Another Corner Turned

It was a milestone day Yesterday (Thursday). Jimmy finished what he was here to do which pretty much means all the hard work is completed in the Barn and Attic. Just the tidying up and colouring the walls and doors to do before we get the furnishings in.

Of course we will miss Jimmy and will be eternally greatful for the work and guidance he has so professionally done and given, without which we would probably still be scratching our heads with our maccano and building materials... But don't tell him. If you are after a reliable Builder to do some work you won't go far wrong giving Jimmy a bell ;) check out his website www.chezhenry.com/HenryLPBS

To-Do-List
BARN

Clean Grout off Floors
Sand remaining jointing in the Barn Bathrooms
Caulk Skirting boards and shower end walls - Done 8th
Paint Doors x 5 - Done 8th
Fit Door Handles and door stops (Hatch door too)
Paint Skirting Boards
Clean and Stain Oak Beams
Paint Window and fit perspex safety layer
Paint Walls and ceilings BunkRoom/Hall/Bathrooms x 3
Fit Lights
Fit Smoke Alarms
Fit outside Lights - 1 done 8th 1 to do
Fit outside Power Sockets - Done 8th
Put up curtain rails in bunk room - tailor curtains
Put beds up - 4 x Bunk, 4 x Singles
Fit bathroom furniture x 3
Errect shelving Coat hooks and frame Local Map
Errect and fit cuboard shelves - Done 8th
Render arround outside doors

ATTIC ROOM
Caulk Skirting Board and Shower Ends - Done 8th
Paint Toilet Door and Hatch Doors - Done 8th
Paint Skirting Boards
Secure Door and Refurbish Door
Fit Bathroom Furniture
Put up Bed (Double) and other furniture
Headboard ?
Fit Smoke Alarm
Fit Safety Rail for Stairs

OUTSIDE AREA
Repair Barn Roof
Patio Area's
Pathways from house and garages
Hard Standing
Guttering
Lay Floor to Drying Room (Currently a store room)
Renew Garage Doors x 2

Landscape Gardens


INSIDE MAIN HOUSE
Refresh Downstairs Shower Room
Decorate Front Room
Decorate Kitchen/Diner
New Kitchen
New Suite for our En-Suite
Repair Rendering and Paint exterior

Who said summer was here... ?

6 Months and all is on track...

So it is official, we have been here for 6 months and time has flown. We have achieved much more than we thought possible in such a short time, we only expected to have the bathrooms finished in the barn, not the en-suite inside the house between the two rooms , nor the attic convertion into an en-suite double bedroom, nor the Barn completely converted into 3 bathrooms a hallway and a spacious bunk room, with all flooring down and tiles to boot.

Today we got he skirtingboard up in the Bunk room and in the hall to the bunk room and by the end of the week we will have got all the major work completed inside. Of course we will still have the decorating to do but all the floors are in and sealed, all plumbing is in and working all the walls are up that we are going to put up.

Getting to grips with Technology - Thank you Dad a terrific Pressie.

Today was a bit of a mare, bith Juiimy and I had frozen brain syndrom we just couldn't get a 45 degree cut right using an electric mitre saw and when we sorted it all out and got going the damn thing started missbehaving on us and cutting untrue for some reason. Still we battled on and got the job done no less perfect for the trouble. and we managed to get the Vinyl (thanks to SR I now know how to spell this annoying word) sealed before getting the skirtingboard in tomorrow.

Well that is the good news but to be honest we have had a couple of bad days. Jimmy and I wasted 3/4 s of Friday pratting about with the plumbing of all the sinks, every one of them leaked water, hard to believe since they were supposed to have been tested recently but sure enough they all (Attic included) drained into the vanity units. The water has ruined all but one of them, the one the water didn't get I did with a hacksaw blade as the waste pipe connecting to the sink was only on by one thread restricted because the unit shelve prevented it turning any more until I painstakingly whittled the hole bigger. Eventually I discovered that the waste washers were put on upside down... then to confuse the issue the water feed to the attic had been labeled incorectly what a bloody fiasco. The attic flexi pip to the hotwater feed for the sink is leaking still from the underside of the tap connection, but I will have to dismantle the whole thing to tighten it which means taking the lighting, shaverpoing and mirror off before ripping the vanity unit off the wall, they say a stitch in time and you should always test before you go firm. Well that is one lesson learn't don't let the plumber go until you have seen it for yourself ;) I think I might have said that before somewhere...

Jimmy being sick after a mare today or he could be
siliconing the edges of the vinyl or he has found another leak lol

The weather has turned and it went from very mild to freezin in a heartbeat, today we had many snow flurries followed by intense sunshine to snow flurries again.

More good news: Wendy filled the wine rack up again ;) and we have found the cat which went missing on Saturday, It was in the attic all the time, stoopid cat wouldn't come out as it is generally afraid or certainly wary of anyone but Wendy so it remained concealed right down the back end until a few moments ago when we heard it meowing from the front room, Wendy had to coax it out, I say it is good news not because I am pleased it is back around the house (I am alergic you know) but because it will have sorted any mice that may or may not have been resident up there... Of course the cat knows I am allergic and always sits on my knee or gets as close to me as possible and if I move it growles and hisses because it is a nutter or simply a She.