home improvement dilemma

brugnospamsia · 2005-07-30T17:18:10+00:00

Dear group,I have lived in my "first time buyer" terraced house for 21 years and can't see myself "upgrading" in the forseeable future.Having had the roof rebuilt, the 140 year old upstairs ceilings were shot and I found it made sense to completely replace them with new timbers and foil-backed plasterboard.I am now faced with two non-level, bouncy and bendy upstairs floors and given that the downstairs ceilings also need replacing, I am wondering if this is the best solution here too. The under-spec. joists run front to back and are (loosely) cemented in to the outside and stairwell walls so the replacement joists would have to be attached to wallplates and hangers. I plan to use 22mm t&g chipboard in anticipation that most buyers in my area tend to want carpet or laminate upstairs rather than sanded boards (I plan to have carpet upstairs and sanded boards downstairs).Having lived in the street so long, my observations make me doubt any of the other houses have had so much trouble expended on them ...Am I completely barking ?thanking you in anticipation ....

Jul 30, 2005 23 Replies

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Mary Fisher 20 years ago

Yes - it's the term 'sister' which intrigued me.

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Mary Fisher 20 years ago

I've often wondered what 'classy'means. My mother used to use the word.

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S Viemeister 20 years ago

I've heard it from a number of joiners, in the UK and the US.

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Mary Fisher 20 years ago

Right, thanks Sheila. That's all I wanted to know :-) I like learning new words. Or, as in this case, old words in new (tome) applications.

Mary

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