My living room at lunch time today...

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Having a wall knocked out, rotten/woodwormy floor taken out, new bigger (less crumbly) joists going down, new floor boards, insulation under ther floor as well as more air bricks for better air circulation down there (so it doesn't rot again), more damp proofing, replastering of some walls and ceiling, new light fittings and of most interest to folk here, whilst I'm having plug sockets moved I thought I might as well get I dedicated couple of sockets for the old gram-o-phone

[Reid Malenfant]

I bet the missus loves all that dust & mess - not

Have fun Hamish, I'm sure things will be better once Bob the Builder has finished demolishing the place & rebuilding it

Can he fix it? You wanna hope he can

[Jonboy]

nothing like doing it properly, you will be eating dust for months, hope all the hifi is packed away and more to the point has the family moved out to get away, looks like it will be a while before your straight again

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Hannah and Connie have moved to her parents place, me and the dogs and cats have moved into a well sealed off upstairs
The hifi is packed away but safe
There is dust everywhere ...

I've been taking loads of photos ... In fact so far I've taken over 1000
All from a camera bolted in place and fixed to the wall
I'm going to make a stop motion video of all the process ...

My camera, well sealed

[Jonboy]

I've been taking loads of photos ... In fact so far I've taken over 1000
All from a camera bolted in place and fixed to the wall
I'm going to make a stop motion video of all the process ...

Cool, you can keep an eye on the builders as well, a little story for you, a freind of a freind who was having building work done and had given the builder the run of the house like you do came home early one day and caught the builder dressed up in her underwear in her bedroom, not sure who was more embaressed, he finished the job and she put it down to an exerience to laugh about later

[Reid Malenfant]

Now you have put him on the defensive, or is that the offensive?

You have been reading too many freaky threads on here Jon Why is it always the married ones or those with partners? Easily accessible undies I bet

I'll have some wood dust & metal shavings

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Ha! Well it's my brother and a builder I've known since my brother started working for him when he was 15, 17 years ago ... And I have taken 2 weeks off work to help (move bricks and crap) so I think I'm safe

[Thing Fish]

Its messy work but worth it in the end Hamish...

[aquapiranha]

You should have given me a shout Hamish, I have just this evening picked up and sharpened my new axe.

[Mark Grant]

Looking good.

whilst I'm having plug sockets moved I thought I might as well get I dedicated couple of sockets for the old gram-o-phone

Don't forget to put power sockets in for you active speakers and some signal cables under the floor and maybe some network cables if you need them for anything.
Network cables to TV and freesat/sky box is a good idea for the future and costs peanuts for the cable and is easy to do while the floors up.