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…
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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…
Day 8 – More floor joists go in
More floor joists went in today, they now cover the entire back half of the house, a number of the roof supports have also been cut away. More floor joists go in Image 1 of…
Day 7 – Floor joists continue to go in
More floor joists went in today with a gap ready for where the staircase will go, this should be cut through in the next couple of days so I took the remaining items out of…
Day 6 – Floor joists start to go in
Came home today to find that some of the floor joists have started to go in just attached to the steel at the moment and not the timber opposite. But it is progress, I will…
Day 5 – More plumbing
The plumber finished installing the boiler today so we have hot water again, although the heating will not be on for another couple of days which does not matter as we are in a heat…