Now the plaster’s done, it’s time to crack on with the rest of the house. The first couple of coats of paint have been applied to the main bedroom to seal & cover the newly dry plaster, and this weekend’s job is to start getting the proper top-coats of paint done along with all the…

Feels like progress.. Got home to find that we’d gone from grey vinyl tiles to a nearly finished new floor in the space of a day! The cat’s a little unsure about the changes at the moment though…. Much more to do yet however. The rest of the floor needs to be fitted by the…

And so it begins. The plasterer’s been busy today, cleaning everything up to the point of being able to start plastering, and then cracking on with “first fix”. Lots of big holes in the walls where pipes & cables previously resided have all been filled & smoothed, and the ceiling’s had its first coat as…

With the ceiling boarding complete, we started taping & jointing the boards to provide a (hopefully) smooth finish to the new ceiling. The joins were taped with plasterboard tape and skimmed over with a thin coat of plaster. After letting this go off for 24 hours we then attacked the ceiling with a sanding pad…

… we’d happily take watching paint dry over watching plaster dry out. Paint never seem to take that long to dry to the point that you can move on and do something with the wall. Fresh plasterwork on the other hand seems to take forever to properly dry out!!! Ah well… plenty more to be…

Just in time for our planned moving in date, and after many late nights the first bathroom was finally completed & declared ready for use. Sink/Loo units (minus seat & a post-installation cleanup) Installed shower head & screen Shower! What isn’t pictured here is the plumbing installation needed in the loft – working in conjunction…