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Category: Lounge

July 23

23 July 20253 August 2025 gjj

Lee has now applied a second coat to most of the surfaces. One final one to go then it is sanding prior to painting. The proper bandstand has arrived which is far more secure. With ....

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Guest Bedroom, Guest Bedroom En Suite, Lounge, Lower Mezzanine, Master Bedroom, Master Bedroom En Suite, Shower Room, Upper Mezzanine

July 21

21 July 20253 August 2025 gjj

Lee is on site today and working upstairs so I am back downstairs crying on with more plaster boarding to get the switches properly installed. Spot the difference on this section of wall in the ....

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Lounge

July 17

17 July 20253 August 2025 gjj

It was a long time ago I installed these switches and sorting the spaghetti of wires to reposition them from the rebate wall to the staircase wall was a bit of a challenge. I experimented ....

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Lounge, Upper Mezzanine

July 16

16 July 20253 August 2025 gjj

Although the first floor rooms are ready I also want to get the upper mezzanine prepared for jointing and painting. To do that sensibly, I need to plasterboard the wall that rises from the ground ....

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Lounge, Upper Mezzanine

May 21

21 May 20256 June 2025 gjj

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 ....

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Lounge

April 17

17 April 20254 May 2025 gjj

Lee and Jacque arrive to start the plasterboard jointing. They assure us we will not see the joints after they have finished. They are incredibly quick and accurate with their work and the first coat ....

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Cold Store, Dining Room, Ground Floor, Kitchen, Lounge, Shower Room, Utility

Final Floor Beams 2

21 October 202311 February 2024 gjj

The concrete base has gone into the garden store. And the new replacement beam has been installed over the existing one that gave me concerns at one end. Also te high level beam is in ....

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Attic, First Floor, Garden Store, Ground Floor, Kitchen, Lounge, Lower Mezzanine, Upper Mezzanine

Final Floor Beams 1

18 October 202311 February 2024 gjj

Florent's team returned to site today and immediately set about installing the missing floor beams that were recently delivered for both the first floor and attic . By the end of the day the attic ....

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Lounge, Lower Mezzanine, Upper Mezzanine

Jointing 11 (The End!)

13 September 202311 February 2024 gjj

Finally the jointing is finished. Scaffold down at the front to reveal its new face and the internal wall also cleared (although still a bit damp as it is inside). The top of the attic ....

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Attic, External, Lounge

Jointing 10

11 September 202311 February 2024 gjj

Front wall finished today (still to be brushed off) and a start made on the internal wall. Almost there.

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External, Lounge

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