More Minor Changes and First Floor Flooring 6
The finished repair of the front arch. Some changes to the kerbstones. The heat pump position had to be changed (the base was extended some time ago for it) so the pathway became too narrow ....
Category: Entrance Gates and Arch
Workshop Window and First Floor Flooring 5
Today Florent and his team are back on site for a couple of days to sort out some minor snagging issues. So I have got them to help me fit the large fixed window in ....
Electric Gates 2
By lunchtime, Erik had finished the installation. By then I had installed the lock plate for the new Yale lock and provided a temporary electrical supply for him to test the doors. So finally, we ....
Electric Gates 1
Back or no back, the gates needed to be installed. Actually the medication has made me much more mobile but I am still cautious about doing anything that exerts too much strain on it. Eric ....
Entrance Arch Damage
As I left the site this evening I noticed that the crack in the arch has grown even wider. It was quite small when we bought the property but then enlarged following the earthquake. It ....
Painful Errors
Because I am taking a relaxed approach and only visiting on occasion and not daily, errors begin to occur. When I arrived today I was upset to see what looks to be cement used as ....
Concrete Floor Goes In
When I arrived on site it was about an hour before the concrete was due to arrive and I found four builders busy on the separation wall which, in a morning, they had just about ....
Ivy Finished! (For Now)
Having sorted the water mains and connections it was back onto sorting out the Ivy and finally the entrance arch is cleared on the roadside. I also did the front wall at the same time. ....
More Ivy Removal
Quiet day on my own on site today. Finally finished off the ivy on the walls behind the car parking area and down the wall on the roadside between the parking area and the arch. ....
Garden Wall 1
Our focus switched to the swimming pool over the weekend to agree where the heat pumps and technical areas will go. Yet more underground cables to be laid! The heat pumps will also affect the ....