Does anyone know when they will be open for orders again?
He said early April IIRC @EtchedPixels (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=222), how's the move going?
Quote from: njee20 on April 27, 2017, 12:19:02 PM
He said early April IIRC @EtchedPixels (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=222), how's the move going?
Still surrounded by scaffolding and builders, stuff all still in boxes, half the rooms not yet habitable. I need to update the website, but it's certainly not going to be April!
There are two people with outstanding white metal bits I finally have and those will go off this weekend I hope, and someone waiting some replacement etched 175 bits which fingers crossed likewise will finally go out.
It's taking a lot longer than planned and everything that was supposed to happen before we moved in ended up being started afterwards. On the bright side internet, and electricity now work so the essentials for life as we know it are present 8). The roof is currently in progress and until that is completely sorted I'm not going to have space to set back up.
Alan
Quote from: EtchedPixels on April 27, 2017, 02:10:13 PM
Quote from: njee20 on April 27, 2017, 12:19:02 PM
He said early April IIRC @EtchedPixels (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=222), how's the move going?
Still surrounded by scaffolding and builders, stuff all still in boxes, half the rooms not yet habitable. I need to update the website, but it's certainly not going to be April!
There are two people with outstanding white metal bits I finally have and those will go off this weekend I hope, and someone waiting some replacement etched 175 bits which fingers crossed likewise will finally go out.
It's taking a lot longer than planned and everything that was supposed to happen before we moved in ended up being started afterwards. On the bright side internet, and electricity now work so the essentials for life as we know it are present 8). The roof is currently in progress and until that is completely sorted I'm not going to have space to set back up.
Alan
Brilliant I look forward to placing an order for some TPO's
Maybe I'll have built my Arbels by the time you're done! :-[
Thank you for the update Alan and hope everything goes well with the house from this point.
Take your time to settle in/down again, this is one customer who will happily wait until you are ready to resume sales. :)
Looks like my Albers are going to have to wait a bit longer as I was going to buy the other 2 and build all 4 together.
Never mind. Might have to concentrate on the Hobbibly Oversize American stuff for a bit longer.
Alistair
Quote from: EtchedPixels on April 27, 2017, 02:10:13 PM
The roof is currently in progress
Alan
You moved in without a roof??? ??? :o :goggleeyes:
Chris
Quote from: Papyrus on April 27, 2017, 06:05:30 PM
Quote from: EtchedPixels on April 27, 2017, 02:10:13 PM
The roof is currently in progress
Alan
You moved in without a roof??? ??? :o :goggleeyes:
Chris
Well the plan was
Electrician fixes wiring
Builder fixes roof (which leaked badly and since the previous owners seem to have been in denial had damaged a lot of plaster to the point that in one room the damp-meter itself went through the plaster when testing not just the pointy bits on the end)
Builder sorts basement rooms
We move in
Builder dries/replasters top floor
What actually happened was
Solicitors were a pain in the butt
Completion was delayed
Builder took another job first
Electrician realised the magnitude of the project (it's a grade II listed building with some of the challenges that go with that) and bailed
We moved in
We found new electricians
We discovered it was actually top floor plus two other rooms needing replastering
Builder started on roof and other work
We discovered that we can't sort the basement ceilings until some problems with the packing at the end of the floor beams is fixed, some water ingress is dealt with and the whole lot given a good dose of chemicals
So right now Etched Pixels is kind of in storage as is all my train stuff.
It is however a truely epic house with a clear view from the hill over the whole of Swansea bay (or once the scaffolding moves anyway). Just needs a lot more work because most maintenance on it kind of ended in the 1980s. So once we have basement ceilings and maybe plaster on some more walls EP can get unpacked, and we can start on the central heating - bits of which are .. prehistoric.. some work to the plumbing, the windows, the conservatory and maybe one day even redecorating and tackling the three chambers at the front of the basement which right now could be used without too many props to shoot a hammer house of horrors movie.
Alan
Just a bit of work to do then Alan.
Good luck with that lot Alan ,I think I would have given up .
Bob Tidbury
Sounds like a real project, I,d love to see some pitures... :camera:
If you put love into a building, it tends to love you right back :thumbsup:
Gerard :wave:
Good luck Alan, luckily you are in Wales so not much chance of the rain affecting the building work then...
Jerry
Quote from: Jerry Howlett on May 04, 2017, 11:15:48 AM
Good luck Alan, luckily you are in Wales so not much chance of the rain affecting the building work then...
Jerry
The weather forecast for the Cardiff area usually seems to be valid for western Somerset as well, and it's been very dry here for the past month (one day aside). Swansea must be pretty similar, so it's a pretty good time to get any exterior work done.
How about putting out a D.I.Y. SOS Alan?
There may well be some retired/semi retired tradesmen within striking distance of Swansea prepared to do a bit. They could be recompensed in kind with Etched pixels products.
Just a thought, albeit some may think I'm barmy lol
If I was closer I certainly would. :D
Always nice to hear an interesting back story and good to see you back in form posting here Alan after what must have been a difficult few years.
Dont let the missing roof get the Ironclad brakes wet though, I'm looking foward to seeing those released once you are all sorted :D
So for those curious I do actually now appear to have a non-leaky roof, although it's taken far longer than expected because the damage from years of neglect was much worse. When some of the tiles were lifted lots of the woodwork beneath had basically ceased to exist !
While we were away all the woodwork basement has been sprayed with interesting chemicals and then cleaned up by men in chemical suits.
Not exactly on schedule but there are now only a few things to be done before the basement ceilings go back up and EP can actually move into the house. That's not going to be July as we have to get the more exciting bits of the plumbing fixed first because the scaffolders want their poles back. The plumbing is fun.. why is there a funny smell in one room, well because when you trace the pipes two sinks and a macerator just go into one pipe ! Eww...
On the other hand while trying to sort out the plumbing we discovered another walled off room, mostly full of rubble, in the basement ! It's that kind of a house - I just hope when we clear the rubble we don't find any bodies ;-)
Alan
maybe the entrance to a tunnel -I remember going into the cellar of the sun in lambs conduit street in London many years ago, the landlord at that time was a real ale enthusiast, and had excavated what he thought initially were extensions to his cellar but found that one of them went at least 100 yards down Lambs conduit street, and there was no sign of it ending!
maybe its a smugglers tunnel - have fun!
All the best,
Alex
Interesting and pleased to hear that progress is being made, albeit slower than you had anticipated. This is old buildings, and the can of worms effect that so often unfolds with them.
Once up and running you may have to consider a phased return, as I reckon you'll get an avalanche of orders!
Purely out of curiosity, will you be getting into 3D printing yourself, as opposed to Shapeways services?
Great to hear there is some progress at last Alan, maybe a few photos of your new basement would be interesting.
Ray
sounds like your need a lot of orders to pay for the additional work required
good luck
Nick
Quote from: EtchedPixels on May 01, 2017, 10:43:02 PM
It is however a truely epic house with a clear view from the hill over the whole of Swansea bay
I have relatives in Ty Coch/Sketty with a similar magnificent view. I'm soon to move to Saundersfoot, but my sea view will involve a climb to the top of the garden.
Mike
Quote from: trkilliman on June 28, 2017, 02:54:01 PM
Purely out of curiosity, will you be getting into 3D printing yourself, as opposed to Shapeways services?
Don't know yet - brexit not ending in a treaty could easily mean we are all paying a 40% mark up on Shapeways and if so then I don't know what will happen to the 3D stuff.
I believe Peedie Models have their own 3D print facility.
Quote from: REGP on June 28, 2017, 03:16:36 PM
Great to hear there is some progress at last Alan, maybe a few photos of your new basement would be interesting.
Ray
Fairy nuff
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/53/222-300617141651.jpeg)
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wow cool :)
And it even has somewhere to read in peace. :read:
Fairy Nuff has his/her own khazi 8)
Cistern looks a little precarious, mind :worried:
Looks like it'll be a lot of work...but looks cool as can be. I'm jealous!
Build to last.... 8) and how is that for a ceiling :thumbsup:
Hope for you the place is dry :worried:
Good luck!
Gerard :wave:
Quote from: newportnobby on June 30, 2017, 02:39:45 PM
Fairy Nuff has his/her own khazi 8)
Cistern looks a little precarious, mind :worried:
at least it's a pukka cast iron one, even if he replaces it, he can make money selling the old one
Regards,
Alex
Quote from: Hailstone on June 30, 2017, 10:14:58 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on June 30, 2017, 02:39:45 PM
Fairy Nuff has his/her own khazi 8)
Cistern looks a little precarious, mind :worried:
at least it's a pukka cast iron one, even if he replaces it, he can make money selling the old one
Regards,
Alex
What, replace it with a bog standard one?
Still, if he sells it he will be flush...and can splash out.
Time for bed I reckon...lol
Yup quite a lot of (expensive) work there, but as long as it's cool but not damp has interesting possibilities.
Ray
Some of it is dry but not all - and the bits that are damp are probably not fixable because it's poor ventilation that is the problem. Time will tell.
OTOH upstairs I have a cracking view of the air show today 8)
Alan
I've been away for a bit, so missed your posts.
Great to see you are making progress Alan all the best with the restorations.
Jerry
I've been trying to have a look on the Ultima / Etched Pixels website and it's been down for a few days (I keep getting "page can't be found" responses).
Hopefully this is just a temporary problem I want to order a bunch of ex-GC carriages and LNER Non-Corridor kits!
SC
Quote from: Simon Cramer on August 22, 2017, 01:45:30 PM
I've been trying to have a look on the Ultima / Etched Pixels website and it's been down for a few days (I keep getting "page can't be found" responses).
...
Similarly, Edge tells me "Hmmm...can't reach this page".
I'm getting a "Time out " message, amounts to the same thing.
Loading OK again now. :thumbsup:
@Simon Cramer (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=6269)
Yep, it's okay here too. Probably just a server glitch, but Etched is certainly one that we don't want to lose.
...and me too just now..... PHEW!
No further update on reopening date but I'm just glad it's still there.
SC
Any update as when you will be up and running again?