We kept all of our old broken and worn tiles from the roof to use as hardcore for the drains. Here they are being used for drainage in the bottom of the soak away in the back garden. It’s another horrid damp day outside for Tom and George, but inside the windows remain almost completely… Continue reading Ooo shelves!
Month: December 2020
Graffiti regrets
I am sure Cat will find this funny when she returns on Friday. This is so true. Even Jasper got a BIG mention. It’s that time of year when fence posts grow gloves. Dan is cutting the elm floor board to fit the edge of the tread that he is repairing. He is extending it… Continue reading Graffiti regrets
Man vs root
The very good news is that all the portable heaters have made a huge difference to the condensation on the windows. This morning is the first morning for a couple of weeks that there hasn’t been pools of water on every window sill, in fact most sills were dry! Thank god for that as the… Continue reading Man vs root
The heat is on
Disappointingly the addition of the dehumidifier and the fan made very little difference to the condensation levels on the windows this morning. I am still mopping up pools of water on the sills and as soon as I dry the windows they are steaming up again… We need to get more heat in the house.… Continue reading The heat is on
Warming up, cleaning up and drying up
Saturday and Cat is back from Bristol but we are so knackered and utterly fed up with the house that we decide to have a day off house stuff. With so much yet to do and a huge clean up process to begin, we simply don’t know where to start. It is so overwhelming that… Continue reading Warming up, cleaning up and drying up
Almost a whole plate
It was another cold and damp day with just George on site, but it is Friday, thankfully (Fridays do come around quickly at the moment). George is digging the trenches at the back deeper, the ground level outside is again higher than the ground level inside, not as bad as the front but it still… Continue reading Almost a whole plate
Moisture levels rising
Every morning I have to mop up the condensation on the inside of the windows which is caused by the moisture coming out of the plaster on the walls. It is better this week than last week, but not by much! We have 2 small fan heaters on all day and night in the house,… Continue reading Moisture levels rising
A little planer
Dan has borrowed a little planer to plane the narrow 1 inch oak boards that we got from Doug Hutsby. These are to be used for the architraves and fillets around the doorways (new back door, dining room door and bathroom door) so need to be a thinner. There are also 4 lengths to plane,… Continue reading A little planer
Glorious, despite the mud
What a glorious day! It was cold but dry and the sun shone all day, perfect as we needed the sun to dry the lime pointing out, it is taking much longer to go off than it should as everything is so wet… Tom and George knocking back the pointing they added yesterday around the… Continue reading Glorious, despite the mud