Improvements in and around my home
Having made no further progress in nearly a year, In December 2012 I finally had another burst of motivation around the time that I started on the flat roof and made more use of my free skip by pulling down the ceiling. I had also made some further progress by removing the toilet, bidet, sink…
The first time I updated the shower room was shortly after I moved in in 1995, the plastic shower tray cracked and started leaking onto the floor. This was an opportunity to replace the somewhat thin and plastic shower enclosure with a resin base and a glass panelled enclosure. I chose to keep with the…
This post has been moved from my Metal Workshop Blog. In February of 2014, I decided that my Garage/Workshop could do with some light – it could do with some electricity too, and I am working on that. I have run 4mm 3 core SWA cable from the house to the garage where I have…
Day two of the build involved fitting the roof, garage doors and all the remaining cosmetic pieces. First half of the roof Second half Fascia boards fitted Finished front View from inside – a fillet of cement was also added to prevent water ingress at floor level. Doors down Finished rear Finished side I was…
The garage was purchased from Dencroft Garages mainly because of their interlocking bolted panel feature that provides for a much stronger and more weatherproof build. The garage arrived on a flatbed lorry at around 12:00 on 16/9/2008 and the two guys who built it were finished by midday the following day and on their way back…
Before we could convert the garage attached to the house, we needed to build a new garage at the bottom of the garden. Work started in June 2008, to clear the area at the bottom of the garden. First order of business was to fell a 60 foot fir tree which was dropped into the…
We bought the hob, oven and microwave at the Ideal Home Show from Euronics who were running the Siemens stand and offered to beat any deal that we had found to date. They also offered to store the items for us until we were ready to install them. This was a huge help as it…
After waiting about a week for all the plaster to dry out fully, the next step was to apply a layer or two of paint. Nothing fancy, just three coats of trade brilliant white matt emulsion, and you have an immediate transformation. North View West View South View East View In the next few photos,…
The kitchen was the next project to be undertaken, this was again taken back to bare brick. This is the only picture I have of the kitchen prior to the re-fit: The walls in the kitchen had several layers of tiling, the top layer of which had been attached directly to a layer of wallpaper…
Unfortunately I do not appear to have taken any pictures of the original house overhaul in 2004 or the bathroom refit in 2006. The bathroom re-fit involved ripping out the old 1970’s deep blue bath suite and taking the walls back to bare brick. We then installed a corner bath and a set of built…