Monthly Archives: November 2016

Day 104 – Monday 28th November 2016

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Day 104 – Monday 28th November 2016

Electrician in today wiring up all sockets in the kitchen ready for the power switch on, later this week!  Also builder finishing brick work on steps to main patio.

brickwork-for-steps-up-to-main-patio-now-finished-new-indian-sandstone-slabs-to-be-put-on

brickwork-for-steps-up-to-main-patio-now-finished-new-indian-sandstone-slabs-to-be-put-on

steps-beside-side-kitchen-window-base-prepared-and-protected-from-frost

steps-beside-side-kitchen-window-base-prepared-and-protected-from-frost

new-plug-sockets-in-small-bedroom-prepared-no-electrics-in-here-before-as-this-was-a-bathroom

new-plug-sockets-in-small-bedroom-prepared-no-electrics-in-here-before-as-this-was-a-bathroom

plug-sockets-wired-up-in-small-bedroom-after-plastering

plug-sockets-wired-up-in-small-bedroom-after-plastering

Day 103 – Sunday 27th November 2016

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Day 103 – Sunday 27th November 2016

new-laminate-floor-sample

Close up of laminate for new kitchen floor

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Tony laying the laminate flooring on a layer of underlay

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Progress of laminate floor so far

paul-painting-another-coat-to-utility-ceiling

Paul-painting-another-coat-to-utility-ceiling before electrician on Monday

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Utility area painting

Day 102 – Saturday 26th November 2016

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Day 102 – Saturday 26th November 2016

Kitchen delivered! Painting continues and the first internal door is fitted!

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The kitchen has arrived all the way from Hull

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Wrens Kitchens

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Delivery vehicle just about got up the driveway. Had to back up the road

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kitchen-delivery

kitchen-delivery-from-wrens

Kitchen in Kitchen!

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The first internal door to be fitted from new kitchen to hallway.

Day 101 – Friday 25th November 2016

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Day 101 – Friday 25th November 2016

steps-up-to-patio-from-new-patio-area-taking-shape

steps-up-to-patio-from-new-patio-area-taking-shape

another-view-of-step-progress-up-to-patio

another-view-of-step-progress-up-to-patio

new-bedroom-plastered-now-drying-out

new-bedroom-plastered-now-drying-out

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new-bedroom-plastered-now-drying-out-pic-3

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new-bedroom-plastered-now-drying-out-pic-2

wills-helping-out-drying-the-plaster-on-ceiling-ready-for-painting

wills-helping-out-drying-the-plaster-on-ceiling-ready-for-painting

new-kitchen-with-1st-coat-of-paint-on-ceiling

new-kitchen-with-1st-coat-of-paint-on-ceiling

painted-kitchen-another-coat-to-go

painted-kitchen-another-coat-to-go

kitchen-with-another-coat-of-paint

kitchen-with-another-coat-of-paint

hip-roof-plaster-now-drying-out

hip-roof-plaster-now-drying-out

laminate-flooring-for-kitchen-delivered

laminate-flooring-for-kitchen-delivered

Day 100 – Thursday 24th November 2016

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Day 100 – Thursday 24th November 2016

Plastering and outside work on new patio

 

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Back of new kitchen and Bedroom – scaling all levelled

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walkway-between-garage-and-new-kitchen-stones-laid-to-form-a-ramp

plaster-repaired-around-new-doorway-entrance-to-kitchen-from-corridor

plaster-repaired-around-new-doorway-entrance-to-kitchen-from-corridor

ceiling-in-new-bathroom-now-totally-replastered

ceiling-in-new-bathroom-now-totally-replastered

new-small-bedroom-converted-from-sauna-last-year-walls-prepared-and-patched-ready-for-skim-coat-of-plaster

new-small-bedroom-converted-from-sauna-last-year-walls-prepared-and-patched-ready-for-skim-coat-of-plaster

new-small-bedroomblurred-picture-no-light-walls-prepared-for-plastering

new-small-bedroom blurred-picture-no-light-walls-prepared-for-plastering

hip-roof-area-plastered-inside

hip-roof-area-plastered-inside

new-kitchen-ceiling-plaster-starting-to-dry-out-slowly

new-kitchen-ceiling-plaster-starting-to-dry-out-slowly

utility-area-ceiling-painted

utility-area-ceiling-painted

utility-area-wall-and-ceiling-painted

utility-area-wall-and-ceiling-painted

Day 99 – Wednesday 23rd November 2016

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Day 99 – Wednesday 23rd November 2016

Amazing pictures of our plasterers on stilts!!!

a-lot-of-workmen-this-morning-builder-2-plasterers-and-guy-to-do-fibre-glass-roof-repair

a-lot-of-workmen-this-morning-builder-2-plasterers-and-guy-to-do-fibre-glass-roof-repair

Quite funny really, had  a Viv, a Matt, and a Tom working here today! All names of family members!

plasterers-on-stilts-skimming-the-very-high-ceiling-this-was-amazing

plasterers-on-stilts-skimming-the-very-high-ceiling-this-was-amazing

plasterers-at-work-on-stilts

plasterers-at-work-on-stilts

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plasterers-at-work-on-stilts-3

plasterers-at-work-on-stilts-2

plasterers-at-work-on-stilts-2

base-for-steps-laid

base-for-steps-laid

bottoming-for-patio-slabs-to-be-laid-on

bottoming-for-patio-slabs-to-be-laid-on

 

Day 98 – Tuesday 22nd November 2016

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Day 98 – Tuesday 22nd November 2016

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio-pic-2

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio-pic-2

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio-pic-3

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio-pic-3

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio-pic-4

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio-pic-4

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio-dumped-on-drive

delivery-of-chippings-10-tons-for-bottoming-under-new-patio-dumped-on-drive

chippings-used-right-along-the-back-of-the-house-in-preparation-for-new-slabs-being-laid

chippings-used-right-along-the-back-of-the-house-in-preparation-for-new-slabs-being-laid

chippings-used-at-the-back-of-the-kitchen

chippings-used-at-the-back-of-the-kitchen

first-coat-of-paint-over-plaster-in-kitchen-watered-down-so-it-does-nor-flake-when-second-coat-is-applied

first-coat-of-paint-over-plaster-in-kitchen-watered-down-so-it-does-nor-flake-when-second-coat-is-applied

first-coat-of-watered-down-paint-applied-but-ceiling-not-plastered-yet-so-no-painting-higher-up

first-coat-of-watered-down-paint-applied-but-ceiling-not-plastered-yet-so-no-painting-higher-up

kitchen-painting

kitchen-painting

painting-at-the-back-of-kitchen

painting-at-the-back-of-kitchen

Day 97 – Monday 21st November 2016

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Day 97 – Monday 21st November 2016

So wet today – torrential rain all day

Plasterer was off sick and rain stopped play on the wall outside for the builder.

Some architraves around doorways were fixed on and husband started stripping wallpaper in the old bedroom which is now a bathroom.

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architraves-around-doorway

removing-wallpaper

Removing old wallpaper

Day 96 – Friday 18th November 2016

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Day 96 – Friday 18th November 2016

Wall beside patio – preparation and rebuild of existing wall.  Also plastering progress in new bathroom and kitchen.

bathroom-plastering

bathroom-plastering

bathroom-plastering-2

bathroom-plastering-2

sloping-ceiling-to-new-kitchen

sloping-ceiling-to-new-kitchen

plaster-around-ceiling-in-new-kitchen

plaster-around-ceiling-in-new-kitchen

wall

Rebuild of old wall in front of patio

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Old wall merges into new

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Five steps are to be constructed here up to patio

 

Day 95 – Thursday 17th November 2016

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Day 95 – Thursday 17th November 2016

large-wall-adjacent-to-main-bedroom-now-plastered

large-wall-adjacent-to-main-bedroom-now-plastered

large-wall-adjacent-to-main-bedroom-now-plastered-pic-2

large-wall-adjacent-to-main-bedroom-now-plastered-pic-2

plasterers-van

Plasterer’s van

sloping-ceiling-to-new-kitchen-plastered

sloping-ceiling-to-new-kitchen-plastered

utility-room-ceiling-plastered

utility-room-ceiling-plastered

new-bathroom-ceiling-partly-plastered

new-bathroom-ceiling-partly-plastered