New bathroom

Much of the plasterboard for the new bathroom and landing has been attached to the stud work and the results are really good. These pictures are taken from inside the front bedroom and you can see the new door frame out to the landing and the next door to the stairs.

This next photograph is taken from the landing into the bedroom. You can just see the bathroom door to the right. It is coming together nicely.

I have been away for a couple of days and I am looking forward to seeing what has been done in meantime.

More Windows (and Doors)

Here are some more pictures of the new windows and the back door. You can't see it too clearly in this picture as it is obscured by thermaboard and I couldn't be bothered to move it all fo the sake of a picture. It brings so much more light into this room.

These are the upstairs windows. The one with the bars is the front bedroom and obvioulsy the one without is the back. The flash didn't go off for the first of these!

Window in the front room.

The new windows are in and the house looks great. This first photograph shows the new Georgian style windows and the front door which look really good.

This picure shows the outside of the house with it's two new windows. If you think the top window isn't straight you would be right. Well strictly you wouldn't be right. The window is straight - the house isn't.

More pictures coming soon.

The Public View of the Thin Wall

I meant to put this photograph up with the last post. This is the outside of the "thin wall". It is remarkable that it stays there really. By the time you read this it should have been replaced by a new frosted window.

How thin can you make a wall?

The new windows are being installed and they look fabulous. It makes such a difference. I'll put some pictures up when they have finished. I love this picture though. We are having a new window put upstairs in what will become the bathroom. In readiness for installation the builder prepared the hole over the weekend and installed the lintels etc all ready to go (as usual you can click on the picture for a better quality image). He rightly had a concern about security so moved the bricks from the inside leaving just the thickness of the render to protect the house. You can see a small hole in the top left hand side which is straight out to the outside world, you can all see the outline made by the angle grinder when the bricks were cut. Of course it was bound to happen that the windows installers didn't have this particular window with them which will now be installed on Wednesday!

I am not too bothered about squatters taking advantage of this. To get in they would have to climb up a ladder and knock out the render. This wouldn't be too hard but once they got in they may be a little disappointed. No heating, almost no electricity, no hot water and no toilets.

Whilst I wouldn't risk it there is no real danger in leaving the front door open except that some tools might be stolen.

The Importance of a Tape Measure

The space where the bath is supposed to fit does not look very big and in truth does not look big enough. Everyone has commented on this including the builder who put the stud work up in the first place. We have usually satisfied ourselves with comments such as :-

"well is just looks deceptive"
"it will look fine when the plaster is on"
"it must be right it has been checked several times"

You can guess what is coming next.

We decided to re-measure the space and it is too small by about 7cm. We either have to buy a 1500mm bath or move the stud work.

The plasterboard is being delivered tomorrow so hopefully the stud work will have been moved by then. it was tempting to switch to a 1500mm bath but I think that 1700mm will make a lot of difference and it is what we wanted.

Large mea culpas all round.

November Statistics

I cannot believe that another month has gone by which gives me another excuse to see how many people are reading this blog.

In November I had 390 visits from 49 different visitors.

Obviously most were from the UK but I have had visitors from America, Canada (see the "Steve Austin" search earlier in the month) and Sweden.

Thank you for continuing to read my assorted ramblings – I think it is fair to say I don't know who you all are anymore.