One girls DIY restoration of a cottage.

As far as possible we, me and MeWally, want an old age with low, or no, utility bills. We also happen to be stingey with money and will make as much eco stuff as we can and build it all into our tiny house.

So we'll have a comfortable home that's cheap to make and to run. RESULT!!

Monday, 24 May 2010

Light At The End Of The Tunnel - Sunday .23.5.10





Today is a red letter day in my tiny world of plaster boarding!!!!  


I'm finishing this bit of the task. I'll still have half the room to insulate, but, happily, I can't reach those bits of the room yet. Thank goodness.


MeWally deviated from the norm and went APLUMBING. The small, electric shower went belly up. After a mere 7 years, it's safety valve wouldn't reset, despite a good clean out. A plastic component had split. It would work, but for how long, and how safely? 






This one was taken off the wall.






HE BOUGHT A NEW ONE  


ASSEMBLED  HIS TOOLS




And fitted the NEW SHOWER, OOOO!





Mean while I set about making a couple of templates for the fiddly shapes of the loft walls. Later in the project I'll have to use these shapes again.




I backed the paper with cardboard.


Cutting plasterboard can be horribly messy. 




At last, after banging in 28 nails today, the five  8x4 sheets of plasterboard are down to this little pile of, mostly, rubbish: YIPPEE!!!!




Already our bedroom feels warmer. Could it be the weather, or the insulation!?

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