Apartment finish

Soundproofing was paramount on this site. In the floors we layed 18mm engineered flooring on top of insulated 75mm x 225mm joists. Under the joist were two layers of plasterboard, 1 sound, 1 fire rated and then a dropped ceiling with another fire board. On top of the engineered floor we layed a 5mm acoustic board, 19mm gyproc plank (which was sealed around the room with acoustic mastic) a 30mm acoustic  flooring board, 5mm acoustic underlay and 7mm laminate flooring. We passed the sound test with flying colours.

Ikea wardrobes

The photos are slightly confusing because the middle door is mirrored.

1st new build in London

I spent most of this year working on seven new apartments in Walthamstow, east London. I started in January when the job was just a hole in the ground. It was an all rounder carpentry job varying from shuttering, roofing, 1st fix, 2nd fix, kitchens and built ins. I documented it well and left links to this blog in the walls and floors in the form of business cards. I love finding links to the past when we rip out an old house so i guess this is the modern version. Hopefully, in a hundred or so years time, somebody will find my cards and take the time to view my blog. (if it still exists)

I'll start with the roof because eveything up to this was joisting. There was  a nice tin hat over us when working on this flat roof, we fitted firring pieces onto the joists, ply'd everything, fixed osb with 130mm insulation onto the ply and finished everything with tilting fillet. It was then asphalted throughout.

 Here we cut into the blocks to fit the joist hangers. It worked a treat.

Don't records halloween party

I made this costume in a bid to win a load of records at the Don't records halloween party. I scooped 1st prize which included a bunch of mixes, a Don't records t shirt and of course the vinyl. Thank you Mr. Hill!

Toilet and shower cubicles

These were toilet and shower cubicles I built in the Harriers gym in Homerton. The material was some kind of composite and was remarkably difficult to work. Every cut had to be taped to prevent chipping, it was incredibly dense and insanely heavy. I was very happy with the way it turned out even though its just a  picture of a toilet

Segmented arch work

I made up this arched structure to support the brickwork. As you can see the mason widened the arch to accommodate a larger window and did a pretty seamless job if I say so myself.

Plywood flowers

I started making the flowers out of ply and was quite surprised by the results and the fact that I pretty much sold all of them.

apartment refurbishment

I worked on this job for about two months. I really like the skirting detail and the flooring is engineered oak. I built this fence out the back of the ground floor flat and I was quite happy with the result. The pigeon hole was constructed for the post in the hallway. Nice and simple.