Which order to do work?

Rileybaby

I am looking to do quiet a bit of work on my house but I'm struggling what order to do it in can any one help?

1. New soffits & facias,
2. New internal doors,
3. New wooden flooring in the living room & hall way,
4. redecorate living room (possibly including skimming the celing to make it smooth and removing the fire place). Redecorate hall & stairs including new carpet
5. New fencing in front garden,
6, upgrade utility room (to match the kitchen)
And finally
7. Landscape the back garden including new fencing.

FreeBear

Do the plastering before anything else, then all the other messy work - Don't forget any plaster will take two to four weeks to dry before it can be painted/papered. Fit the internal doors (and paint them if required), do the final decoration in the living room. If the utility room needs decorating, do this one next, and leave the hallway & stairs for last.

Once the internal work is complete, soffits, facias, fencing, and finally the landscaping - Depending on how fast you work, the weather should be a lot better for working outside come the summer months.

glasgowdan

Do the floors BEFORE fitting new internal doors.

Soffits, fence and landscaping are stand alone and can be done any time

moneyistooshorttomention

Agree the order for floors and internal doors. Those new internal doors should have any trimming they need after you've seen what level those floors are at. You'd hate to do the doors first and then have to trim your doors again (or, worse still, find that they were too short - because the floor had turned out to be a bit lower level).

I would do:
4
3
6
2
1
5 and 7 at same time (as they both involve fences)

The exception to that would be if the soffits/fascias have already been replaced with upvc - and you are doing it again (partly because you suspect it's been bodged and your roof may not have the amount of support it should have from your fascia boards). That's voice of experience time there - and I shoved doing mine much higher up the list than I was planning on (and it turned out I had been right about the bodging...eeek!).

Rileybaby

The exception to that would be if the soffits/fascias have already been replaced with upvc - and you are doing it again (partly because you suspect it's been bodged and your roof may not have the amount of support it should have from your fascia boards). That's voice of experience time there - and I shoved doing mine much higher up the list than I was planning on (and it turned out I had been right about the bodging...eeek!).[/QUOTE]

Thank you for your advice. I'm replacing wood soffits & facials with up upvc. May be a daft question but how will I know if it's giving enough support to the roof when it's first done?

I imagine if there are problems they won't show until weeks/ months down the line.

glasgowdan

If the wood is in good condition, most roofers will suggest lining the existing with upvc rather than replacing. Seems it can be a good long term job done this way if it's done right.

moneyistooshorttomention

Rileybaby wrote: »

Thank you for your advice. I'm replacing wood soffits & facials with up upvc. May be a daft question but how will I know if it's giving enough support to the roof when it's first done?

I imagine if there are problems they won't show until weeks/ months down the line.

I was told - by the firm that did the job - that I would probably have realised about 2 years down the line from when my firm did it.

I'm afraid I couldnt give you "technical" reasons on why I thought this. It was based on the fact of having steadily notched up a longer and longer list of cheapskating and bodging by previous owners. It had become very clear that the last owner had worked on a philosophy of doing as little as possible/as cheaply as possible and then trying to find someone to bodge it for them. A clue that they werent even that bothered about something as basic as the roof was the fact that it became clear a very minor roof repair (only costing about £50!!!) had been just left by them - so it became clear they honestly werent concerned about whether the roof literally fell in.

Doozergirl

moneyistooshorttomention wrote:

The exception to that would be if the soffits/fascias have already been replaced with upvc - and you are doing it again (partly because you suspect it's been bodged and your roof may not have the amount of support it should have from your fascia boards). That's voice of experience time there - and I shoved doing mine much higher up the list than I was planning on (and it turned out I had been right about the bodging...eeek!).

Rileybaby wrote:

Thank you for your advice. I'm replacing wood soffits & facials with up upvc. May be a daft question but how will I know if it's giving enough support to the roof when it's first done?

I imagine if there are problems they won't show until weeks/ months down the line.

Here we go.

Fascia boards do not support the roof! They support the bottom edge of the end row of tiles. There's a very big difference.

Fascia also carry guttering. The real weight on them is when it rains.

You tell if the fascia isn't touching the tiles by looking at it. There's no mystical gut feeling or suspicion necessary.

Rileybaby

Thank you Doozergirl your advice is appreciated.

Rileybaby

I think I'm sourcing the units fir the utility room from DIY kitchens. Has anyone used them?

Also does anyone have any recommendations for a company to supply internal doors! I'm looking for the oak cottage style doors. Have seen them in b&q but quality not great!

Doozergirl

Rileybaby wrote: »

I think I'm sourcing the units fir the utility room from DIY kitchens. Has anyone used them?

Also does anyone have any recommendations for a company to supply internal doors! I'm looking for the oak cottage style doors. Have seen them in b&q but quality not great!

DIY kitchens has good reviews on here.

When you find the carpenter to hang your doors, they can supply them from a trade supplier. Howdens is popular amongst trades, but there are plenty of others, including Magnet Trade and Benchmarx. All have online brochures.

These doors?
https://www.howdens.com/doors-joinery-collection/internal-doors/internal-hardwood-doors/dordogne-oak-door/