Improvements in and around my home
Tuesday 28th February The work on the Hall, Stairs and Landing started whilst we were waiting for the plasterer to start on the Thursday. My wife performed the majority of the paper stripping during the day whilst I was at work, I then helped out in the evenings. The area around the shower room door…
We have decided that it is finally time to re-decorate the house, with slightly more than just an extra coat of paint. Many of the rooms still have the wallpaper from before I moved in over 20+ years ago, albeit with several coats of paint on top. I also know that some of the walls…
After a delay of nearly 2 months, the tap finally arrived, so it was finally time to finish off all of the plumbing for the sink. First I decided where the tap was going to be fitted and drilled a suitable sized hole to mount it using a spade bit. The solid copper tails that…
I am sure there are people out there who will be wondering exactly what all the components are that make up my cinema system, as such this post is for them. I will break this post up into several sections to cover source items, control items and playback items. Source The age old argument states…
Thursday 20th October I have been spending most of this week bringing in and re-sorting my LP and CD collections. As mentioned in an earlier post, I recently purchased a Linn Kisto pre-amp to replace my Linn AV5103 pre-amp. This is the last multi channel processor that Linn produced, and unlike many other multi-channel processors,…
Wednesday 5th October The first task was to unpack the new TV, this is an LG OLED65B6V that was price matched by John Lewis with that of a cheaper supplier. The bracket is a John Lewis exclusive item AVF JNL655, which has multiple mounting options, and although more expensive than many of the ones I…
Wednesday 12 October The Carpet suppliers on their quote for the carpet were overcharging for the carpet by £10.00 a square metre and also charging a small fortune for grippers, underlay and fitting, so we decided to simply order the carpet (at the correct price) from them and arrange our own fitting. I ordered some…
After filling out several questionnaires with the worktop supplier, they basically declared that they would not be offering any kind of replacement. As such I decided to fix it myself. I clamped a spare piece of wood to the worktop, filled the gap with glue and then used a third clamp to close the gap…
Wednesday 7th September I worked from home today, so that I could discuss the design with Ben. He was interested in my changes, but pointed out a few things that may need adjustment. With Victorian tiling, it is not simply a case of lay your edge pattern around the outside edge and then fill the…
My wife has been hankering after a victirian style tiled hallway for a number of years, so now seemed as good a time as any to go ahead with the project. A design was chosen from a Victorian tiling catalogue and the tiles were ordered and collected from Youens Tile Centre in Rayners Lane. We…