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First video up on Youtube and the locks off
Early in the New Year, I’ll be starting some big work at the old house. I’m going to need to take off the main double front door to renovate it as much as I can – or at the very least, use it as a template for an identical model in oak. I have to…
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The ‘Fountain’ Terrace
Last year I went especially to visit a well-known restoration yard. They specialise in old fireplaces, fountains and stone architectural elements. It’s a 3 hour each-way drive from my town, but I’d seen some fantastic things on their website and considered the long journey well worth the effort. You get an idea of what these…
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Video footage of the Termites
This is a very short video clip of the termite infestation in the house. It was taken on 26 August 2016 after I had removed some door linings in the sitting room. The problem was, I had already ripped out the vast majority of that wood 2 months before, but they had rebuilt their paths to…
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Garden Planning
It’s early in the year to start thinking about the garden and the pool, but I need to put the ideas in my head down on paper, and plan the whole project properly. It’s going to be complicated, as the garden lies between two properties of two neighbours, and the natural flow of rainwater passes…
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Demolition
I actually think it’s quite sad that I’ve had to demolish the flooring structures. This is a very small portion of what actually needs to come out. They’ve been in-situ so long, I hated pulling it all out. Some poor fellows nailed them all in all that time ago. Irritatingly, not many of these planks…
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Work Starts
Its been a little while since I bought the old house, but the time has come to start the slog – things that I can do without having to apply for planning permission. I’ve been held up working and finishing a big project for my brother in another village, but I’ve managed to find some…
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New Discoveries
This old place doesn’t give up its secrets easily! Features that I thought might have been original, aren’t, but it took some working out. I was delighted to see that the old decorative plaster surround was still intact when I bought the place. I was convinced it was an original feature, as was my brother…