Cat’s now working full time so it’s over to me to manage both houses and all the trades. It’s been an exhausting week culminating in a crazy Friday when I didn’t even have time for a cup of tea. It was a beautifully sunny morning with an azure sky after a night of heavy rain,… Continue reading Challenge Anneka!
Category: Study
Super busy day
Further great progress was made today with the plastering, the roof and the timbers. The stud wall between the landing and Zanna’s bedroom has had the traditional laths added ready for the lime plaster. Alan meticulously adding the lime plaster. This bit of wall was originally (badly) constructed with chip board and pine and was… Continue reading Super busy day
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
Finished ceilings!
A great day for the house with lots more progress, not such a great day for us with Cat being full of cold and exhausted, Zanna with a sore back after treatment and Jasper with his missing claw… Cat & Jasper had a well needed day off spending the morning in bed, then the afternoon… Continue reading Finished ceilings!
Roof tiles going on!
Our roofers, Roger, Pete and Bo, are back today to start fitting the roof tiles. Another super exciting day, for us anyhow, not for them as they have the fiddly bottom rows of tiles to fit, the rows that run out to compensate for the walls that have moved out. A bastard of a job.… Continue reading Roof tiles going on!
Leaded lights being fitted!
Another very exciting day! Today our restored leaded lights are being fitted by Lee Boswell and we cannot wait to see them… In the meantime our plasterers are back bright and early (they start at 7.30am!) and are moving upstairs to plaster Zanna’s bedroom and the landing. Zanna’s bedroom prepped and ready and awaiting the… Continue reading Leaded lights being fitted!
The Mary Celeste…
Monday morning and there is only Cat on site, working on the windows of course, as no one else has turned up today. Our builders Tom and Dan’s job they were on last week has overrun so they won’t be back until Wednesday (hopefully!), and the plasterers are on another job for the day. This… Continue reading The Mary Celeste…
Weekend of windows & tidying
Our next deadline looming is for the windows. We have Lee coming on Tuesday next week to fit our renovated lead windows, so Cat needs to have all the window frames primed and painted inside and out. Saturday morning and Glynn is back to repair Cat’s window this time. It is one of the worst… Continue reading Weekend of windows & tidying
Master plaster(ers)
Today the first scratch coat of lime plaster gets added to the walls of the sitting room and the study. The mixer is on full capacity as they get through a wheelbarrow of lime in a matter of minutes! Mitch is on mixing and wheelbarrow duty (as well as plastering). It’s incredible to watch and… Continue reading Master plaster(ers)
Sealing the ceilings
Alan and Charlie custom fitting all the sound insulating plasterboard between each joist. Each board has to be scribed to fit as none of the joists are straight or parallel and there can’t be any gaps either as the sound insulating qualities would be compromised. The study ceiling almost complete, ready for a skim of… Continue reading Sealing the ceilings