Improvements in and around my home
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…
Monday 5th September Today they put down another sheet of weed resistant matting and created the boundry between my property and the other half of the semi-detatched property. View from the front door. View from neighbor’s driveway. View from the end of the drive. Tuesday 6th September Before my neighbor converted their garage into living…
For a number of years now we have wanted to replace our driveway, however we decided to wait until the garage conversion was complete, or at least sufficiently complete that no more digging on the drive was expected. We contracted Mick Judge of Judge Paving to perform the work for us, having previously used him to…
Saturday 3rd September First job of the day was to fit the end panel, this just needed about 10mm removing from the bottom edge, and then a cut-out for the washing machine pipes and plug that will also be used by the tumble dryer plug. Next up was the plinths, I cut the first piece…
Sunday 28th August In order to have full access to the floor area, the first task was to remove the washing machine and tumble dryer. That done, I started laying out the tiles to determine the best fit. Ideally, you want to have either a tile in the middle, or the join between two tiles…
Saturday 13th August First job of the day was to swap out a couple of sockets in the loft bedroom for USB 2 gang sockets. Half of the items we plug-in in that room are USB powered, so this saves a couple of plug points from wallwart transformers. I like MK series sockets and switches…
Saturday 6th August Started off the day by clearing out as much as possible from the cinema room and then vacuuming the floor – it is amazing how quickly dust builds up. Not having any covering on the floor does not help as walking around on the screed itself can generate dust – I could…