My house renovation & B&O installations

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 30, 2019 at 13:06 GMT
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Hi all,

My wife and I purchased a 1980s house some 4 years ago with a view to altering it slightly.. one thing lead to another and before long all that was left were 2 gable ends and some roof trusses! It has all taken rather longer than we anticipated partly as I was project managing, building, sourcing materials and bringing in trades one after the other myself, rather than using one dedicated building company. I did send the build out for tender to 7 different builders - not a single one would quote or were even remotely interested in taken on our 'Scandinavian transformation'  So I hired some labourers to take the house apart and do it myself, with the help and input of the various trades required to complete it - that is now 2 years ago and we have finally completed the inside of the house. I have downloaded a number of photos from the build but I don't want to bore anyone with endless building pics and because they are all iphone pics they are not the best quality unfortunately either so please excuse the quality and layout but having received much input over the years - and recently with my refurb installations from you all - I felt I should at least show the results. It is not possible for me to post start to finish in one 'sitting' so I will try to group things together to give you an idea.

Some pics of the original house exterior and interior to start:

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 30, 2019 at 13:15 GMT
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Ripping the house apart:

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 30, 2019 at 13:19 GMT
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As you can see there really was not much house left, even the floor screed was dug up in order to insulate and fit underfloor heating and a large part of the structure was held up by 20+ acrow props in order to fit some 11 large steel beams to open up the entire downstairs living room/kitchen area.

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 30, 2019 at 13:28 GMT
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Rebuilding commences:

The 3 dormers to the rear of the house were removed to create one large dormer making those rooms visible much larger.

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 30, 2019 at 13:46 GMT
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Rebuilding continues, Zinc roof fitted etc.

 

^^ the above wall is the TV wall.. note the amount of sockets and the Powerlead cables from Steve at Soundsheavenly running over the ceiling :)

 

^^ above more powerlink cables from Steve running down the living room pillars from the office above ready for a Core installation :)

 

 

The old utility room has been split in half to make space for a climate controlled wine room (glass door in the middle above)

 

Plastering starts - above pic is from the cigar room where the underfloor heating manifold for the ground floor has been hidden in the wall.

 

Shadow gaps for Ash veneer panels in the cigar room for the walk-in humidor and below the same ash panels for the TV wall in the master bedroom

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 30, 2019 at 14:01 GMT
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Deleted due to sideways photos..

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 31, 2019 at 09:03 GMT
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Bear with me guys, I need to spend some time trying to sort out all these sideways photos before I can complete the thread...

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BEOVOX141 (archived2)
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Posted May 31, 2019 at 09:23 GMT
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Holy F... talking about a radical approach! 🙂

Do I spot another Danish Icon,- a Velux skylight ? 🤒 

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 31, 2019 at 10:48 GMT
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Yes Beovox.. it kinda escalated a bit once I started taking a few walls down. You are correct, a remote controlled Velux with rainsensor, 120 x 80 cm. I decided to alter the roof and make a vaulted ceiling in the middle to flood the staircase with light.. another 'slight' amendment to the original plan.

In fact most of the stuff fitted are from Denmark (I was born in Aarhus) Ideal Combi windows and front doors, Kvik kitchen and bahrooms, Jydepejsen braendeovn (wood burner), a lot of danish furniture and of course B&O. I have been busy driving to Denmark and back collecting stuff in a large van!

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Bebs (archived2)
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Posted May 31, 2019 at 11:01 GMT
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OK, I think I have managed to sort out the sideways photo problem. I will continue with the wine room again, now with legible photos!

So, we split the existing utility room in half and fitted 80 mm PIR panels to make a self enclosed cube totally insulated and temperature controlled:

^^ Condenser placed on the outside wall (House will be insulated and cladded outside later hiding all the pipes)

Below the inside cooler and the control panel hidden above domestic integrated freezer

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