Sand Blasting
If you have never seen it, this is sand blasting in progress. Jonathan has cleaned the wall (that will be exposed in the Lounge) and is here cleaning up the joists that will remain visible ....
Category: Ground Floor
Oak Flooring Moved!
Started yesterday but finished today. The oak flooring has been moved from the drive to be stored internally. Currently serving as my temporary workbench/store as it will not be needed for some time.
First Floor Joists 4
Trial holes for installing the sewage (assainissement) system were dug and surprise, surprise they are full of water. Consequently the system cannot be a standard one but instead an electrically driven micro station. Cost will ....
First Floor Joists 3
With the floor in, the windows can be started at the back of the house. To get the scaffolding up outside the eventually pathway needed to be part laid. By the end of the day ....
External Concreting
I turned up late in the morning to find the new beam had been installed and levelled and most of the external concreting had been done. The rear patio. The workshop and BBQ area that ....
External Concreting Preparation
The wall rendering is finished. The concrete support is re-shuttered to be raised to the new height. The hole to receive the far end of the new beam has been raised and moved to get ....
Internal Walls Rendered
With the concrete removed from the walls the team got on with applying a cost of lime based mortar. Not quite finished but it make a huge impact on the inside to have the walls ....
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 ....
Windows 1
As I am taking a more relaxed approach at the moment I did not arrive until nearly midday to find that the wall had been finished. cleaned and tiled. Henri will, be happy as it ....
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 ....