Bloody Stairs - Sat Sun 26.3.11

I gave it much thought followed by us spending much time measuring and remeasuring. We decided to move the stairs a bit, The upside - we could have a newel post from ground floor to top floor and we'd gain a bigger landing. The down side - we lose the top floor shower room, well, we have to move it.

So here it is, on Monday night, still safety roped. We still go up and down the ladder to bedfordsire.

After all that measuring, we were JUST short of headroom.

BUILDING REGS - DAMN!

Those stairs are going back where they came from, no, not MEACO, (the company that made them) just to the position we had them before this move. 

HO HUM : )

Last Day On Those Houses - Friday 19.3.11

At last I can bring you some shots of the finished jobs in the Turn Around House. I've signed it off. 

The kitchen looks all of a piece .... at last!

This is one of the 2 cupboards fitted last week, it was the gap down the side that took time to fill neatly. What a tedious task that turned out to be, but worth the time spent IMO.

The other 'final cupboard' beside the boiler, was altered to be narrower than its' door. This was to allow a space for a water pipe that runs up the side of the boiler. 

Once the door's shut you'd never know there's a gap - result.

The bathroom also looks really sharp - I'm really pleased with it, as are the house holders.

And lastly, the window area is glossed on the sill and emulsioned on the filler, ready for proper decoration.

Finishing off - Tuesday 15.3.11

One more day of work - after today - and I can write off these houses and go back to normality.

I had a gap between the kitchen cupboard and the wall I needed to fill. This meant sanding a fillet of 'wood' to match the space, which wasn't vertical.

It had to go from this thickness,

to this. Took about an hour. Hot work, but a really neat result. 

Of course I could have fitted a piece of quadrant over the gap. Would've taken 10 minutes tops. Though it wouldn't have been such a perfect match

There had been tiles on this window reveal. I don't now why as it's a landing window. They've gone now and all that remains is for me to sand and fill, sand and fill,sand and fill........ and then paint. It's where one of the new windows was put into The Turn Around House.

Onto Sams' Place, her pipes were insulated; the ones in the loft that burst on Boxing Day. Roll on next winter.

A new loft hatch door was fitted - one of my worst ever finishes of any job. Something's not square, I'd like to thinks it's me : )

I trimmed the new architrave to fit around the hinges,

taking care to whittle away the wood sparingly.

boy piece

Before I put the wood-in-the-hole I attached the LOFT HATCH CATCH

Girl Piece

and the hinges. 

THEN I hung the whole thing. Just a couple of screws to fit  and the bare wood trim to be painted 

before I wander away in a haze of dejected tears.


 I have felt better about my workgirlyship

 : (

Sam's back on Friday, I hope she likes it ......

Carpet Fitters

The lads from NAILSWORTH CARPETS came over and decked out Sams' lovely dry house with lovely snuggly carpet.

Nick and sidekick look as if they're having fun. To me, it looks more like hard graft; I'll keep the tea coming.

The final job is great, sets off the new skirting board perfectly. 

Coconut matting in the entrance was a good idea to save the living room carpet.

All in all the place is good enough to move into.

Skirt Board On

What do you think of the skirting board then?

It's higher than the stuff we took off, and hides the waney edge that ran along the plaster at the top of the old skirt board. Glyn from 'WILDWOOD' in Nailsworth fitted it. Sam's pleased with it as it looks TRENDY.

Odds And Ends -Tuesday

Oh will it never end. 

Well, yes, actually.

All those little jobs at the Turn Around House.

After finalizing a little bit of decorating in the kitchen and some filling around a window, I took on the high ceiling in the stairwell.

Normally I'd get up the ladder to do this, but Ed had used this long stick at Sams' place, so I thought I'd give it a go.

I did the whole job with it. On reflection, I prefer the ladder.

After that, it was pain sailing (a real PAIN), fit a loft hatch - using my new LOFT HATCH CATCH. No photos, but I'll take piccys of the next one - next week : (