DIY – Destroy It Yourself…!!

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DIY – Destroy It Yourself…!!

Why pay a professional to do it, when you can destroy it yourself…??

At the same part of the house where we discovered the hidden doorway (and the fifty year old hidden message) is a downstairs toilet.

It was put in around the early seventies and is looking very tired indeed!

We are going to put a downstairs toilet in another part of the house, so this one can be removed, as it will widen the hallway and make a good entrance into what will eventually be the new kitchen.

Also, in the corner, opposite the toilet is a full height cupboard, which looks like it’s been there since the fifties, so that is coming out at the same time. It has no ventilation holes in the cupboard and it smells a bit damp, which will dry out once it’s had a bit time to breathe.

Most damp problems are caused by either water penetration or through lack of ventilation.

First thing to do is to remove the toilet door, this lets us move around a lot more. Then remove the architrave and skirting. As there is a built-in unit around the wash hand basin, that one comes out next.

Then, it’s a case of removing the gypsum plaster board, with a hammer, crowbar and at one stage, a shovel!!

It didn’t take too long, so after that I then removed the cupboard in the corner, which houses the electrical meters etc.

Here are some pics of the before, during and after.