by adminUS | Jun 27, 2020 | Cottage
Taking shape Things are starting to take shape. Having not lived in this side of the cottage since Christmas we’d forgotten that it wasn’t in the best of shape… the plaster is mostly blown and it’s the original horse hair so very dusty. When we...
by adminUS | Jun 22, 2020 | Cottage
A slight change of plan Now that we know the finished floor level we can look at the drainage and layout for the bathroom and utility… and well, let’s just say we’ve made a few changes… With the walls down and the floor level finalised...
by adminUS | Jun 17, 2020 | Cottage
Underfloor heating part 2 We almost have heating in the whole cottage… what a treat! The last bit of concrete was hand poured in the bathroom area, the insulation went down and all the underfloor heating pipes laid ready for the screed. We now have level, dry,...
by adminUS | Jun 12, 2020 | Cottage
And the digging is done… And finally the last bit of digging is completed. It’s been a messy job and it’s taken a long time but now all the floors are level. When we moved in we had four different levels across the cottage as it had at one time been...
by adminUS | Jun 12, 2020 | Garden
Wildlife wonders We love seeing the wildlife that comes into the garden… so we thought we’d share some of our recent visitors. Mr Pheasant and a Red Legged Partridge Mr Hare We started with a baby hare living in our compost heap… but it got big! He...
by adminUS | Jun 10, 2020 | Cottage
Builders are back… Our builders have been able to come back on-site, socially distanced of course, as we’re living in the other half of the cottage. You might remember when lockdown started we’d just started digging out the floors in the second half...
by adminUS | Jun 2, 2020 | Garden
Lovely weather for it… We’ve been spending lots of time outdoors with all the lovely weather doing more work in the garden. I also invested in a new telephoto/macro lens for the camera so I’ve been having fun taking shots of, well everything! Mowing,...
by adminUS | Apr 29, 2020 | Garden
Building a border It’s going to be a little while until we start phase 2, so we decided to do some work in the garden to make it a nicer place to relax. After mowing and general maintenance to try and keep the weeds under control we thought we’d start by doing...
by adminUS | Apr 27, 2020 | Garden
Getting ready for Spring planting As the weather is starting to break we’ve been preparing the veggie patches in the garden and planting some seeds. It’s amazing all the weeds that grow over the winter… but we’re very lucky that we have the space to spend time...
by adminUS | Apr 25, 2020 | Cottage
Tiling curved walls We thought we’d try tiling the kitchen splashback – being first timers we didn’t have a clue how it would turn out but it’s going pretty well. We started with the alcove as it’s the smallest, and easiest section as the walls are pretty straight. We...
by adminUS | Apr 23, 2020 | Cottage
Doing what we can We’d just started digging out the floors but luckily hadn’t ripped out the bathroom when lockdown happened. So other than having to walk through mud to have a shower we’re doing ok and looking forward to getting back to work when it’s safe for...
by adminUS | Mar 3, 2020 | Cottage
Finally watertight Scaffolding went up in November and with bad weather and busy roofers it’s taken quite a while to get the roof watertight… ‘I realised I hadn’t really taken any photos of the problems with the roof – loose, broken or...
