Friday 3rd April 2015 / 12:30
Chain drilling to cut out enough existing block to create dog tooth.
2 Bathroom 4
Friday, 27 February / 2015 16:12
Adding the last tiles in at the base of the shower. Why was there a 41 day break from 17 Jan to 27 Feb? Because of the Think Creative office move, which I had to throw all my energy into for a while. It was a great success.
2 Bathroom 3
Friday 17th October 2014 / 1205
Going round the toilet foul pipe.
1 Bathroom
Sunday 2 February 2014 / 1636
The bath has been delivered and I’m sorting out the waste pipes prior to installing it.
1 Electrics
Monday 14th October 2013 / 20:48
Cling film will keep paint off them.
1 Central heating
Sunday 29th September 2013 / 1741
New pipes going to boiler and radiator in bathroom.
1 Insulating loft
Saturday 21st September 2013 / 1315
120 mm rockwool then 100 mm Kingspan on top to finish flush with the top of the joists. This will give an R value of about 7.1.
2 Floor tiling
Friday 18 July 2014 / 1721
Making progress.
1 Plastering
Sunday 1st September 2013
Today is a beautiful fine, warm first day of September and I’m doing final preparations before the plasterers come on Tuesday.
37 Misc 1
Saturday 20th July 2013 / 15:11
Haven’t done too much for a few weeks due to hot weather and going away for weekends. Today I decided to cut up the big sheets of particle board that have been covering the drive for about two years. I got the circular saw I’ve been after for ages and soon had the filthy stuff sliced up into little rectangles which I’m drying out. They will end up in the wood burner one day and keep me warm.
Electrics 0
Monday 1 April 2013 / 20:28
Chasing out block work for 20mm conduit and back boxes. The neat slots are created by a combination of William’s twin disc chasing machine and Trevor’s SDS tool to remove the material between the cuts.
Plasterboarding 1
Friday 31 May 2013 / 18:59
Dab and Board. You put dabs of adhesive on the wall, then stick the plasterboard to it and tap it level.
Electrics 1
Monday 1 April 2013 / 20:27
Bank holiday Monday. Chasing, conduit and back boxes going in.
3 Door frame in position
Friday 3rd April 2015 / 15:11
Dog toothing is done and door frame is placed where it will go.
3 Bathroom 4
Sunday, 1 March 2015 / 11:50
Assembling the Ikea Godmorgon tall cabinet for the bathroom.
3 Bathroom 3
Friday 24th October 2014 / 1849
Building the frame to support the edges of the bath.
2 Bathroom
Sunday 9 February 2014 / 1052
This old cast iron bath has done me well. I’ve had over 6000 baths in it over the years. It’s been moved around while I’ve been working on the extension and it’s been in what is going to be the kitchen for about a year now. It’s so heavy I have to use a hydraulic jack to move it around. The enamel is very worn and to help me transport it to the metal recyclers it’s going to be smashed up with a sledge hammer.
Stud walls
Friday 28th December 2012 / 17:16
I’ve been to Wickes this afternoon to get this CLS wood to build the stud work with. Just laying bits out roughly.
I’ll have a bit of a tidy up and then have a bath and go to Michelle’s 40th party.
Plumbing
Sunday 7th October 2012 / 11:38
On Friday I bought this pipe bender from Machine Mart in Swaythling. A nice bit of kit.
2 Electrics
Saturday 19th October 2013 / 13:37
17 wires and earths required for a three gang, two way lighting circuit.