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!!

Sunday 21 August 2011

Nearly Done!


Not a lot left for us to do on Sams' bathroom.


Once the adhesive, that's holding that frame work onto the underside of the bath, sets, I can pop on the side panel.


Grouting with wet room grout in the shower area will finish the job. A little bit of fancy, anti mould mastic will be the cherry on the cake.

All I'll have to do then is clear all the tools out of the house and take the old bathroom up to the tip. So, that's tomorrow morning taken care of.

: )

Saturday 20 August 2011

Bathroom Replacement day 3 and 4


FRIDAY


I managed to get the rest of the tiles onto the walls.


A small run os tiles will go on once the bath's in place: a sealant strip will be put in place at the same time. Hopefully it will waterproof the shower area.

SATURDAY


We prepped up for a clean working day covering pipework and the floor!


I got on and grouted.


The vinyl went down and MeWally fitted the sink ...


and the loo.

TOMORROW

The bath can go in and the shower can go back onto the wall. Just the nasty bath panel to fiddle about with  and a final grouting session.

All finished by the end of the day?

We'll see!

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Sams New Bathroom


Here it is, Sams' bathroom. which means I'll have to get on and put in a new one. Her bath suddenly developed little cracks in the base. Even with the temporary repair it was clear that I needed to get on and replace it.


Went off to buy tiles yesterday, Sam came too, it's her bathroom..


The white, ripple, tiles came from B&Q, the pretty ones, from Tile Trader in Stonehouse. I like it at tile trader because of all the stuff going on around the edges ... Morris Minor repairs, old farm kit and chickens.


Sams choice of decorative tiles is a run of pretty, iridescent, slumped,  glass, mosaic tiles. My plan to tile from the bath upwards on top of the original tiles, incorporating a waterproofing system as I went,  has gone Pete Tong. Screwfix didn't put any legs in with the new bath. It's OK though, they'll be her in about 10 days!!!! JOKERS! Today, after threats along the lines of TRADING STANDARDS and BLOG moans, they found some in a dusty corner. Shame they couldn't make the effort in the first place.


It's important to clean of the tile cement with a damp cloth, as you work as it sets very fast. This way the grout goes on more smoothly and quickly.

I'll be back on Friday get most of the rest of the tiles on. In the evening MeWally will join me and we'll fit the flooring and the ceramics together.

What Fun : )