Monday morning, another week, another hole. The chasm is being fixed by Tom & Dan today and they need to start by propping up the main A-Frame of the roof, as this is sitting on the end of the internal wall which is in real danger of collapsing. So they break through to the loft… Continue reading Break on through to the other side
Category: Zanna’s Bedroom
‘Stranger Things’ sized chasm
Friday has come around quickly this week. We are still trying to find someone who can cut the oak, but have found two companies who will supply AND cut the oak, thereby reducing the logistics and cost, quite dramatically. We would prefer to use the oak from Doug, but there would be so much wastage… Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ sized chasm
Not got wood
After uncovering the window seat in what will be our new bathroom, we suspected we might find the same in Zanna’s bedroom. The house didn’t disappoint! Another old oak window seat, but with this comes another hollow wall… To be honest this is the least of our worries with this part of the wall. This… Continue reading Not got wood
Got wood!
Monday morning and it didn’t start off too well. The (very expensive) oak we had delivered on Friday to be used for the new joists in the sitting room and study ceilings turned out to be the wrong size. Not by a little, but way off. Also the company we had bought these from were… Continue reading Got wood!
Rejuvenating old elm floor boards
Our soda blaster, Dave (who cleaned up the inglenook fireplace a couple of years ago), had some old elm floorboards in his garage which he has donated to our cause! They have been there since he removed them from his house some years ago and are just like our floorboards, except they are not stained… Continue reading Rejuvenating old elm floor boards
Discovering another stone fireplace!
In Zanna’s bedroom, the chimney breast from the study underneath continues up to the loft. We knew there would have been a fireplace here originally, but we were pretty convinced it had all been removed, with the air vent being all that remained. So we started to investigate with fairly low expectations. As expected, we… Continue reading Discovering another stone fireplace!