The scaffold went up last week, and will apparently be up for 2 weeks in order to complete the external roof repairs responsible for my leak which start today. I imagine that it will likely be up for at least 4 weeks, but will remain optomistic. Luckily I will be away for some of it!
Because the wall to the right of the fireplace was now the ONLY wall left in the entire flat with lining paper left, and because Im a bit of a perfectionist, and because I've had a good long break from any DIY(save my epic wall paper removal last sunday afternoon) - I decided to give one more DIY push before my holiday. This wall was much more challenging as I needed to keep the shelf supports in place, but I'm glad at last to see the back of that horrible bumpy lining paper. The builders start work on the inside of the flat on Tuesday morning when they drop the living room ceiling so Ive moved EVERYTHING into the bedroom to give them space to work and to keep things somewhat dust free.
Its not particularly pleasant to have my evening view of the sunset obscured by scaffold poles, but this Sunday afternoon I found a great new use for them. They make a perfect outdoor clothes drying rack. With the hot summer sun beating down my clothes were dry by dusk. (Yes - it did happen here in London - the temperature actually hit 30C!!)
Here is the view from my roof top (looking north towards the city) which was taken this morning when I met the builders to go over the works required to stop the leak in my flat. Works start on the interior repairs on Tuesday so I'll be moving everything out of the room this weekend.
When the living room was painted 3 years ago, we only removed the lining paper in areas where it was particularly bad and peeling and the best walls were left as is. As the insurance company has agreed pay for a complete new plasterboard ceiling where the leak left water stains and damage, and also for re-painting the whole room which will then be required, I decided it was time to strip the remaining wallpaper and have the wall re-plastered before the repair works start. I spent 9 hours today peeling off the paper. Not a particularly fun task, but I know I'll be glad when its all nice and smooth!
Here is my progress over the course of the day:
11:00am
1:00pm
3:00pm
5:00pm
8:00am the next day
Better late than never... here are some photos from my the day at the Olympic Park - ok - so its not what's happening 'Behind the Blue Door', but its happening in my city.
