Our House (2004)
Our House is a British Entertainment television programme. Originally broadcast on UKTV Style, it is a show which more thoroughly follows the DIY show fad of the late 1990s. The object of the show is to take a dilapidated house and completely do it up into a "dream" house. The show claims to "bring together everything you need to know about creating your own dream home under one roof - expert advice, step-by-step DIY guides, tricks of the trade". A step-by-step guide to creating the perfect home, in which a 1950's run-down three-bedroom house in Bexley, Kent is renovated from scratch. The show has a central presenter in Andrea McLean, and a series of experts who offer step-by-step advice and insider knowledge on DIY.
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Episode 1 - Episode 01
Release Date: 2004-06-24First look at the house and plans, with garden designer Ann-Marie giving ideas for planning the front garden. The kitchen removal is started and replacing old windows. Plus tips on filling cracked plaster, how to fix a leaky tap, curing squeaky floorboards, and replacing a broken roof tile.
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Episode 2 - Episode 02
Release Date: 2004-06-25Old chimney stack, flue and liner removal, clearing the old kitchen continues, digging the porch foundations, and rear garden design ideas. Plus tips on replacing a broken patio slab, capping old pipework, sawing wood sheets, and how to stop stairs from squeaking.
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Episode 3 - Episode 03
Release Date: 2004-06-28Staircase removal, plans for the conservatory and garden design, and digging the conservatory foundations. Plus tips on glazing, creating a mitre box, how to change a plug.
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Episode 4 - Episode 04
Release Date: 2004-06-29Creating a new front entrance and blocking up the old one. Visiting the factory where the new staircase is being built. Plus tips on glazing a front door and fitting the letterbox and hinges.
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Episode 5 - Episode 05
Release Date: 2004-06-30Pouring the concrete for the conservatory and porch foundations, and work begins on the renovation of the master bedroom with tips on dismantling old cupboards, wallpaper stripping and removing old carpets. Plus mixing bricklaying mortar, removing skirting boards, and how to fit a front door and frame.
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Episode 6 - Episode 06
Release Date: 2004-07-01Clearing the back garden, removing a fireplace, and building work is started on the porch and conservatory. Plus tips on repairing pointing, putting up a shelf, repairing a damaged wall corner and how to fit a mortice lock. Also, the neighbours come for a look around.
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Episode 7 - Episode 07
Release Date: 2004-07-02The new staircase arrives and installing it begins, work starts on updating the brickwork facing of the house, and Phil runs through the plans for the new kitchen,. Plus tips on emergency pipe fixing, preparing a door for painting, and fitting an extractor fan.
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Episode 8 - Episode 08
Release Date: 2004-07-05The kitchen floor needs further excavation, work continues on the new staircase, and the conservatory floor base is poured. Tips on fitting a front door lock and a doorbell, removing an old radiator, and gloss painting a door.
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Episode 9 - Episode 09
Release Date: 2004-07-06Progress on the back garden and front brickwork facing, the staircase construction continues, and the old window is removed ready for conservatory french doors. Tips on chasing out walls for electric cabling, stripping turf, installing an airbrick, fitting staircase balustrade, using a chop-saw and putting up a mirror.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2004-07-07Progress on the porch and kitchen wall removal, how to prepare a wooden floor for tiling, and an explanation of how to survey your garden. With tips on how to replace a broken floorboard, easy ways to draught-proof floorboard gaps, finishing off a loft hatch, and tips on using wall plugs.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 2004-07-08Progress on the staircase and kitchen wall removal. With tips on fixing a bannister, replacing a damaged doorframe, removing a hot water tank and its plumbing, and replacing a heating system.
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Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 2004-07-09Progress on the kitchen and wall removal, fitting the new heating system, and loft insulation. With tips on joining pipework, fitting a garden tap, matching bricks, the first phase of rendering outside brickwork, and re-hanging a door.
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Episode 13 - Episode 13
Release Date: 2004-07-12Progress on the kitchen, bedroom cupboard wall removal. Tips on plastering techniques, removing an internal wall, a brush masterclass, and handy tips from special guest Harry Greene.
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Episode 14 - Episode 14
Release Date: 2004-07-13Progress on the kitchen, guttering, and how to construct a stud partition wall. Tips on plasterboarding a ceiling, replacing guttering and downpipe and installing a water but, and a visit to an antique reclamation yard and a bathroom showroom.
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Episode 15 - Episode 15
Release Date: 2004-07-14Update on the kitchen, rendering and garden, with various home security and safety ideas, including a step-by-step guide on how to fit a security lock to a double-glazed window. Tips on rendering, and digging a garden rainwater soakaway.
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Episode 16 - Episode 16
Release Date: 2004-07-15Progress on the kitchen installation, the porch roof, rendering, the staircase and the garden soakaway. Tips on mixing plaster and making-good a ceiling, electrics and fitting an outdoor security light, and building a kitchen cupboard carcass.
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Episode 17 - Episode 17
Release Date: 2004-07-16The conservatory construction starts and there's updates on the bedroom renovations, rendering, fitting the kitchen units and porch. Tips on replacing an electric socket and a pull light switch, and everything you need to know about screws!
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Episode 18 - Episode 18
Release Date: 2004-07-19Ann-Marie Powell explains the garden design, and there's updates on the conservatory construction and the kitchen unit installation. Also tips on putting up alcove shelving, installing a down-light, and fitting a door-liner.
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Episode 19 - Episode 19
Release Date: 2004-07-20General update on the work so far, with tips on installing an outside power socket, fitting kitchen door hinges, false door fronts and installing an extractor fan. There's an explanation on plumbing "crossbonding", and sanding products. There's also a visit to a kitchen showroom.
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Episode 20 - Episode 20
Release Date: 2004-07-21The team finish off the porch roof and there's updates on the mains water, living room, kitchen and conservatory. Plus tips on how to repair holes in plasterboard walls, fitting a sink waste-system, fitting a hob, concealing pipework, and a masterclass on electric nail guns.
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Episode 21 - Episode 21
Release Date: 2004-07-22Updates on the porch doors, kitchen, heating system, outside, and work starts on the bathroom and soil stack pipework. Tips on how to cover up ugly pipework, fitting a radiator, installing a new bath and the best way to fit a mixer tap to a kitchen sink.
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Episode 22 - Episode 22
Release Date: 2004-07-23Ann-Marie Powell visits to see how the outdoor work is progressing and draw out the plans for the garden, the living room window is removed. Tips on kitchen finishing touches, fitting a toilet cistern, removing architrave and there's a masterclass in jointing wood.
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Episode 23 - Episode 23
Release Date: 2004-07-26The topsoil is delivered, the conservatory french doors are fitted, and the living room doors are installed. There's tips on fitting a floating sink, putting up architrave and fitting door furniture, and planning foundations for a patio.
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Episode 24 - Episode 24
Release Date: 2004-07-27There's updates on the conservatory, living room and outdoor groundwork, the loft, and a visit from a chimney sweep. Tips on sanding floorboards, laying patio foundations, sanding window boards, hanging lining paper, and how to fit a bath panel.
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Episode 25 - Episode 25
Release Date: 2004-07-28Updates on the patio foundation, conservatory, bathroom, and the hot tub is installed. Tips on fitting coving, repairing wall damage, tiling a bathroom wall, and there's more handy tips from special guest Harry Greene.
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Episode 26 - Episode 26
Release Date: 2004-07-29There's an update on the outside ground work, the conservatory flooring is laid, the garden deck base is built, and the pond liner is installed. Tips on bathroom tile grouting, bath fitments, using power saws, and fitting a shower unit.
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Episode 27 - Episode 27
Release Date: 2004-07-30The driveway is installed, the path is started, garden decking is put down, and further work done on kitchen. Tips on installing garden fencing, spray-painting radiators, stripping wire, finishing touches for the kitchen, and child-proofing kitchens.
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Episode 28 - Episode 28
Release Date: 2004-08-02Updates on the brick path, garden pond, conservatory radiators, bathroom, and rooms are plastered and filled. There's tips for painting walls and ceilings, fitting coving, plumbing in a washing machine, and fitting doors to built-in appliances.
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Episode 29 - Episode 29
Release Date: 2004-08-03The chimney flue is installed and new fireplace unveiled, and updates on the paths. Tips on making a door for an under-stairs cupboard, repairing parquet flooring, fitting a shower screen, and installing a peep-hole in a door.
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Episode 30 - Episode 30
Release Date: 2004-08-04There's loads of general finishing off, the paths are completed, wall lights installed, and a final "before and after" tour of the house. Tips on how to cut bricks like a pro, planting a tree, and a masterclass on timber.