More progress this week! Andy has been assigned some plumbing tasks and so he made a start on those…cue plumbing related items laid out all pretty in the house ha ha! And he invested in a new drill, and special drill bit making drilling the plumbing holes much easier! Needless to say he’s very happyContinue reading “Week 56 – Site Progress..first fix electrics and more stud walls”
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Week 53 – Site Progress..chipboard and the big one…weather tight!
More chipboard this week and it’s been great, actually walking around upstairs and getting a real feel for the space! Plus a little snagging as you can imagine ha! And we are weather tight! Its a temporary door but at least we can now get the ball rolling with the self build mortgage, and theContinue reading “Week 53 – Site Progress..chipboard and the big one…weather tight!”
What a difference a year makes…
It seems only yesterday that we were getting giddy about the digger ha! And look has us now..almost weather tight and onto the interiors Cue digger pic… There has been the odd delay on the way, be it materials..or waiting for scaffolding (bug bear of mine) or measuring issues (!) but we are getting thereContinue reading “What a difference a year makes…”
Double height decisions…
As you may have picked up on in our previous posts, we are keen to really make the hallway/landing a focal point and show off interesting materials and height differences And so, as well as having a central staircase with a concrete stair, wooden treads and a black metal balustrade we have decided to stopContinue reading “Double height decisions…”
Week 50 – Site Progress..DIY fence and charity shop finds!
House wise, it’s been pretty quiet this week, as we are still waiting on the front door…fingers crossed that will be week 51. And so, apart from a little more window insulation and some joinery ready for the chipboard, it’s been a quiet one! However we did complete our little DIY fence project! After aContinue reading “Week 50 – Site Progress..DIY fence and charity shop finds!”
We made a concrete sink!
I’m not going to lie….I was pretty excited when it actually worked! Spoiler alert ha! Both myself and Andy love a bit of concrete. It’s so versatile and looks great when textured or smooth. If you haven’t seen our Instagram, our stairs are actually concrete too and we’re going to show it off together withContinue reading “We made a concrete sink!”
Formed concrete and brick planters….landscaping ideas so far!
As we are edging ever closer to the interiors, it’s time we gave a little thought to the outside! There’s no doubt it will be a work in progress, especially when it comes to the back garden as the current house will need to be demolished first! If you haven’t seen our Instagram before weContinue reading “Formed concrete and brick planters….landscaping ideas so far!”
Week 37 and 38 – Site Progress!
Another two weeks have gone by, and wow the time really does fly! Although there hasn’t been much to report from week 37, there has been more progress in week 38 luckily. Week 37 saw some of the scaffolding come down though yay! which was exciting in itself and a great milestone! I’m pretty sureContinue reading “Week 37 and 38 – Site Progress!”
Week 35 – Site Progress!
Yes! A productive week after a very quiet week 34! The roof tilers came on Wednesday and laid out all the tiles ready to put them in place on Friday And they had the best contraption! A tile conveyer belt. I want one! Or at least to use to send brews up ha! And Dave,Continue reading “Week 35 – Site Progress!”
SketchUp!
Wow what a revelation! This is such a fabulous way to visualise your home and get an idea of scale. It takes a little bit of patience and practice but it is so worth it..and its free! If you don’t go with the pro options that is, but this is what we have managed toContinue reading “SketchUp!”
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