Improvements in and around my home
Sunday 10th July My wife has been busy painting the walls in the Cinema room this week, although I did not take any pictures of the progress, the results can still be seen in the following photos. The ceiling has now had the original coat of 50/50 wash and two coats of white paint. The…
Saturday 20th June Started painting the new utility room, this work continued on and off throughout the week.Most of the painting was completed by my wife, Susan. Since I had changed my mind on the layout of the room, I also needed to relocate the radiator, and it was now to be posttioned under the…
It saddens me to say that on the night of Tuesday 16th June 2015 my garage/workshop was broken into. It looks like the burglar initially attempted to attack one of the garage door locks with a screwdriver. Then when that failed tried pushing on the top corner of the door in an attempt to bend…
Tuesday 17th May Mesh added over the original garage door lintle so that the render will stick. More mesh added over a crack in the brickwork All meshed-up and ready to go. Close-up of the render being applied Frame built inside above window and additional insulation installed. Scratch coar of render complete. Wednesday 18th May…
Saturday 7th May Work had pretty much ground to a halt awaiting the delivery of the window, eventually John decided to go ahead with building the front wall anyway and then come back to fit the window. First the garage door was removed Then the surrounding timber Next a layer of rubber was installed as…
Saturday 23rd April John’s helper Luca spent most of the week digging a couple of holes for foundations. This is because the garage floor slab is only a few inches thick. Each hole is 3 foot deep and about 2 foot square There was enough clay to nearly fill a 4 yard builders skip at…
Monday18th April The utility room has received a coat of plaster View towards rear of utility room View of the ceiling House side wall of utility room The cinema room also received a coat of plaster on the wall to the utility room Tuesday 19th April Inside wall of cinema room has been covered with…
Friday15th April Almost a week later, the floor is dry enough to walk on and work can continue.The remaining battens were installed at the utility room end. Saturday 16th April Insulation was cut to size and rockwool pressed into the areas where it was not really going to be possible to fit slab insulation. Utility…
Friday 8th April This involved preparation of the floor as tomorrow it was going to receive a layer of screed. First, a layer of soft sand next the Visqueen damp proof membrane and then 80mm of Thermatex insulation (John bringing a sheet of insulation in from the back of the house). Saturday 9th April John…
After deliberating for many years, we finally decided to start the garage conversion. John Duane of JD Projects was contracted to perform the work in association with myself, John being a plaster by trade and more recently undertaking more general building work, I would be performing the electrical, plumbing work and be an additional pair of hands…