Tools tiles and bathroom delivery – now upstairs
Bathroom upstairs partly tiled and shower tray
Bathroom upstairs partly tiled
Bathroom upstairs partly tiled looking towards window
Back to March 14th 2017 – phase 2
Lea from Acer Ecology kindly passed on some photos to us which she took whilst supervising tile removal as per our bat licence requirements
Lea’s photo showing Steve sorting tiles taken 14.3.17 for bat licence
Lea’s photo showing Luke removing tiles taken 14.3.17
Lea’s picture of work on the house when she came with her colleague to supervise removal of tiles in accordance with the bat licence taken 14.3.17
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!
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
Cooker hood now complete. Tony helped Paul over the weekend. Just the tiles to go on now and the skirting board to paint plus window-sills-to-fit
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mini-cooker-now-in-position-also-microwave-positioned-for-now-not-set-in-stone-yet-till-properly-in-use
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Flat roof – first coat of fibre glass applied over new upstairs flat roof
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Structure of the new dormer, progress so far
Dormer on the left side of house
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Roof tiles all stripped off today under supervision from bat licensed ecologist. Balcony window taken out and flat roof taken off. From phase 1, worktop for new kitchen which had been measured and cut to size has now been fitted.
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New worktop fitted – a transformation
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Fitments all in place, door needs painting or varnishing and also handle required.
Interesting to compare it with how it used to look in September 2016. See the transformation below.
Small bedroom to new bathroom
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Spot Marcus, our plumber, in a very tight spot, under the floor in the new bathroom
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New family bathroom Old doorway from old bedroom to hall now plaster boarded over. Then new bathroom floor is laid. First a wooden flooring is laid and marked with a grid.
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New Family Bathroom
New Family bathroom – right hand side
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Tile removal today, on both sides of the house and middle parts, supervised by the bat licenced ecologists as we have a potential for bats. On an earlier survey we were told we must have a bat licence as transitionary bats were spotted. No bats or evidence of bats was found. Electrician also at work today in the roof space, sorting out wiring, a major task.
tile removal today under the supervision of the bat licenced ecologists
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left-side-of-house-17-1-17 protected from weather until canopy goes on
left-side-of-roof – Lots of cluster flies found under the tiles, already found hundreds in the attic. No bats found or evidence of bats
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