Good work. Plumbing easy though, get a blow torch and solder ring fittings and give it a bash!
I've cheated - I helped a plumber friend of mine fit a mahoosive RSJ across the whole width of his house last summer (Big open plan extension) and now I've called in the favour ;)
Else yeah, I'd have had a shot - but to be honest, doing the electrics has given me enough to think about!
Lath and plaster is horrible stuff to take down. Done that a few times and it just makes so much black dust. Good to be rid of it though.
I haven't looked at your pics because I fell asleep watching a YouTube video and my WiFi disconnected and bite I've used almost all my data allowance til next month.
It's so filthy. I only extended my loft hatch in August but the amount of black dust and shite that came down was ridiculous.
Yep - that's the stuff, absolutely crazy stuff. Think we're going to overboard the upstairs bedrooms
I reskimmed two rooms last summer on top of lath and plaster. It was not good.
have you spoken to any skip companies? most can come up with something - lots will drop over a garden wall if that's possible (actually easy if it's low enough)
Yes. Badly. And then sold it before the cracks showed through :C
Borrowed a small scaffold tower off a mate to do it - 12 foot high ceilings, NOT FUN!
From some of those photos it looks like it's half done - which I'm guessing is wrong, and that's all the "before" shots :-D
I know I've already said it, but I'll say it again - get everything done. Not extensions etc, but everything you realistically can. The massive clean-up of removing the ceilings, wall coverings etc is worth it in the long run. Also, I believe you have a suspended ground floor - so insulate it, just do it well.
Removing walls and ceilings is going to make all the electrics, plumbing and insulation a LOT easier, so yay!
Run plenty of electrical points, network cables (I used CAT5e FTP because overkill) and if you need it coax (WF100). You can use a full CAT5e cable with active adapters to carry HDMI if you want, or two with passive adapters. If you want to carry analog audio, that's a bit different.
I didn't run quite as many sockets and light switches as I should've unfortunately, but enough...
Plumbing isn't terribly hard, just make sure you pressure check - it has been known *cough* to find floor boards screwed through copper pipes. No, it wasn't me, thanks - but it was our house. Oh, we used Spax flooring screws for the boards - they just seem a bit more secure.
I'm sure you have plenty of people to draw on for advice, but if we can help, ask away.