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We used Peelaway on our cast iron fireplaces. Very effective but messy and time consuming if you have a lot of ornate detailing. Yours look quite plain so should be easier and even if its not metal this stuff will work well. You will need to be careful with your newly laid floorboards though as you need to use water to wash down the surfaces after you've removed the paint.

This is also going up on Ebay this weekend if there is no interest here.

Any interest in this before I put it on Ebay this weekend?

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Bought this for my niece last summer so only 1 year of use before she shot up and outgrew it and still in really good condition.
It came with the cross tyres fitted but I have the road tyres and some short style mudguards to go with it.

£300 - Collection from Forest Hill SE23

Spec:

• Narrow and short-drop child-specific handlebars
  
• 18-speed gears with Microshift short-reach brake levers
  
• Auxillary brake levers for added confidence
  
• Lightweight but sturdy frame
  
• Tektro Oryx cantilever brakes
  
• Patented short Frog cranks for easier pedalling (140mm)
  
• Quick release seat post for easy height adjustment
  
• Two sets of tyres: Kenda road and Kenda cyclocross tyres
  
  

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My mother in law bought this at the start of the first lock down last year. It's been used a grand total of 4 times and only for short distances so apart from a bit of dust it's pretty much new. For a variety of reasons she's just not used it so it has to go, before I try eBay/Gumtree I thought I'd see if there was any interest on here.

£1350 collection from Forest Hill SE23

Raleigh Motus Low Step Derailleur Electric Bike
Size - 45 cm or 18"
Includes Charger and a Abus D lock
Full spec can be found here

Did you fit those boards yourself Ed or get someone to do it for you?
Will be in need of a decent fitter to lay some reclaimed boards in our loft soon. Can you pass on details if you would recommend them?

Yeah something is not quite right about his response. I've got a call with him on Thursday so will have it out with him then. Will look at measuring the steps to see if they are equal as well.

So we had our new loft staircase installed last week. When the guy came round to do the survey they needed to know what type of flooring we're having and how thick it will be so they could calculate the correct height for the new stairs. I'm sure at the time either he or one of the loft company team said this was so they could get a flush level with that final flooring height (we are getting reclaimed and refinished pine boards which are 20mm thick).
Yesterday I noticed that there is only 22 mm from the floor joist to the top of the last tread, so that means the sub floor will be flush with the last step but then we've still got 20mm of pine boards to go on top of that. When I brought this up with the loft guys they said the floor fitter will sort out that junction with a wood nosing but I can't see how that will work with the bullnose end of the last tread already there?
He also said the floor thickness was needed for when the carpenter hangs the doors not so that the steps were flush with the final floor height. Is he just trying to fob me off or is this standard practice and I must of just assumed the whole flush with floor level thing?

If only we had the budget to spec those - the skylights will be fixed frame in this case but the big Velux windows in the main room will be triple glazed with a heat reflective coating to try and mitigate the heat build up in the summer.

Yes, lower ceiling than the rest of the house so pendants are not going be practical. We're definitely getting dimmers and will probably have at least one table/floor lamp in each bedroom. The section above the bay is a gable end so will either be storage or boarded up and not part of the room. The two Velux windows are going to be pretty big so should be plenty of light in there.

Initial contract figure was 55k for the build and I was budgeting for about 70k all in but we we got slapped with an extra 3.5k for the increase costs in materials plus all the other stuff you don't expect so my contingency has evaporated. Probably end up going a bit over 70 now.

Looks similar to ours although we're putting the bathroom in the middle between the bedrooms. One thing I'm trying to work out is the lighting - how many spots and where to put them. The pink dots in this sketch are the spots, green dot above stairs is a pendant, and an additional wall light in the bathroom. I think the bedrooms are ok but not sure about the bathroom and hallway lighting arrangement.

That seems like rapid progress for 7 days. We're on day 10 and they are building out the rest of the back bedroom dormer and boarding the whole frame out hopefully.

As @Howard mentioned we're definitely getting the chimney stacks and brick work up there sorted while the scaffold is up as I know they are both in a bit of state.

We also had some fun and games with the rain on Tuesday, walked into the bathroom at 7am to find water gushing in through the top of the window frame! Was not a good start to the day.

We are 2 weeks into our loft build and look to be in a similar stage to yours. Although your site looks a hell of lot tidier than ours! The labourer has been missing all week so there is crap piled up all over the place. Are you doing a L shaped dormer or just the single?

If anyone is looking for some loft boards or timber battens I'm looking to off load this lot -
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/367590/#comment16163834

Battens in various lengths

Clearing out my loft in preparation for it being converted, got a whole stack of loft boards roughly 45 of a long length and a bunch of half sizes and off cuts. A bit dirty and all of them have screw holes in but still in decent nick. I've also got a stack of timber battens most of which are treated.
Loft boards - £80
Timber battens - £50

Collection from Sydenham SE26

I've been dabbling in modding old Seiko's again. This one is from the lates 70's with a 7025 movement bought on here from @Sumo. New crystal and switched the dial and hands for a more military style look.

Speedy Tuesday for me too.
Switched the clasp on the Forstner flat link to an Omega one which helps the fit on my skinny wrists.

Will have a look on Aliexpress, just found this on Watchgecko which doesn't look too bad.
https://www.watchgecko.com/geckota-3-piece-leather-watch-case-black

Anyone got a recommendation for a decent watch box/roll for 3/4 watches that doesn't cost about £300?