Durgo & heating!

This innocent bit of pipe work has taken months to get fitted! It has taken so long as no-one knew exactly what was needed here. This vents the soil pipe from the bathroom and at the top sits a Durgo valve, a necessary bit of kit to equalise the pressure in the soil pipe. No-one… Continue reading Durgo & heating!

Earth, we have a problem

Sunday morning and Cat is painting the sitting room ceiling, a job she has understandably been putting off for a while as there is SO MUCH cutting in and her arms and neck are already hurting… Our brass lights are well wrapped up to protect from the paint. Another epic task. It’s all about the… Continue reading Earth, we have a problem

Dining room denim

Cat is on a mission to get the dining room decorated today! Sam is back tomorrow to fit more electrics and the plan is to fit the dining room lights, so Cat has a 24hr deadline… This is the last room with lime plaster to decorate and we have bought Fenwick & Tilbrook’s claypaint in… Continue reading Dining room denim

Magicman

All of the butterflies who overwintered in our house are now waking up. It’s a huge surprise anything survived in our house last year with all the building work, dust, soda blasting, plaster, etc. but I found this beautiful Peacock butterfly in the dining room. I imagine they have been sleeping up the chimney. Our… Continue reading Magicman

Ugh. Garage.

Sunday and we had help from our cousins to clean out the garage. Another epic task that Cat cannot manage on her own. Cat has started to prepare the walls in the dining room, filling the lime plaster where it has been damaged on corners etc. This room has had the most traffic over the… Continue reading Ugh. Garage.