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
Author: Zanna
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
Drain pipe world
Who knew this place even existed? Europipes in Shipston-on-Stour is a vast site (with a huge warehouse) with pipes and drains as far as you can see, Jasper was astounded. It was a quick pick up of more land drain bits and pieces, angles, T-joints and rubber adaptors (also, who knew land drain piping was… Continue reading Drain pipe world
Ghost writer
It was a quiet weekend with us both having a well needed day off on Saturday, sort of, we both need some time where we aren’t constantly thinking about the house too. A socially distanced dog walk with Laura and her new dog, followed by a night in front of the telly watching a film… Continue reading Ghost writer
The giant claw
7.30am as I was getting out of the shower, I heard a very large lorry outside. The grab lorry was here to remove all the clay that we have dug out of the trench. Good job I was up! The walk way that George had constructed up the mud mountain yesterday so he could make… Continue reading The giant claw
Condensation & frost
Every morning all the windows have very heavy condensation running down them and pooling on the sills inside due to the moisture levels in the house. The plaster will take a while to dry out (2 weeks for the modern plaster, many months for the lime plaster…) and until then this will happen. It is… Continue reading Condensation & frost