Happy New Year
Pictures added - at last!After a prolonged break for festive frivolities we're back into the work on the house. On the last day before we hit the road we had an electrician in to unite the upstairs and downstairs circuits into a new fusebox and just one meter. No more pre-pay key at last.
The stud walls for the utility room and cloakroom are coming on well, we've opted for pine cladding under the stairs to be painted to match the rest of the woodwork. It took quite an effort to find tasteful cladding to avoid the swedish sauna look.
This weekend Jo and Stewart kindly offered their services again. Stewart cleared out all the remaining pipework from the utility room and took the old boiler off the wall. He also uncovered an original window that had been boarded over. Hopefully we can route the tumble dryer vent through the old boiler exhaust to save bashing another hole in the wall.
Jo was on duty stripping the hardboard covering off the lounge and dining room doors. Alison is modelling the end result - we should end up with some lovely period 4 panel doors. Poor Jo and Stewart battled hard with glue and paint removal. It looks like a heat gun will be the way forward in the end. We are going to reinstate traditional rim locks and door knobs which should look great.
We have been in lots of discussions with our architect on the loft conversion work is scheduled to start on the 15th of Jan. Watch this space for updates!
posted by Ali & Dave @ 9:50 pm
2 Comments:
Thought that you had got lost.
Looking forward to the pictures too.
2007 is going to be SO exciting!
M & P
Hope all goes well with the loft conversion. You will start to see big changes very soon. We are looking forward to coming down soon so you can look for a suitable job for us.
love Mum and Dad.
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