Month: October 2018
Comments Off on Another day, another piece of drywall
Another day, another piece of drywall
So today went better than yesterday. Sleep helped, unsurprisingly. This morning I tracked down some more of the stainless steel finishing nails that hold our…
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Roughing it
So the past few days have been rough. I’m starting to come out the other side of feelings of utter despair – so far I’ve…
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Bloody e-bayers
As the weather has gradually got less clement (is that a thing? I mean, it’s inclement, so surely it’s becoming less clement? ;) ) we’ve…
Comments Off on A billion thin bits of cedar
A billion thin bits of cedar
So yesterday I made it to the corner of the building. Or more accurately, I finished applying cedar to the front corner of our house…
Comments Off on It’s what’s on the outside that counts
It’s what’s on the outside that counts
Well, at the moment it is. This past week we have plodded on with the cedar – I’m now most of the way across the…
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So that went superbly
On Wednesday as the sun cleared away the morning mizzle our Bob lorry turned up with a boatload of fire rated 5/8″ thick plasterboard. I…
Comments Off on Spoiler alert: it wasn’t
Spoiler alert: it wasn’t
So adding to our tally of inspections that are signed off, and good news on the house front, we had our insulation signed off. That…