Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Feb 12th update

Photos from 8th Feb

Doors! We have decided to put glazed doors on the kids room and the rear hall so we can see what the kids are up to and let even more light in at the back. We have put a solid door on the snug to keep it private - and a lock! And a solid door on the front hall to retain the surprise of entering the big room.

The hob is in albeit temporarily, and since the sparky neglected to appear this weekend, we can't really use it as there is no power. It can be lit with a match, but we're going to wait and use it properly. It is a Britannia hob with a Chef Top which is basically a thick lump of stainless steel that sits on top of the fish burner in the middle.


A better piccie of the sink with the tap in full view - full of clutter already....

The rear porch looks great. Just the glass for the door to go in - oh, and the roof to finish off,

The utility is further away than expected - the rear hall seems enormous now we've added the doorway and moved the door to the kitchen a bit.


Photos from 12th Feb.

Work has started on the utility. This used to be an outhouse which the previous owners joined to the house via the shoe room. It has a double thickness brick outside wall, but building regs require us to insulate it before we can knock through from the house and use it.

The guys took the previous poorly fixed plasterboard off and ripped out the old oil fired boiler. We are keeping the Belfast sink (but cleaning it up). We will also keep the vaulted ceiling.



Unfortunately we have a chimney box left over once we remove the wood burning stove. So we will just get that boxed in.


The guys got a bit enthusiastic taking out the windows - and removed some of the wall! But that has now been re-built.

It is actually quite a big room when it's empty! This is Jazic (apologies for the spelling).


We now have the right doors - the solid and glazed doors match.

Wednesday, 6 February 2008

That sinking feeling....

The new drain for the utility. It used to half a 1 1/2 inch waste sunk underground running into a drain int he rear hall. Apparently, this is illegal - only 4in pipes can be underground, so we're getting another new drain laid.

The rear porch is coming on. Now they need to join the sloping roof of the old rear hall to the new flat section and install the box gutters etc.


The front hall on sunday night

and on monday night

We have stripped the stairwell wallpaper, and luckily the plaster is not that bad - just have to find a safe way of painting... time for a longer broom handle on the roller.


The kitchen..... here is the island run with temporary worktop and a gap for the dishwasher. You can see the sink at the end - not the usual installation, it woudl normally face into a corner with walls either side.


The whole kitchen. Top left are two 1000mm drawer units and a 600 drawer line cupboard, the drawer unit int he middle will have the hob on it. Then the corner unit before the run of tall units - oven, oven, larder with pull out wirework, fridge, broom cupboard, then a cupboard run to cover the UFH manifold.


The sink in place - a bit dusty! But you can see how big the main bowl is.


The tall unit run.


The sink complete with tap, soap dispenser and remote switch for the garbage disposal (an InSinkErator ISE65 - must be American with a name like that)


That ISE65 - didn't realise it was that big - good job it's a big cupboard. The clear plastic tube goes to the remote switch - it is an air switch.


Hopefully we'll have the hob in today and the rest of the units ready for the electrician to connect things by the weekend - maybe even a fridge!!!

Thursday, 31 January 2008

BbbbbIiiiiGggggg bath....

Well, it's here, and they got it upstairs!

It's 2000mm x 1250mm and it is now a Bath Room, not a bathroom! The big silver blob on the side is a combined overflow and filler, and you turn it to open/close the waste underneath:


The bath is an Airspa, so it's not a jacuzzi, it blows hot or cold air into the bath so there are no jets for little fingers or toes to poke, just watering can style rose holes on the bath base. Here is all the compressors and gubbins:




We have bought some tap heads to go with it but they look so small, we're putting them on the box surround, not on the bath itself, they are about 1 inch square:

Monday, 28 January 2008

That sink!

Well, it arrived today..... a bit unusual, but nothing special.........hmmm.

A Blanco Modus M-90 in Anthracite Silgranit apparently!















Maybe this makes the point a bit better!!!! IT IS HEEUUGE..... What a beast.



The oven is nice, but pretty ordinary in comparison - hopefully they'll deliver the other one soon!



Geoff has had a busy day! The porch looks great even without glass and a roof.


And the Bow window looks nice all lit up!

Tomorrow is BATH DAY!!!!! Wahey.

Painting... at last

It's been a busy weekend. The main room plaster has dried so we have been painting - the first time I have wished we didn't have the vaulted ceiling with the Velux!

Anyway, the electrics are progressing - although not fast enough!! This is the current meter and fuse board.....


Soon to be replaced by this monster!!!

We've started stripping the stairwell since it was a mixture of fresh plaster and textured wall-paper.

Here is the main room in it's new white livery - I need a wide angle lens !!!!


Some of the kitchen units are here, ready and waiting


And on Saturday this arrived. We were worried that it woudl look huge in the house, but it looks quite small - maybe we should have bought a bigger one ;-)


Yes - this was that much fun to paint.



Parlo has been putting skirting boards and architrave on - what a difference it makes. Now it's starting to look like a room.