Roofing

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....!

1 room down....(There or there abouts)

Greetings readers!

Lots of exciting things and lots of pictures so let's get straight in. Those who follow my instagram will have seen many of these already....so sorry!

Last time we were about to get the bedroom plastered. Things have moved on a lot from there! Not only is it plastered; it's painted, carpeted and a little bit furnished! I'm going to tease you with the progress in order rather than go straight to the finished photos.

First came the plastering....

Then came the painting....

Then the skirting...

And the amazing skylight light...

Then the carpet....

And the bespoke door...

And finally; some furniture!

We obviously need to finish furnishing, buts it's there or there abouts (see title).

What else have we been up to? Well Andy has been making excellent progress with the bathroom

We bought some things to go in there; some funky taps from eBay and we have the "vanity unit" as well (a flower pot...and an old singer sewing machine table).

And also bought my bath! We had to buy this and get it in the room before we build the stud wall as it wouldn't have fitted through the gap where the door will eventually be!

The plumbing is also ready to go in the bathroom.

We are also plaster boarded in the bathroom and should be getting it plastered next week - and then we can start tiling and decorating this room! Andy needs to do some digging outside and run new waste pipe to our septic tank before we can finally say goodbye to the pooh shed. But it won't be long!

Priority Number 1!

Hi!

Things have been progressing nicely over the last month or so.

We are insulated, passed the latest building control inspection and we think passed our surprise inspection from the council! 

We were given details of a friend of a friend (thanks Ben and Johnny) who is a cracking electrician and weirdly did work where Andy used to work so knew us. First fix electrics are done throughout and our focus is now on operation bedroom! 

The bedroom is the priority as we are desperate to sleep in a bed and have another room to go to. Although our new sofa bed is so much better, it's still noisy and bouncy and we don't get a great nights sleep. 

The bathroom isn't priority 1 as it's not that big of an issue going outside (to the shed) Especially not in the summer.

Andy has put all the window sills in using...you guessed it...scaffold boards! Sanded and clear varnished, they are a exact match to the frame and look really good!

The ceiling of the bedroom is plaster boarded and hopefully this week he should finish the plaster boarding of the bedroom ready for plastering the week after.

We've also been out and about to some reclamation places and picked up two cast iron radiators for the bedroom and a pump! We always thought it would look cool having our house name hanging from the arm of a pump. 'Twas a pump house after all! And this one looks good and was a bargain. 

Now the not so good bits!

We are quickly running out of money. We hopefully have enough to finish the bedroom and hopefully the bathroom (including furniture) before we run out and Andy has to go back to work.

Yeah it would be great to finish the whole thing. And we will; but the living room and second bedroom can wait till we build up a bit more of a pot.

Also, during heavy down pours we are getting some water coming in where the old roof felt needs replacing. At the moment, where tiles have been taken off and new water proof membrane is meeting the old, small amounts are getting in. It's stained some of the wallpaper in the kitchen but I'm hoping a watered down bleach solution will get it off! 

I'll try and squeeze in another update before the bedroom is finished! 

Before that, let me share a couple of pics I took today after I cleaned up and after the rain stopped!