We are running low on energy, time, patience and daylight. It’s also turned really cold all of a sudden and the house is f***ing freezing. Cat continues working on the staircase, sanding and chiseling off the remnants of old paint. Cat looks like she is enjoying it here. She is not enjoying it. Every muscle… Continue reading Running low…
Category: Stairs & Landing
The old & the new
We are bloody glad that we covered over all the windows yesterday, we also covered parts of the roof where we know rain comes in. Today there have been some torrential downpours but all our covers are holding up and protecting our precious timber windows and floors. Dan has fitted the new oak posts that… Continue reading The old & the new
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!
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!
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
Last of the cement?
Could this really be the last of the cement in this side of the house? The brick and cement wall built on the side of the chimney breast to support the tie beam can now be removed. The tie beam has been extended and built back into the wall and steels added to strengthen it,… Continue reading Last of the cement?
Before & after
These before photos were taken on one of our viewings before we bought the house, 4 years ago in August 2016. The transformations are astonishing! Dining room, looking through to the kitchen with the larder on the left. Landing looking from Zanna’s bedroom to the stairs. The now infamous broken tie beam was boxed in.… Continue reading Before & after
Magnificent cutting machines
It was a very noisy morning with these two. Tom cutting stone and Dan cutting steel. Very cool toys though, I want one. Tom is filling in the gaps in the stonework today (he has run out of steel bars for now). All the fiddly little bits that need attention. This is the chimney breast… Continue reading Magnificent cutting machines
Poo pipe part 2…
A busy day all round. Billy and Andy were back to continue the first fix pipework and to install the poo pipe into the house, Tom was installing more steel bars into corners and the steel angle above the shelves, while Dan was fixing the tie beam with the steel plates and new oak end.… Continue reading Poo pipe part 2…
Exhaustion kicks in
Monday morning after a very tiring weekend kicked off before 8am with Tom and Dan back (thank god) and the oak for the new dormer windows being delivered. Our plumbers Billy and Andy then arrived to begin the first fix for the pipework to the new bathroom and the new radiators. Lots of discussions were… Continue reading Exhaustion kicks in