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
Category: Roof
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…
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
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
Hare today…
We’ve been waiting keenly for these lights to arrive, super excited about them, and we weren’t disappointed! The hare is hilarious, destined for the sitting room or dining room, and the crow is ingenious, destined for the cubby hole in the wall in Zanna’s bedroom. We have already purchased a rat for the cubby hole… Continue reading Hare today…
Storm Francis hits
Storm Francis had been raging all night and by the time we were awake it had ripped most of the sheeting off the sides of the scaffolding so the rain was being blown straight in. The new attic floor was soaking and it was pouring through to the floors below. Our freshly cleaned flagstone floor… Continue reading Storm Francis hits
We need more acid, man
Today the specialist floor cleaners begin on the flagstone floor in the sitting room. A day we have been looking forward to. We cannot wait to see how the flagstones look underneath the red compound that is stuck all over them. This floor was hidden under a thick layer of concrete for decades, Cat spent… Continue reading We need more acid, man
Floors & walls
It’s beginning to look a lot like a house, amazing the difference a few floors and walls can make! Dan’s making good progress with the attic floor. It’s a very large space and has lots of fiddly edges, not to mention joists changing direction between rooms, all making it a bit time consuming. Add to… Continue reading Floors & walls