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Following the fire at Easter (2022) we decided against rebuilding and instead went ahead with the sale of the property that had been agreed with the purchasers before the fire occurred. With the house went ....
May 23
Vapour barrier and plasterboard in the dressing room. I have repositioned the shutter controls to inside the rebate for the window as it is more convenient than on the outer wall as in this room, ....
May 22
With the plasterboard pile renewed I can get on with the upstairs. Here in the dressing room I have insulated and prepared the tapes to support the vapour barrier Likewise in the Master en suite ....
May 21
After yesterday's successful wine trip, back to work. I was organising the delivery of the last of the plasterboard needed to finish the house. In view of the issues last time, I decided to do ....
May 19
Internal Walls in the Dressing Room are finished. External wall still to be done but the radiator is now fitted but not connected. It needs to come off for me to prepare and paint the ....
May 16
The car went for a service this morning so time on site was limited. However I managed to get the electrical points and (future wardrobe) light points in to the Dressing Room. The corner will ....
May 15
The Master bedroom radiators finally installed and tested. I cannot test the Guest Bedroom yet as the circuit includes the towel rail in the bathroom that is not fitted so I have ordered some blanking ....
May 14
Time to start the external wall cladding upstairs. This is the dressing room, insulated then sealed with a vapour barrier before plasterboarding. A late design change as a water tap is now required for the ....
May 10
The last few days have been bank holidays or other distractions and next week I have to take a couple of days off to take Luc to the vet and me for a Covid injection ....
May 6
The plasterers have left and they did not complete the painting to the floor as there is eventually going to be a skirting board or it will be behind kitchen cabinets or other furniture. However, ....
May 3
Yesterday and today we went to site together to concentrate on planting and tidying the garden. Jude concentrated on planting while I did the digging and lawns. In between times, I got on with the ....