Improvements in and around my home
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…
Work started on the Flat roof area in early 2012.This work covered flat roof area over the family room, shower room and garage, increasing the insulation over the shower room and family room with 50mm of Kingspan, and adding 150mm of Kingspan to the roof of the garage (cinema/utility room) area, and converted from 3…
I used to have a home cinema set up in the lounge of my house, about 10 years ago now, however, we were looking to move at one point and having a room full of Hi-Fi equipment does not really appeal to your average house buyer, they want to see white ceilings, magnolia walls, laminate…
This is the design for the new shower room: I started work on the new rear panel where the new mixer was to be installed by starting on a frame. You can just make out the various cables being run to the garage as part of a first fix of wires for the garage conversion.…
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…