Old houses. Surprising finds

[littlespark]

Another photo from a house I’m working in. Joiner is replacing the plasterboard and insulating the wall before new kitchen.


So, from the left
Bricked up doorway leading to garage next door (or may have been original kitchen area)
You can still see the actual door, being used as framing.
Central bricked up fireplace with decorative wooden surround above.
obligatory alcove to the right of fireplace.
far right, at the top.... lovely wallpaper. Fourth pattern exposed in the same room!

 

[pirate]

Quite a bit of history right there!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Another photo from a house I’m working in. Joiner is replacing the plasterboard and insulating the wall before new kitchen.

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So, from the left
Bricked up doorway leading to garage next door (or may have been original kitchen area)
You can still see the actual door, being used as framing.
Central bricked up fireplace with decorative wooden surround above.
obligatory alcove to the right of fireplace.
far right, at the top.... lovely wallpaper. Fourth pattern exposed in the same room!

Nice photo. The dust sheet is doing it's job well

 

[Mike Johnson]

I love old house's they are so much more interesting than the modern assembly box.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Love jobs like those where you uncover lots of original features or hidden doors and windows

likewise I have found 80 year old news papers under floors , make very interesting reading

 

[westward10]

Did some work in a high street estate agents recently and the top third floor has restricted access due to incomplete floorboards. All the 50/60s wallpaper is mostly intact and one bedroom has a teenagers pop posters on the walls from the era a proper time capsule and I wondered where are they now.

 

[Zerax]

Did some work in a high street estate agents recently and the top third floor has restricted access due to incomplete floorboards. All the 50/60s wallpaper is mostly intact and one bedroom has a teenagers pop posters on the walls from the era a proper time capsule and I wondered where are they now.

They're probably all grown up now...

 

[telectrix]

guy i know (used to be a neighbour) inherited old farmhouse. when they moved in they decided to knock kitchen and living room into 1. the dividing wall was 3 ft. thick so they anticipated major strucural work. on smashing off plasterboard on kitchen side, found a coal fire with oven to one side, in pristine condition.

 

[buzzlightyear]

must be the same builder.

 

[pirate]

Ah...the old "3 aerials" trick!
The lighting is spectacular!

 

[buzzlightyear]

Ah...the old "3 aerials" trick!
The lighting is spectacular!

there was 10 up in that loft, I asked why all that lot, he said just in case I lost the signal, where the moon.

 

[freddo]

Go back a few years and you might have had 3 different aerials for TV.

 

[DPG]

Go back a few years and you might have had 3 different aerials for TV.

And a band III converter on your set.

 

[freddo]

And a band III converter on your set.

Is it sad I also own one of those too?

 

[DPG]

Is it sad I also own one of those too?

Really? Nice one. You got a 405 line set as well then?

 

[freddo]

A few, they are not really accessible at the moment.
Here's one I restored a few years back:

 

[DPG]

A few, they are not really accessible at the moment.
Here's one I restored a few years back:
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Excellent. I still regret chucking a co-op hand-made valve set from my Nan's house years ago. Was in lovely condition and still worked.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I was working in a Georgian property adjacent to sydney gardens in Bath last year when they ripped the plaster board off in the basement due to damp, they found a huge chimney/fireplace with original metal fixtures and fittings, even had a wheel you would put a dog in to spin the spit for cooking.. still worked. when we did the wiring we found that all the wires for the servant bells were still continuous but tucked in the ceiling so we connected them back up to the bells in the basement. was quite satisfying to see such old stuff still working. got a real sense of the history.
Chimney was so big you could walk into it and stand up right.
Once planning and building control knew this they added loads of additional restrictions, the develop was going to board it over but in the end the agent who subsequently sold it for him told him to keep it. had he not the developed would have had to incorporate hatch / door to allow access to this section.
It is listed and can not be removed. likely added a bit of money to the value as its so pristine and unique.

 

[pc1966]

It is just me or have all the images gone and been replaced by a file-name?

 

[telectrix]

lastreallyoldhouse i workedin was haunted.i asked if i could join in, but was told that i was not dead yet.