Tiling

I´ve mentioned this so many times; It´s horribly important to know your materials and to have the proper tools & knowledge to execute the perfect finish! Just a quick update of a neat kitchen tiling job...

Paint Prep.

 Without the necessary preparation and tools, it´s almost guaranteed not to have a successful end result. Preparing for a great result takes a lot of practice, material knwoledge, time and precision that pays off once all the tape and protection is removed.. it´s almost like opening a neatly wrapped Christmas gift. Having carpets makes it ever so more meticulous as a drop of paint is almost impossible to remove without ruining a paint job. Here´s a few examples that reminded me so much of a T.V series called “Dexter” :-)

Radiators were painted with a spraygun..

1920´s Never Renovated Kitchen Demolish (In Progress..)

Dealing with old buildings has to get dealt with extra care. Peeling back the layers most certainly means discovering surprises! Still in progress Kitchen Demo..

 

 

Wallpaper

If there´s wallpaper involved, well most of the time I get asked to remove it, but recently I had a few projects to remove and re-paper a few places. (Yes, a few places were painted not to make it feel "too much".) With a fair bit of imagination, great subtle results could be achieved and the results were as expected. Here are a few examples!

 

 

Artex Removal, Complete Renovation

Long gone are those days where Artex was fashionable. More and more, perfect smooth & neat surfaces are in demand and dealing with the removal of Artex is very time consuming, yet possible. First of all make 110% sure there´s no Asbestos mixed with it. YES, you can just plaster over it easily, sure... but is that really dealing with the problem? Clients should know that plastering over it could lower the ceiling hight a small bit if just merely plastered over and that will get felt if the ceilings are low already. Removal is obviously the better option, and the cheapest money saving method I found, is to steam it and then scrape it off... not damaging the ceiling too much as you´ll need to plaster afterwards. This was a complete renovation, from the ceiling going down right to sanding down and staining + varnishing the parquet floor. Some walls were wallpapered and others painted. Skirtings were alcohol-stained before varnished and being asked to pay a lot of attention to detail, perfectly flush ceilings and walls were on the menu.