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A bit of everything and all that gubbins ... latest updates
Once upon a time there was a house. Actually there still is a house because it hasn't fallen down yet. It isn't particularly new, nor is it particularly old, but it is a bloody mess. The decor, which was inherited from the previous owners, is best described as "bad taste done badly". Herein lies the tale of 111 Longlands Way; a task once referred to as "The Renovation of The House of Tart" (aka "Kingsley gets the hammer out"). Not to take credit away from Jan, who is working just as hard stripping walls downstairs and battling away in the garden while finding out just how spiky brambles really are.
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22 November 2005The builder works on installing the Velux windows. One for the landing, one for the en-suite. The frame ...  |
You've got to use foil backed plasterboard nowadays ...  |
... and now the stairs has a rather high overhead window. This lets a surprising amount of natural light into the landing ...  |
... which means we can get rid of these horrible borrowed lights (windows over the doors) and have bits of wall there like most people have. These really are not nice at all. Nasty nasty nasty nasty. Yeuch. I dislike them even more than mushy peas.  |
21 November 2005... and now this bit is covered too ... and then I remember that I never shifted the piece of builder's chewing gum that I found on one of my noggings. Well, I expect it'll be there for a little while now ... and rock hard by the time it next sees the light of day.  |
Oh well, it nearly lined up. Nothing the faceplate won't cover though.  |
19 November 2005The builder finishes the ballastrade, apart from the bolt covers on the newel posts ... and rather nice it looks too.  |
Meanwhile, I crack on with fixing big flat wobbly bits to the wall (more commonly known as plasterboard).  |
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18 November 2005Finally, an end to the shameless exhibitionism. No longer will it be quite so easy for people to see you on the loo for the plasterboard has started to go up. The green stuff in the gaps is Rockwool RW3 insulation. It's there for acoustic insulation rather than thermal. This is some of the more dense stuff at 60kg per cubic metre. Building regs say that new stud walls have to have insulation in for accoustic reasons; the minimum requirement is 10kg per cubic metre. The denser the better. This way I can make bubbles in the bath and nobody will hear ... or more to the point I can sing in the shower and get away with it.  |
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