Starting to think I should just build a dedicated shed for it all.
Then realise what my life has come to, and kill myself.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:06, 1 reply)

The same sort of problem led to me deciding to board my loft. Wherreupon I decided I wanted some roof lights. Whereupon I decided I might as well replace the roof. And build some stairs, as loft ladders are shit. Which meant removing the chimney. In order to remove the chimney, I had to replace the old back boiler with a combi. As this required an extra hallway, I split the huge front bedroom into two whilst I was at it.

Pro: I now have somewhere to store the kids' gaudy crap.
Con: Cost me about 14k :/

The Stanley organisers are cheaper.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:12, closed)

£14k?
Fuck me, can I have the name of your builders please?
(LetsGetDownToIt, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:49, closed)

Yup - 4.5 for the new roof+lights, 2.3 for the boiler+piping, 4.8 on fucking around with the first floor, and the rest on the loft. I did as much as I could myself, and used friends from the pub (proper ones, not DIYers) for the rest. Not yet finished, and somewhat slow going, as I got "twilight rates" - I.E. they pop in whenever, often on their way back from other places.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 12:01, closed)

I hate you lot with your trade mates
Most of my mates are city types or software sales.

a) bloody useless with a screwdriver

b) don't understand why £10k for a new boiler seems expensive
(LetsGetDownToIt, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 12:50, closed)

I like this.
I've already consigned a loft conversion to the "fuck it, I can't be arsed" pile, however.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 12:02, closed)

Various people do "board and light" loft packages for about 1k - I just got nubbled by creeping featurism.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 12:09, closed)

Even cheaper
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23536914
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 12:11, closed)

I know I'm thick, but
that appears to be a lamp that only works when the sun is shining.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 14:25, closed)

DURR
Just trap the light between two mirrors so it can't escape.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 15:03, closed)

Science!

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 23:02, closed)