Day 18 – Floor joists spanning the loft
Now that the other steel beam has gone in it allowed for the floor joists to span across the loft now and two thirds of those have been done today. I was also told that…
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Day 17 – Starting to add AV / CAT6 cables
I screwed the back boxes into the wall today following on from all the chasing I did last weekend, I also did my first fix wiring for all the TV and internet cable that are…
Day 16 – Second steel goes in
The second steel went in today to replace the wooden beam that was installed previously; it is a big thing but not as much as the original one on the other side of the house. …
Day 15 – Wooden beams removed
The wooden beams have been removed today to make room for the new steel beam that will come and hopefully be installed tomorrow. Wooden beam removed Image 1 of 4
Day 14 – Yet more plumbing
Again more plumbing today and when I checked the pipes what were going across the proposed staircase area had been moved. Also the pipes that go to the main radiator in the front room have…
Day 13 – More plumbing going in
The plumber was around again today linking the new boiler to all the radiators, I think he may have made a small mistake though as it looks like a number of them go over where…
Day 12 – Chasing more walls
I needed to finish off all the chasing today before I had to return the tools tomorrow morning. The only room I had left was my study/office. In here I cut 4 chases, two for…
Day 11 – Moving alarm and chasing walls
My uncle who is an electrician came today to move the master alarm box from its present location in the centre of the loft to one of the corners. This was done by disconnecting each…
Day 10 – More plumbing and Steel issue
More plumbing work was done today linking the radiators back up to the boiler. I was also told that the engineer is having second thoughts about the wooden beam (just like I have had) so…
Day 9 – Chimney removed
The chimney was taken down today. First I went around the back of the house to take a look and could see a tarp covering where it used to be (seemed strange not seeing a…