so we got two there here’s another two Sanders I don’t know how many you

Can operate at one time got two hands exactly I have the many hands additional four Sanders like this aren’t we lucky aren’t we lucky indeed there you go dear thank you dear all yours so I’m in here all on my Lans today least I have some lights got

Another one to tape and Joint I have the [Applause] Power one of the things I did was remove the old coing from around the room um cuz it wasn’t going to work and I needed anyway it needed to come down um I’ve been a bit overzealous with my plaster removal around the window area here um and a little bit overzealous over

There um what I need to do um just going to trim off the excess up there and then fit some plaster board and then maybe go over it with a a skim of plaster um just to tidy it up really um I’m going to be fitting coing in here

But it won’t cover what I’ve taken Off [Applause] La Well it could have gone better um I have one out of next um some of it’s having to go on quite thick so um it’s not a finished surface at the moment so I’m not going to show you a closeup and I’m not going to show you the state of the floor

Underneath it either cuz a lot of it decided it didn’t want to stick to the Ceiling not so much of it on the floor this time I’m not going to show you but there isn’t so much on the floor at the moment um a lot of it is now up in the ceiling but I’m going to leave it there and come back to it

Tomorrow 5 minutes later I’m getting somewhere unfortunately in this room sorry there’s nowhere for all of the Dust To Go part from out here so it’s getting really dusty but I managed to go over a load of things some them I am covered I managed to do these two tape and

Joint it looks like I’ve had an afternoon with Pablo Escobar other Colombian drug lords are available um um yeah it’s quite hard especially when you’re doing the ceiling um yeah just cracking on really so you know it’s also really hard to film while you’re doing

It I mean the camera that I’m using is my phone and it’s just absolutely White Right well that’s a bit more plaster board up on the wall um insulated behind again to help sort of soundproof between the two rooms this time CLA suggested I put the full panel up at the the top um which means that there is no joint for

Her to fill up there down here I’m going to be tiling so yeah it’ll be that’ll be easily hidden things down I have got another one that I can tape and Joint here you’re in the room aren’t you yeah I’m in the room you’re breathing again I’m in the room what

Time you’re using something that’s got a strong smell to it yes what what what is that seant silic sealant no no children don’t do that go go go go Go I have now flipped the table over and I’m ready to spray the top half just go over any bits I’ve missed as well however I’ve added an item I found this wall scon in a like a Brant kind of shop a few days ago uh 15 I think over the

Years it’s been sprayed many different colors if I’ve got enough paint left I’m going to give this a good spray as well to go in the same on Suite Bathroom and that is another job done yay now this behind me Tada is the original cast iron bath that was in the house when we got here it has moved rooms um as you can see it’s lovely and white apart from it being little bit dirty and having somebody’s office on

The end of it um it’s in pretty good condition the enamel I think there’s only one tiny chip nothing can really go wrong with that don’t want to reenel it however what I would like your opinion on is do I paint the side and the feet of this

Bath or should I just leave it white just to give you a bit more of an understanding of this and of course excuse the mess but all of the fittings in these two bathrooms are Chrome so this is a floor standing bath tap the shower fittings are Chrome the the sink

Taps or the Basin Taps sorry they’re all Chrome and yep don’t get me wrong it would look great with gold but don’t want to go out and Reby everything now so what do you think do I paint it do I paint the sides and then do I paint

The feet another color cuz they’re white as well the bathroom tiles are green so here’s a couple of options there’s this which is Duck Green don’t know really how well that goes with the tiles there’s this which is jungle 7 or there’s Cyprus 2 which matches I

Think that’s the best match with the tiles do you think I should paint the bath sides in Cyprus 2 do you think I should maybe do the feet in Chrome or do I really pimp this bath out now again I know it’s not really going to go with

The Chrome but it’s going to be a bit of a a wow feature do I even do it with gold leaf shall I Gold Leaf the bath and do the feet in green or the opposite way should I do the feet in Gold Leaf and should I do the bath in

Green I’ve got to decide pretty soon so yeah any suggestions with this are welcome I will let you into um a little fact that we did go out and we did buy a couple of mirrors for this bathroom um they’re quite ornate they are gold gold colored but they’re quite big statement

Pieces um I don’t think they’ll really go too badly with all of the chrome accessories and Taps and things but yeah your opinion counts if you’ve got one comment below let’s see with the wonders of YouTube and you through all out the world what this bath could end up looking like

This afternoon I’m back in the world of sanding hell uh I’m ready to go some of my plaster it’s still not gone off uh but I’m just going to crack on and do the rest of it let’s get this show on the road woohoo All [Applause] Well um I’ve been at this for quite a while now uh I’m not taking the mask off cuz it’s still Dusty in here I’ve gone I’ve left those two strips they’re still damp but I’ve also done the wall there the wo there still got to do up there and

Breathe time is ticking on for today I still have to go and walk the dogs and Nick and I’m also going to make a roast Lon I could also do with a bit of a shower now um I’d say that’s a good day’s work making Progress hi and welcome to Wine of the week um red wine this week French unsurprisingly we have a and it was under €6 from our local hyper U I think it’s a brand that is sent worldwide um plastic cork so it’s quite unusual for a French wine it does have the brand

Signature wonky bottle um yes it’s not just we’ve had a few it’s actually wonky bottle yes here it goes so uh well in case you havn’t yet realized it’s because of this grape that we named our dog it is Merlo is named after Merlo anyway we’ve had a good week we

Definitely have it’s been very productive and you’ve been well taking taking a sander to a wall all week yes I don’t know why taking a sander to a wall and if it’s this direction no no thank you for showering as well I thought you liked it dirty anyway if you have liked this

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