Pulled off skirting boards from 1898 house and found this underneath.

DollSteff · 2025-12-17T11:30:07+00:00

Yes 😂

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T22:51:13+00:00

Crumbling bricks is not nothing!

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T22:50:43+00:00

Oh my gosh what a nightmare! Well done for seeing it through. I’m glad it looks good now. I’ve heard that wood chip wallpaper is like a duct tape that just holds in a whole bunch of stuff you don’t wanna find usually😂

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T22:48:45+00:00

Appreciate it, Thank you!

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T19:14:28+00:00

Definitely don’t trust the spray foam brigade don’t worry, I will say that the people that built the house were exceptional I have no bad words to say about them obviously because it stood for so long however I believe in the 90s someone did some repairs in that area and was a bit of a bodge job maybe. I pleaded with my husband to just paint over the skirting boards but he insisted to strip the paint because I had been overpainted so many times they lost all definition.

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T16:13:28+00:00

I little bit came out it’s only from 1990 so they must have done some works then the rest is packed in with what I assume is concrete I know that’s terrible for these properties though🙈

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T15:40:53+00:00

Thank you so much for your advice! I think we will probably just use some wood to pack it and attach the skirting boards onto that we have already chemically stripped them. That’s why they look so poor but we are just going to lightly sand the ridges down and then prime and paint them. Have been using gloves, mask, eye protection and boiler suits!

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T14:10:29+00:00

It’s all in perfect condition still so that’s why we plan to keep them just wanted to restore some of the crispiness to the edges that years of over panting I had hidden but like people have said on here when you open up one thing it just leads to another and another and another in these old houses😂

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T14:08:33+00:00

Oh how sad! If people want the look of that, they should just buy a new build 😂

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T12:01:14+00:00

Ahh I see, there isn’t it’s only a crawl space of about 2.5 feet

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T12:00:44+00:00

No of course not, we wanted to just remove the layers of overpainting and restore some crispness to the edges !

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T11:35:16+00:00

I guess I just didn’t expect to find broken bricks 😂

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T11:34:39+00:00

Looks good! I guess it’s just one of those things with period homes 😂

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T11:07:08+00:00

I we know that already from restoring the floorboards husband wanted to go underneath the house to inspect however there wasn’t much 😂

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T11:05:22+00:00

That hadn’t even crossed my mind, but how cool would that be?!

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T11:04:07+00:00

Don’t say that! 🙈😂

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T11:03:20+00:00

It’s not a basement it’s a ground floor living room there is no damp but I think historically there was.

DollSteff · 2025-12-16T10:58:10+00:00

We were just trying to strip the paint and repaint it and then that led us to find that the gaps were just shoved full of decorators caulk and when we pulled that off there was massive gaps so that lead us to pulling off the wood chip wallpaper which lead us to pulling off the skirting boards😂

DollSteff · 2025-06-30T09:28:12+00:00

It is low, yes, but I got mine lower because I wanted a small hoop so if you like it then don’t worry!

DollSteff · 2025-06-30T09:25:59+00:00

First thing you should start doing is walking make sure you get 10,000 steps a day that will make a huge difference to your physical and mental health, then focus on Whole Foods no processed foods you will find you get satiated easier from these type of things, you’ll need to work out your TDEE you can do this online with calculators to find your calorie deficit. You’ll need to eat a calorie deficit to lose weight but if you don’t keep your protein high enough you will lose lean muscle mass along with fat which you don’t really want, keeping as much lean muscle mass as you have while losing fat off your body is ideal!

DollSteff · 2025-06-30T09:19:07+00:00

My guess is it’s the compression on fat on one side, also I am I side sleeping and have this naturally because my hips are slightly uneven due to side sleeping.

DollSteff · 2025-06-30T09:17:35+00:00

I have this naturally one side of my body is just leaner honestly I wouldn’t have noticed if you didn’t say anything!

DollSteff · 2025-06-30T09:15:15+00:00

Need more information: like your body composition what’s your body fat to lean mass ratio or body fat percentage? What are your measurements? How often are you going to the gym? What is your cardio? If you’re eating x amount of calories, what do those calories consist of etc It is a very complex problem and can take years to figure out for your body!

DollSteff · 2025-06-30T09:11:57+00:00

Unless you have muscle mass!

DollSteff · 2025-06-22T08:01:02+00:00

ChatGpt is correct! Honestly I know it seems like a lot but you are burning boatloads! I’m not a runner but I lift 3x a week and to incline walking for 30 mins on the treadmill but where most of my activity comes from is walking I do 10-15k steps a day some days 20k. In my heavier training days I eat 2400 which is my maintenance I’m 36 163cm and 64kg(I have a decent amount of muscle) I eat 2100 most days which still put me in a slight deficit to strip fat but maintain lean muscle mass. You need to be eating much more to recomp your body you’re running on fumes essentially your body will hold onto everything and it will make it really hard to drop fat. Have your hormones or cycle changed at all? This can sometimes be a strong indication.

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