More tiling in the en-suite.
Even the tricky bits.
And a wall has been built downstairs.
Wrongly.
It's supposed to stretch across to the other side of the entrance to the kitchen. It'll need a major redo tomorrow.
Friday, 29 November 2013
Fri 29 Nov
More tiling in the en-suite.
Even the tricky bits.
And a wall has been built downstairs.
Wrongly.
It's supposed to stretch across to the other side of the entrance to the kitchen. It'll need a major redo tomorrow.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Thu 28 Nov
At last - wall's come tumblin' down! And the steels are up. But the supports were supposed to be down, and they're not, so the other gang can't start work on the kitchen: the poles are blocking the Poles.
Pawel's crew have done what they can, building the skeleton of the cloakroom (see the wood on the right)...
...plastering the utility...
...and plastering the en-suite.
There's also been more work going on above Ella's bed.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Wed 27th? Not really, but...
Here's the thing:
It's now Mon 16th Dec. Round about Wed 27th Nov, this build starting getting what we might euphemistically call problematic, and I ran out of time to keep this blog updated.
Within a week, I barely had time to sleep.
However, we had time to take pics, which are digital and thus datestamped, so I will now whack them up in something like the right order - and continue to date the blog entries as they were.
So...
Much less wall than there was, and that's a good thing. But...
...it appears to be coming down with little concern for our centrepiece new bifolding picture doors. This is a worry, especially as we'd asked for the doors to be boarded up.
Crud getting into the door runners, too, which is Very Bad For Them.
Ceiling supports, which are becoming ever more important.
Here's where the steels will go when the wall is ready...
...but there's still too much wall yet.
Comical toilet now has a fetching brick-ginger toupee.
The famous steels. At last!
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the house, the Poles are doing what they can. Here's Wojciech building the front wall in what was the garage
It's now Mon 16th Dec. Round about Wed 27th Nov, this build starting getting what we might euphemistically call problematic, and I ran out of time to keep this blog updated.
Within a week, I barely had time to sleep.
However, we had time to take pics, which are digital and thus datestamped, so I will now whack them up in something like the right order - and continue to date the blog entries as they were.
So...
Much less wall than there was, and that's a good thing. But...
...it appears to be coming down with little concern for our centrepiece new bifolding picture doors. This is a worry, especially as we'd asked for the doors to be boarded up.
Crud getting into the door runners, too, which is Very Bad For Them.
Ceiling supports, which are becoming ever more important.
Here's where the steels will go when the wall is ready...
...but there's still too much wall yet.
Comical toilet now has a fetching brick-ginger toupee.
The famous steels. At last!
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the house, the Poles are doing what they can. Here's Wojciech building the front wall in what was the garage
And then, as darkness falls, the English and Poles get together and the steel across the back finally goes in. At last!
Wed 27 Nov
Another full day's painting for Lizzie and Nick. Here's our man in Nat's room, coming along nicely...
...and now it's the lodger's room that's the store.
Bit damp in Ella's, so the dehumidifer's back on.
Meanwhile, downstairs ever more closely resembles a bomb site.
Tue 26 Nov
Less than a month till Christmas. Time to gear it up.
For Lizzie and Gary, a day off "work" and a day on site. Lizzie and Nick on painting duty, Gary in the loft.
Meanwhile, the English boys still working on that wall, the Polish lads still busying themselves around the place, and a new crew installing the agonisingly expensive bifolding doors.
That wall:
Nat's room gets a lick:
Ella's room is a gloss-paint holding pen.
The lodger's room is first to be covered, although like a bed at a winter party, there's more coats to come.
View from the TV room... it's not a garage any more.
As the last wall starts to come down, rubble starts to surround those famous steels.
What the fuss is about: those new bifolding back doors, from the inside...
...and from the garden.
The back of the house: lovely new windows all present and correct. Still tiles to put back up, though the internal wall takes precedence.
Loyal supporters.
The loft: boarded.
Lodger's room:
And tiling starts apace in the en-suite.
A busy day. But a productive one.
For Lizzie and Gary, a day off "work" and a day on site. Lizzie and Nick on painting duty, Gary in the loft.
Meanwhile, the English boys still working on that wall, the Polish lads still busying themselves around the place, and a new crew installing the agonisingly expensive bifolding doors.
That wall:
Nat's room gets a lick:
Ella's room is a gloss-paint holding pen.
The lodger's room is first to be covered, although like a bed at a winter party, there's more coats to come.
View from the TV room... it's not a garage any more.
As the last wall starts to come down, rubble starts to surround those famous steels.
What the fuss is about: those new bifolding back doors, from the inside...
...and from the garden.
The back of the house: lovely new windows all present and correct. Still tiles to put back up, though the internal wall takes precedence.
Loyal supporters.
Lodger's room:
And tiling starts apace in the en-suite.
Monday, 25 November 2013
Mon 25 Nov
Sorry for delay; been busy.
The English chaps have been building the brick piers for the back wall, either side of the bifolding doors; when finished and set, the steel beam will rest on these.
Meanwhile, Pawel's been flooring the utility...
...and creating the skeleton of the cloakroom walls.
The piers did eventually get finished, although that steel still isn't in, and that wall's still up...
There's also new windows in the master...
On the irksome side, that wall's still there...
...but on the other (kitchen) side, visible evidence that they've started supporting the weight of the house preparatory to the steel going in.
FRI 22 NOV
The English chaps have been building the brick piers for the back wall, either side of the bifolding doors; when finished and set, the steel beam will rest on these.
Meanwhile, Pawel's been flooring the utility...
...and creating the skeleton of the cloakroom walls.
SAT 23 NOV
Overtime for the English, finishing those piers. (The Poles habitually work Saturdays anyway.)
The piers did eventually get finished, although that steel still isn't in, and that wall's still up...
SUN 24 NOV
An afternoon at the house. Lizzie, Nat and Ella gloss painting bedrooms:
...and Gary in the loft, removing the 45-year-old dust-encrusted insulation, hoovering and laying new lagging.
MON 25 NOV
Back to the house... and the first thing you see is the new windows on the ground floor front. Here's the garage – or kids' lounge, or den, or cinema room – which doesn't yet have the glass...
...but its mate across the way, the music room/library, does.
There's also new windows in the master...
...and en-suite.
On the irksome side, that wall's still there...
...but on the other (kitchen) side, visible evidence that they've started supporting the weight of the house preparatory to the steel going in.
That steel may or may not go in tomorrow, when we get the bifolding doors at the back. They are the key point of the house, and the suppliers are notoriously picky, so it'll be a nervous day, but we'll both be on site (and busy: Lizzie gloss painting, Gary completing the loft lagging and boarding for storage).
Hopefully we'll see the bifolds go in, and that will be more or less the end of the 'external' work: from there, it's internal polish – admittedly, some major polish, including knocking down a supporting wall and building a cloakroom, but internal stuff nonetheless. Here's hoping...
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