by adminUS | Apr 20, 2021 | Cottage
Storage galore We’ve been talking for ages about building some storage into the little room before the bedroom to use as a wardrobe – for two years we’ve shared a chest of drawers and lived out of suitcases for everything else. So to keep costs down, and because the...
by adminUS | Apr 11, 2021 | Cottage
First impressions We thought we’d start to tackle the hallway and it needed everything, new ceiling, plastering, flooring, and as this is the point where the different screed pours meet it also need a decoupling membrane to ensure the tiles don’t crack with any...
by adminUS | Apr 8, 2021 | Cottage
It’s the little things We’ve still got things like flooring to decide on but as there’s so many options we’re just living with the screed and some rugs to help with the dust. But it’s finishing the small things that make a room start to feel complete… and a lick of...
by adminUS | Feb 11, 2021 | Cottage
Missing in action… It’s been quite a while since our last update… we’ve been absolutely fine and just plodding along slowly during the many lockdowns. I really don’t know where the months have gone! First update with lots more to come… the bathroom is finished –...
by adminUS | Jul 22, 2020 | Cottage
Tiled from tip to toe The bathroom is now tiled from top to bottom and it looks great. Feels quite luxorious… Now all we need is water, a shower, a toilet, a sink… hopefully it will start going in this week – after more than 6 weeks you have no idea...
by adminUS | Jun 30, 2020 | Cottage
Door no.2 is gone Now that the floors are all in and finished it’s time to remove the second front door from the original cottage no.1 and replace it with a window. This was a job for the stonemasons… the old door was removed, and they started bricking it...
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 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 | 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...
