With all the prep work completed, the time had finally come to make a start on tiling. Tiles were arranged with full-height tiles around the shower tray to minimise joints, and work began… Progress…. More progress…!

Given the great weather I think the time has come to temporarily suspend interior jobs such as replastering the old kitchen, instead looking at making a start on some of the many things that need to be done outside the house. First on the list is cleaning up the frontage of property. Shortly after getting…

After spending most of today using one, I’m convinced chemical paint strippers should carry more of a health warning: “do not use if currently alive” or “full-body protective clothing & breathing apparatus must be worn before opening” might do the trick! We’ve been in the process of restoring the stair case back to more of…

Just a quick update to say that a busy week is coming up… Progress today includes lots of ground work to prepare the way – getting a couple of rooms nearly ready to finish off when a floor sander arrives on monday! Window sills have been painted & coving “installed” in both main bedrooms. Tomorrows…

Great progress is also being made in the new kitchen. The builders have demolished the old dividing wall, ripped down the ceilings, stripped off old plaster, sorted out the electrics & have nearly finished plasterboarding / drywalling the room ready to tape & skim the new walls.

… 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…