A phrase coined by our good friend Laura, yesterday, and it’s perfect. Everyone who has worked on the house is our building hero. Nothing on this house has been easy or straightforward, it has fought us the whole way, but everyone who has accepted the challenge has worked tirelessly to conquer it. Heroes. The biggest… Continue reading Building heroes
Category: Attic bedroom
Dining room progress
We were going to leave the dining room until phase 2, it is the half of the house that we will be tackling when we build the kitchen extension and convert the garage, but we have decided to tidy up the walls and get them lime plastered now. We will need to get the house… Continue reading Dining room progress
A very special window
Another awful wet Saturday with torrential rain and howling gales. Thankfully Glynn has very nearly finished working on the outside of the windows (just a small bit of adjustment work needed on one) and is building the frame for the internal window in the partition wall between the landing and Zanna’s bedroom. Previously there was… Continue reading A very special window
Almost a bathroom
The plasterers have worked their magic on the bathroom and it is really taking shape. The walls and ceiling are plastered and the window recess has been finished beautifully with rounded edges. This has all been done in modern plaster on moisture resistant plasterboard, so was completed very quickly. The shower area is ready for… Continue reading Almost a bathroom
Space blanket: 1, men: 0
A very busy day on site with 8 vans outside our house at one point! Huge apologies to all our neighbours and the driver of the daily bus service. Tom and Dan are back to fit the insulation in the loft, a job they have not been looking forward to and I now know why!… Continue reading Space blanket: 1, men: 0
Heavy metal
This roll of lead weighs the same as a grown man. This is the super thick lead (code 6) that will be going on the cheeks of the dormers. The lead that was retro fitted into the oak frame yesterday. The front of the dormers are being rendered, but they need a lead sill to… Continue reading Heavy metal
Super busy day
Further great progress was made today with the plastering, the roof and the timbers. The stud wall between the landing and Zanna’s bedroom has had the traditional laths added ready for the lime plaster. Alan meticulously adding the lime plaster. This bit of wall was originally (badly) constructed with chip board and pine and was… Continue reading Super busy day
Weekend of windows & tidying
Our next deadline looming is for the windows. We have Lee coming on Tuesday next week to fit our renovated lead windows, so Cat needs to have all the window frames primed and painted inside and out. Saturday morning and Glynn is back to repair Cat’s window this time. It is one of the worst… Continue reading Weekend of windows & tidying
Master plaster(ers)
Today the first scratch coat of lime plaster gets added to the walls of the sitting room and the study. The mixer is on full capacity as they get through a wheelbarrow of lime in a matter of minutes! Mitch is on mixing and wheelbarrow duty (as well as plastering). It’s incredible to watch and… Continue reading Master plaster(ers)