long johns, leeks and yesterdays news!

Long John Mark came over yesterday to help take down some of the scaffolding (come back.................. I made you a dinner, I didn't know you'd gone home!), then they put on some of the down pipes-really I can see that they have some practical uses (rain gutter regattas!!) but they just dont look nice, perhaps we should have been the pioneers in the UK to have them on the inside of the house.

The 3 chaps from Warmcell, came yesterday from South Wales to do the recycled newspaper insulation it has taken them 2 days.

THIS IS THE MACHINE IN THE BACK OF THE VAN WHERE THE OLD PAPERS GET FED INTO.

It has been piped into all the external wall cavities!

 

We have now glazed all of the windows, and Pete has finished the cladding to the front of the house, there is just the big side wall that needs cladding. Tonight we are off to get the masonary paint for the cills, weather permitting we can start to paint them -we are getting there!!!!

 

LIGHTS!, CAMERA, ACTION!!!

MOST OF THE FABRIC CABLE SAMPLES HAVE COME NOW SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING TO NEED IN WHAT COLOURS!

PETE STARTED TO CLAD THIS PART OF THE PORCH TODAY, UNTIL RAIN STOPPED PLAY, THEN I HELPED GLAZE 4 WINDOWS WHILST REUBEN HAD A SNOOZE.

FINALLY, A WEEK LATER THAN PROMISED MAGNET SENT OUT THE QUOTE FOR THE KITCHEN, ITS NOT QUITE RIGHT SO TONIGHT ITS GONNA BE MORE KITCHEN PLANNING AND WORKING OUT A FABRIC CABLE ORDER, IT ALL ROCK 'N' ROLL HERE!

BLOWN A FUSE!

HERE IS THE HEAT RECOVEREY SYSTEM IN THE LOFT!

AND THE SLOPING BIT IS THE SKEILING THAT GOT INSULATED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO

PETE HAS PUT THE FAMILY ROOM BI-FOLDS IN TODAY, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE KITCHEN ONES AND FRAME FAST ARE COMING OUT NEXT WEEK TO LOOK AT THEM SO WE THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD GET THESE ONES IN TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE OK- THEY ARE NOT ONE OF THE DOORS DOES NOT FIT THE FRAME.

HERE IN THE KITCHEN WHEN PUTTING IN THE GLASS PART OF THE FRAME CAME APART AND ON FURTHER INSPECTION THERE ARE A NUBMER OF SCREWS MISSING.

 

 

MORE WINDOWS ARE GOING IN . THERE IS A MISSING OPENER AS ONE OF THE PANES OF GLASS GOT BROKEN WITH THE NAIL GUN.

AND ONE OF THESE BALCONY WINDOWS HAVE BEEN GLAZED.

WE FINISHED FITTING THE BALCONY DOORS TODAY - HAPPY!

 

 

HERE IS A PICTURE OF AN INTERNAL WINDOW JUST TO SHOW THE DEPTH OF THE CILL WHICH WAS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE HOUSE DESIGN.

YESTERDAY WASN'T A GREST DAY FOR THE BUILD, WHAT WITH THE FRAMEFAST COCK UP THE STARTER MOTOR THAT PETE ORDERED FOR THE FORK LIFT CAME AND ONCE FITTED THE FORK LIFT STILL REFUSED TO START, NEW THEORY IS THAT THE BATTERY IS DODGY - NO PROBLEM BECAUSE IT HAS 3 YEAR WARRANTY, THAT PETE REMEMBERS PUTTING IN  A SAFE PLACE -WELL THE CARAVAN HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF IT...................... IF IT KNEW WHAT WAS GOOD FOR IT IT PROBABLY DID A RUNNER  WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPEN, .... WHAT WITH THE DAMP, COLD, SMELL OF GAS AND ELECTRICS THAT FUSE IF WE HAVE THE HEATER AND KETTLE ON AT THE SAME TIME WHO COULD BLAME IT!!!!

 

 

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE KITCHEN PLAN AND QUOTE FROM MAGNET TRADE DUE ON MONDAY , BUT I HAVE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT SAMPLES OF FABRIC CABLE FORM SOME REALLY LOVLEY PEOPLE AT "FABRIC CABLES", "TIGERMOTH" AND "ENAMEL SHADES"

 

. AFTER HAVING A LOOK AT THE "WHICH" GUIDE I DONT THINK THAT I WILL BE GETTING THE WONDERFUL NEFF COOKER OF "THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF" WITH THE MAGIC SLIDEY DOOR, "WHICH" DIDNT THINK THAT IT WAS WONDERFUL AND THEY DECIDED TO TELL PETE,

 

IM STILL HOLDING OUT FOR THE BOLING WATER TAP THOUGH!!!............................

THE ROAD IS LONG................

.................... AND IT'S FULL OF WINDOWS THAT STILL NEED PAINTING, IT'S BEGINNING TO FEEL A BIT LIKE THE FORTH BRIDGE!................but some have gone in this week and we are really happy with them,

 

 

I am now sourcing the coloured fabric cables for some of the lighting. And we are keen to see the kitchen plan and quote from magnet due tommorow.