How do!
I have to start by apologising for the lack of updates. The Blogger app apparently is no longer compatible with the newest Apple software and so it keeps crashing when I'm in the middle of writing an update and have to start all over again. I got so pissed off I sort of gave up but then thought of giving something a go. So this update comes courtesy of iPhone Notes and the copy and paste function....!
I have a public instagram account where I put a lot of pictures: https://www.instagram.com/teaganobrien/
So we have a fully furnished bedroom now! Which is very exciting! Needs some pictures and ornamental shite oh and second fix electrics. But doesn't it look smashing?
Andy also spent a couple of months re-roofing the old roof. We knew it needed doing soon and where the old and new met there was leaking so he decided to re-felt, batten and tile.
In one day, Andy and his dad took all the old tiles and felt off and got the new waterproof membrane on!
After it...it rained a lot!
Big thank you to Mike for helping and being on spider moving and wasp nest destroying duty.
The conical bit took the poor lad a long time! When the batten was on it looked like a work of art though!
Then the mammoth job of putting the tiles back on began.
Because Andy added vertical batten, it made the roof bigger. When we did the extensions we didn't go as high as the architect had in his plans as we were worried about taking too much away from the old roof. However, with the extra batten, it is pretty much back to how it was with the old extensions and I don't think it's compromised at all.
Andy did a great job as usual and many people commented on how neat it was! He cemented the ridge himself and put a new fascia in the front.
For someone who has not done any of this before you have to take your hat off to him - impeccable work! Some during and after comparisons.
We had a pretty big storm not long after it was all finished and there have been zero leaks!
Focus has now shifted to the bathroom! It is tiled and grouted and just waiting on some electrical work before we can finish off the decoration.
We need to rent a digger for the waste trenches and Andy wants to do a bit of work on the septic tank. Our soak away pipe needs replacing as tree roots have got in and damaged it. So it needs digging up and replacing and root proofing!
Trees sure are pretty but boy do they do some damage...!
Andy has now gone back to work a couple of days a week as we have depleted our savings! But I don't believe we need a great deal more to finish.
When we are done I will do a blog update just talking about money and timescales and that. I'm sure you're interested but I want to wait till we are done and know how much we've spent and what it's worth when it's done.
Till next time....!
