14 days ago
by Tikka |
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Not much to report today, I have been planning the routing of the external services and checking the existing fittings.
The picture above shows the new lines that have to go in this weekend.
Apart from filling in the huge hole (still plenty of space), I made some useful new contacts today – Tool Hire store, where the mini-back hoe (3/4 ton) will come from. This will be delivered tomorrow afternoon.
Local Building supplies supplier, only a mile down the road – I picked...
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15 days ago
by Tikka |
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The concrete block I encountered yesterday, turned out to be a rain water tank, which I guess was the main water supply for the house at one time. The tank holds 5000 litre (1320 gallon) and it was full. This may explain why the ground in the utility room is so wet.
So decided to to empty the tank and remove the concrete top.
I drilled a series of holes in the concrete so that the SDS would not be overtaxed breaking new concrete.
A garden pond pump was inserted to the bottom...
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16 days ago
by Tikka |
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I am guessing by now that this part of the series is getting a little boring for you all to read, I can assure you that it is getting to me to.
Apart from informing you of the progress, it also acts as a record of my work, should building inspectors need information and lastly and probably most importantly – I am able to keep my wife informed of the progress of the work, as she is still in Finland, some 2000 km (1250 miles) away.
Well today I finished the demolition and ground wor...
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17 days ago
by Tikka |
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I tried to have a nice relaxing weekend, but on Saturday I helped my Son-in-Law with a little work, the demolition of a garage – I was totally “Kaput” by the the end of the day, Sunday was good – washing clothes, moving the iMac and doing some needed administration work.
So this morning I felt full of vigor and strength – that soon disappeared after re-starting the excavation work – well I did make some progress, as shown in the photograph. I need more ...
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20 days ago
by Tikka |
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A short day today – the heavy work is catching up on my muscles – thankfully it the weekend and I can stop working on the house – tomorrow and Sunday I will spend some time with my son-in-law and help him with his house :)
This morning I started the excavation of the toilet
I knew that the hole was a little larger than just the sitting part -
And the hole just got larger. this first part took 2 hours
To excavate the whole hole took 3 1/2 hours in ...
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21 days ago
by Tikka |
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Not too interesting today, just finishing off the demolition – now the chimney is completely removed – it is surprising how much material is in a chimney.
The photograph now shows how much useable space we have gained.
The old toilet caused some concern, this was just a small hole in the floor – or at least I though – there was some water in the hole so I decided to pump this out, before filling in the void with rubble. Well 1 hour passed ant water was still...
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22 days ago
by Tikka |
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I have been assessing the work needed to be undertaken and trying to prioritize that work – one of the first things that I notice here was that there is a lot of rising damp in a new extension that was built (old stables), it turns out that there is no damp proofing installed in the walls or the floor. The original floor is tiles set upon sand ( as was done 200 years ago), and the sand was upon the clay beneath the house, did I mention that this is a very old property.
This part of...
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22 days ago
by Tikka |
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Those of you who know me from Lumberjocks, will now know that I have closed my workshop down in Finland and have moved to Belgium for a new start in life. For those of you who do not know me, you now know the story so far. or can read it here.
I loaded up my trailer and van on the 4th August with as much tools and personal effects (minimum) to allow me to get started on this project, during the remainder of this year and probably well into next year, I will try to blog the progress of the...
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26 days ago
by sandhill |
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I am finally in the home stretch with the kitchen all the cabinets are in and all that’s left is the counter tops, dish washer, a few electrical hook ups. We have chosen Granite with an under mount sink which will be installed in about 10 days.
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30 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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I started flipping through this book, Transforming Your Kitchen With Stock Cabinetry, without any vision of redoing my kitchen, but just after a few pages I was inspired and hopeful!
The book, by Jonathan Benson (a cabinet and furniture maker) and Sherry Benson (an executive chef), not only shows a variety of different styles and layouts of kitchens, but also walks the reader through the “how-to’s” of redoing a kitchen using ready-made cabinets.
Throughout the page...
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