{"id":14025,"date":"2024-04-10T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=14025"},"modified":"2024-04-11T14:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:39:33","slug":"home-diy-blue-room-storage-pt-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=14025","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Blue Room, Pt IX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nearly done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This morning I reinstalled the coving, forward of its old position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the job.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I purchased the above, from Screwfix. I have to confess that the plastic mitre guide didn\u2019t really work as well as I\u2019d hoped. It did get me most of the way there. But I had to finesse it (hardly the right word for my amateurish bodging!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gaah!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The pic atop this post is how it looks now. I just need to fill in this annoying gap (above). The following images show how I got there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using the new mitre guide\u2026 or about to.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First piece up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I just used the mitre guide, without thinking too hard, to make the first cut – above – and thought \u2018fab, that was easy!\u2019 But I soon discovered all was not as intended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second piece up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I managed the join a little better on the second go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Third piece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This pic reveals the shortcomings of the first cut. Still, never mind. Live and learn, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than buy new coving, as I\u2019m poorer than the proverbial church mouse, I\u2019m re-using what I took down. That broke into shorter sections, during removal. So this final span required three pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fourth and final segment goes up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m takin a short rest break. After which I\u2019ll may try and fill in the aforementioned irritating gap. It\u2019ll need a lick of paint, to refresh it. Not sure if we have any \u2018flat white\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another perhaps more pressing step is to measure up for the vertical dividing panel. I was going to get that at West End DIY, this art\u2019noon. But Simon, the only one there who can cut stuff to order, was\u2019nae in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I bought the ply at Ridgeons, now known as Huws Gray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Divider goes in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I did get some white paint at West End DIY, for undercoating this unit, and tarting up certain other areas, such as the coving that I shifted forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T\u2019other side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This still needs another vertical at the back, to secure the dividing panel along all edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Planing back to flush.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I might pop out to Wickes this evening? To get the last bit(s) of timber, and – more or less (structurally, at any rate) – finish this project off. Then it\u2019ll be time to start filling, sanding, and painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final phase for today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did<\/em> pop to Wickes. And bought two more roof battens. They\u2019re ideal for this job. I added a length to the rear of the vertical partition. So that\u2019s now secured on all four edges. The whole thing feels incredibly solid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Partition completed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Certain steps were quite fiddly. Like cutting the skirting profile into the bottom of this final upright. But patience and persistence got me there in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attached on all four edges.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Antonio and Sofi visited this afternoon, dropping off some of Antonio\u2019s stuff. He\u2019s going back to Spain (again!), for a brief work do, over the weekend. He moves in on Monday\u2026 Crikey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning I reinstalled the coving, forward of its old position. I purchased the above, from Screwfix. I have to confess that the plastic mitre guide didn\u2019t really work as well as I\u2019d hoped. It did get me most of the way there. But I had to finesse it (hardly the right word for my … <\/p>\n

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