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: Exterior
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
Our very own flypast!
Cat was up very early and by 8am she had already painted the outside of one of the metal window frames. We are keeping these windows as bare metal on the inside, but they are being painted on the outside. Blink and you miss her. Cat is now priming the landing window. Dan is repairing… Continue reading Our very own flypast!
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
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…
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
Crafty rafters
Blink and you miss it here! Dan had already nearly finished the fix for the rafters by lunchtime! This is the front side of the roof, the side where the wall has moved out by over a foot so the fix is quite pronounced on this side. You can see the old rafters attached to… Continue reading Crafty rafters