Tiles above cooker before being grouted
Tiles after the grouting in kitchen
Tiling and grouting all completed, thanks Tony!
Preparing to paint new sun lounge
Kitchen ready to use
Kitchen finished! Just need to fill cupboards now!
Island unit for all our baking needs!
Roughcasting coat or tyroleaning from left side of scaffolding
Roughcasting coat or tyroleaning
Roughcasting or tyrolean coat on outside of new upstairs extension
View of roughcast around new bathroom window
Planks and scaffolding left inside for the weekend to enable us to apply 2 coats of paint
Ceiling of stairwell, with plank across scaffolding for painting
Preparing to paint the ceiling of the stairwell
Study with plaster all dried ready for painting
Painting study pic
Downstairs sun lounge back wall plastered
New sun lounge another wall skimmed with plaster
More plastered walls in new sun lounge
Plastering around the top of the staircase position
Plastering now completed around the dormer window
Work on dormer – membrane and batten has been fixed on at the sides
painting of upstairs bedroom continuing
View from back of bedroom to front, not all painted yet, some areas with only first coat
Side of dormer window, membrane and batten on sides
Ceiling of the new sun lounge, freshly plastered
Freshly plastered wall of sun lounge, boarded area will have french doors
Opposite side of sun lounge, plasterboard in place
Wills!
new dormer window from inside, unfortunately a mistake at the suppliers meant that the sealed units were incorrect size
new dormer window from inside
new dormer window
view from new dormer
Paul on scaffolding
Spring seems to have arrived – a beautiful day at Springdale
Through the Magnolia tree
Furry buds on the Magnolia Tree
Joe O’Hara from Ballan Electrical and Steve Williams, our builder
Wallpaper stripped off, walls filled with plaster ready for another coat, old red paint showing through from a previous owner of Springdale
Rough plastering to fill the gaps where the old wall was situated between the porch and the hall. Red paint showing through under the old wallpaper
New sun lounge, angled wall has been plastered filling in any uneven divets and holes and missing plaster where picture rail was removed
New flooring in old porch area, insulated underneath
View from old porch through new sun lounge areas have been plaster filled in readiness for skim coat. Old wallpaper and picture rail removed
Ladders still the only access to upstairs – wall plastered
Ceiling for the new sun lounge at plasterboard stage. Joe O’Hara, Ballan Electrical, has cut 8 holes for the new lights which he wired on his last visit.
The front of the new sun lounge. Newly plasterboarded ceiling and wiring for new lights. There will be 8 in total in this room
Plug socket in new sun lounge
Access to upstairs
First new lights upstairs, fitted but not yet able to switch on. It is one of 9 lights for the bedroom
New socket by small window in bedroom -Up and running!
light switch for main lights that will be beside bed, also sockets below
light switch being prepared outside new ensuite bathroom
Lights installed and parts of ceiling painted
light in study, but no light yet!
Another few walls painted with initial coat of emulsion in the upstairs bedroom
View across the new bedroom to windows, lights and wiring can be seen
Plastering over the stairwell and wiring completed for stair lights
Initial coats of emulsion in new bedroom
Wooden beam framework in old porch area to create a new floor which will be level with the old hall dining room.
wallpaper still to be stripped off on this side of new sun lounge
View towards the old porch, this room will be the new sun lounge, old red paint from years gone by
Old hallway now being stripped of old wallpaper and walls being levelled for plaster skimming. Lighter shade of plaster shows where a door has been at some time in the past
New framework to raise up floor in the old porch
plastering in the new study – wires visible from Joe’s electrical work for plug socket and Pipes for radiators that Marcus is fitting
plastering in the new study pic 2
plastering in the new study around the velux window
plastering in the new study around the newly created cupboard
Phase 1 work this weekend – Tony (brother-in-law) has fitted handles to bathroom and kitchen door and has begun to tile the kitchen (white tiles!)
Phase 2 work this weekend – Paul has been working on the upstairs, beginning the painting of the ceiling in the new upstairs bedroom in readiness for Joe to return and fit the lights.
Handles now in place on door to kitchen from utility and door to new family bathroom. Fitted by Tony
The start of the tiling in the kitchen – thanks Tony!
This is what is called the ‘back buttering’ of tiles. It ensures a thin even coverage of the cement
New white tiles with spacers
Tiling starts from the centre of the cooker and works out the way in both directions
Spirit levels are essential
tiling in new kitchen
tiling in new kitchen pic 2
Paul applying the first coat of watery emulsion to the newly plastered ceiling in the new bedroom
First coat of emulsion on bedroom ceiling
First coat of emulsion on bedroom ceiling pic 2
First coat of emulsion on bedroom ceiling pic 3
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View from Kymin walk – House with canopy still just visible
Extremely wet day today, but due to canopy over the house, the roofer was still able to work.
Royston Collier has been the roofer for phase 2
Royston the roofer back-of-van
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Tiling of all the ridges around the flat roof
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Ensuite bathroom has been plastered
Top of stair wall plastered. Wires are for the top of the stairs light switches (Joe O’Hara – Ballan Electrical)
Plastering in the study so far. Velux window visible
Formation of the over the stairs cupboard, now all boxed in and plaster-boarded, accessed from the study
very-high-ceiling-over-where-the-staircase-will-be. Top ceiling is now all plastered. Small hole is for light.
Old Porch Roof has had noggins inserted for extra strength
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Old hallway wall now demolished extending the size of the new sun lounge. Boarded up whilst work continues inside.
Old hallway wall now demolished
View from the old porch inwards. The floor will be built up to match the height of the existing floor.
Access to the new upstairs is still via a ladder.
The new bedroom and progress with the plastering. Boarded up dormer on the left.
View of the plastering drying out at the front of the bedroom
This will be the ensuite bathroom. The toilet waste pipe has now been blocked in to bring the position of the toilet forward away from the sloping roof. A shelf has been created at the back.
Creation of shelf and boxing in of the toilet to bring the position of the toilet further forward and away from the sloping roof.
New cupboard framework has been built over the stairs. this will be accessed from the study.
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