Dan has installed the partition wall for the bathroom and the batons for the moisture resistant plasterboard that will line this room (and square up the walls for the shower). It’s all beginning to take shape and we are finally getting an idea of how this room will look. It’s very exciting! What a pair.… Continue reading Bathroom beginnings!
Category: Bathroom
All hands on deck
Monday morning and we have a full house! Tom and George are back after 2 weeks away, Billy and Andy (our plumbers) are here for 2 days to do the first plumbing fix, and Sam (our electrician) is here to complete the work needed before the plasterers start. We also had a visit from Pete… Continue reading All hands on deck
It’s all about the windows
Another window themed weekend with highs and lows. We started on a high having collected these rather lovely metal lollipops from Ian Beck, a metal worker from Tysoe. Ian shares a warehouse with Dave our soda blaster and is another genuinely lovely man. Ian also owns Indie, the golden Labrador (the glove thief) who we… Continue reading It’s all about the windows
Floor no.2
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
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
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…
Mortise & tenons
Glynn is back (on his one day off work) to tackle window number 3, the bathroom window. We had assessed the window last weekend and agreed it was beyond repair, the majority of it was rotten sadly, but Glynn is going to build a new window out of oak that is identical to the old… Continue reading Mortise & tenons
We’re gonna need more floor boards!
Dan has finished the floor for the bathroom and the landing and it looks better than we could even imagine. He’s taken such care and attention laying the old floorboards, he knows how much they mean to us (and how many man hours have already gone into them already). This could be one of the… Continue reading We’re gonna need more floor boards!
Bird’s eye view
Cat managed to finish off the primer on the sitting room window last night so it is now protected from the damp and the rain. Good job as the weather is shit again. Measuring where the dormer windows will be (roughly where Cat is) so we can work out the size of the new radiators… Continue reading Bird’s eye view