August 2
The first washing machine (which will eventually end up in the coldstore) is temporarily installed. 30 years old but the Miele is still working well. Time has come for me to mark out and cut ....
Category: Utility
Utility areas including the cold room
July 31
Lee finished and left site Tuesday. Dominic and I spent Monday moving the plasterboard outside under protective plastic to make room for the incoming furniture. Tuesday and Wednesday were spent moving the furniture from the ....
June 12
I have redesigned to the fan and ventilation unit to get some shelving into the wall cupboard and it works quite well. The base unit has gone in but the outlet pipe still needs to ....
June 10
A visit to Bordeaux to pick up the missing items and would you believe it, they gave me the wrong size door for the lower unit. Happily they will come to change it over at ....
June 9
Three years on I am still trying to recover fire damaged goods. This is the router that is attached to the router table. Despite heroic efforts the screws holding the router to the table have ....
June 7
Saturday shift. Utility room units start to be positioned. I am impressed with the advances IKERA have made in their support systems but less so with their instructions! The top middle unit needs to be ....
June 6
With no insulation or vapour barrier I am trying to use my time effectively so the IKEA cabinets have started to be assembled for the utility room. Upstairs I have completed the master bedroom internal ....
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 ....
April 17
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 ....
April 16
The final preparation required the floors to be swept, hoovered and washed to lift the dust. Only then was I able to safely tape a protective cover over the travertine (which is highly absorbent and ....