The plan is to get the bathroom floorboards clean and dust free so they can be sealed today (Friday) then left overnight to dry before a coat of oil tomorrow. This is only practical to do at the weekend when the dust monsters are away. Firstly they need a light sand just to smooth any… Continue reading Floor no.2
Author: Zanna
Dormers taking shape
Dan is making great progress on the dormers, both windows are now in place and look fabulous. It is amazing how much work goes into a dormer; the list of oak required was immense (this was ordered way back in June). Cat continues stripping the paint from the landing window, she is working on the… Continue reading Dormers taking shape
Tiles, rads, lights & windows
Me and Cat did some fun stuff today, we chose our tiles for the bathroom. These will look gorgeous in our shower. Cat had seen them a few weeks previous so we just had to order the tiles, plus all the accessories you need with them. This is the colour we have selected, it is… Continue reading Tiles, rads, lights & windows
Clean & tidy!
Yesterday me and Cat had a big clean and tidy. You can get across the dining room floor now the oak has been moved. Everything we need is on the big shelving unit, organised and accessible. We also washed everything as the dust left nothing untouched! We have swept and hoovered the bathroom, landing and… Continue reading Clean & tidy!
Sunny Monday
Tom timed his holiday perfectly with the weather, today the sunshine and warmth is back. We also timed it well with the flagstone floor clean and seal, the warm weather has helped to dry it all out. George is tasked with carrying all the oak for the dormer windows up to the roof via the… Continue reading Sunny Monday
Flagstone sealing weekend
We have been putting the flagstone sealing weekend off for a while as we knew it was going to be physically hard, but we have to seal the flagstone floor in the sitting room to protect it after it was cleaned a few weeks ago. We covered the floor up with Ram Board immediately after… Continue reading Flagstone sealing weekend
Drive it like you stole it!
We still had more floorboards to collect from the same guy Cat got them from the day before, long ones that she couldn’t get in the Land Rover, so Dan very kindly lent us his van. I was driving and asked Dan if there was any specific way to drive it, he replied with: “Drive… Continue reading Drive it like you stole it!
Ugh day
Cat’s window world of pain continues with paint and putty compatibility issues… We are using water based Farrow & Ball metal primer, but the putty is linseed oil based. In a test on this window the paint is bubbling and not drying because the putty underneath it is not dry (this can take over 2… Continue reading Ugh day
Grand Master Stone Mason
The gable end wall is almost fully repaired. This has been quite a challenge, this wall had so many cracks and was crumbling so badly we weren’t sure it was going to stay up! Grand Master Stone Mason doing what he does best. This wall is almost ready for the coping stones to go on… Continue reading Grand Master Stone Mason
Yet more steel…
Dan is back up in the attic today fixing the steels to the oak purlins ready for Tom to build the purlins back into the gable end wall. These two purlins to the right of the chimney breast are by far the worst ones, neither of them have reached the wall for some time… Bits… Continue reading Yet more steel…