Burrs in trees are formed by a kind of tumour which can be caused by a virus or fungus, but from something that sounds so awful comes something so beautiful. Burred wood is very sought after as a result. Sam is here today for the next electric fix needed for the plasterers. The attic wall… Continue reading Beautiful burrs
Category: Exterior
Ancient kitten prints
Whilst sorting through all of our hogs back ridge tiles, Cat and Roger discover a tile with tiny kitten paw prints embedded in the clay! So sweet to think a little kitten walked through the clay, possibly 2-300 years ago, and has left its mark for posterity! Our old ridge tiles are a bit weathered… Continue reading Ancient kitten prints
Building heroes
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
Frantic Friday
We had a full house today and it was pretty full on with masses of tasks ticked off the to do list! Tom, George and Dan were back for the day to work on some urgent tasks that would otherwise hold up the plasterers and roofers next week. We have two cement mixers working today,… Continue reading Frantic Friday
Plaster preparations
A busy day of deliveries and preparations for the plastering. Five pallets of lime have arrived from Mike Wye & Associates and are taking up two parking spaces on the road. They will now await a crane to pick them up and carry them over our hedge and into the garden. Lime plastering is a… Continue reading Plaster preparations
Running out of steam
There is a lot to do this weekend, more windows, more cleaning and more hoovering to be ready for the plasterers to start next week but we are beginning to run out of steam… We are so tired. 8am Saturday morning and George is already on the scaffolding knocking back the pointing on the gable… Continue reading Running out of steam
Stop. Bloody. Raining.
Sat morning and it has been raining for over 24 hours solid and yes, we have another bloody leak. It has rained so heavily for so long that it is coming through the tin roof (as it did during the storm back in August), dripping onto the new roofing felt, saturating through it and down… Continue reading Stop. Bloody. Raining.
The last of the leaks?
And then it started to rain. It rained all night and by the morning we had sprung a leak. It was coming from the side of the scaffolding that hasn’t leaked before, the side that the roofers hadn’t yet covered. The attic floor was so saturated it was seeping through to Zanna’s bedroom below. It… Continue reading The last of the leaks?
The last of the Helibars
Tom has a handful of Helibars yet to install in the external front wall, the sitting room window and the dining room chimney breast. Tom is really hoping this is the last of them as he does not enjoy installing these. Not one bit. Before Tom starts we make sure everything in the area is… Continue reading The last of the Helibars
Raising the roof
A very exciting day with lots of progress! Pete and Roger, our roofers, had promised to come today if it rained and luckily for us it did, quite heavily too… This morning Dan finished the door frame on the staircase. He has shaped the edge so there is a lip for the door to sit… Continue reading Raising the roof