April 24
Lee and Jacque were so efficient that I asked them to do the decorating as well. Lee manipulated the sander on the ceiling and walls and jaqu got on with cutting in the edges before ....
Category: Upper Mezzanine
Mezzanine leading to the office area
April 23
Not my preferred option but after discussing with Lee I decided to move ahead immediately with the study and lounge complete with its 8.5 metre high ceiling. To do so, I first needed to make ....
December 23
Last day before Christmas. Tomorrow it is shopping and preparing for the festive break. Gave myself the whole day to install the four final ground floor circuits (including switching to the first floor). It went ....
December 19
More rearranging. Philippe continues to volunteer to help me in the house so today we moved one of the stacks of plasterboard up to the first floor and some to the upper mezzanine. Just enough ....
Underfloor Heating 3
While my two assistants watched on, I rearranged the main staircase components, moving them from the first floor to the upper mezzanine. I also sorted the various lengths of parquet ready for the next few ....
Upper Mezzanine Floor 11
This morning I finished off the final sections of the floor and trimmed it back to the beam before nailing it down. Looks good from above and below but despite my careful sorting it appears ....
Upper Mezzanine Floor 10
While I progressed the flooring on the mezzanine, Socover returned to site to do some alterations to the windows and doors. The biggest change was the reversal of the door hinging on the door to ....
Upper Mezzanine Floor 9
Good progress on the floor. The end will need to be trimmed against the beam and then cloaked by the oak panel when it finally arrives. I can now stand on it to work from. ....
Upper Mezzanine Floor 8
Sanding finished. Before and after shots that show the black stains removed. I then set out the first line of the parquet flooring. I started on this side so the Final Cut piece will be ....
Upper Mezzanine Floor 7
Sanding back the surface on the beams prior to starting to lay the floor.