Posted: Mon Oct 24, 16 6:39 am
Looks very nice good job 
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 16 6:39 am
Looks very nice good job
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 16 8:20 pm
Well done to you both....that's a cracking place and I would love to live somewhere like that. You both deserve it so enjoy the fruits of your hard work!
Cheers Steve
Cheers Steve
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 7:20 pm
Wow, that has changed and I was only there a few weeks ago. You will miss 40 steps each way to boil the kettle!
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 7:45 pm
Still loads to do, Matt.
Utility room / Study needs finishing and then the whole cottage needs re-rendering and painting. I think there is another year's work in it.
This week I have been restoring the front of the original garage and that took 4 coats of paint after all the repairs / Filling / sealing. I spend my life on scaffolding lately....
Utility room / Study needs finishing and then the whole cottage needs re-rendering and painting. I think there is another year's work in it.
This week I have been restoring the front of the original garage and that took 4 coats of paint after all the repairs / Filling / sealing. I spend my life on scaffolding lately....
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 8:01 pm
It's certainly come on well Much hassle with the conservation officer? My workplace is Grade 1 so imagine all the fun I get 
http://www.sackvillecollege.org.uk/
So you're nearly done with yours,best come and help sort mine in Wales next.
Much hassle with the conservation officer? My workplace is Grade 1 so imagine all the fun I get http://www.sackvillecollege.org.uk/
So you're nearly done with yours,best come and help sort mine in Wales next.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 8:05 pm
Fantastic looking place Steve.
How long have you had the place in Welsh Wales?
How long have you had the place in Welsh Wales?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 8:15 pm
Had it just 13 months,so far new outdoor oil boiler and most of the C/H system renewed plus megaflow type hot water.Complete,everything from the meter rewire,bedroom ceilings taken down,plasterboarded and skimmed also 3 stud walls done the same. Had chimney repaired and pointed and now have a nice new American Vermont Castings Intrepid woodburner. Currently we're decorating upstairs then I have the kitchen to look at which may involve lifting the floor to put in DPC before anything else. There's 1/3rd acre outside with parking for six plus workshop garage 40 x 14.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 17 1:11 pm
Finally got my paintbrush out!
Well, several really....
4 coats of paint using a 11/2" wide paintbrush so I could cut in around the beams.
I better move before I have to do it again
Well, several really....
4 coats of paint using a 11/2" wide paintbrush so I could cut in around the beams.
I better move before I have to do it again
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 17 5:12 pm
Hard to believe this has been going on so long, it only seems like a couple of years, looks a cracking place my fave type of house for sure, it could tell some tales. and its kept you going nice one matey,,
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 17 5:40 pm
Thanks Duncan, it will be 8 years in February.
Total restoration inside and out, and the extension.
I have still got to do all the front of the Cottage, but the back was the priority as it gets all the weather.
The front will take another year to complete; it has as many Beams on the front as the back and that is what takes all the time in terms of preparation.
Never again...
Total restoration inside and out, and the extension.
I have still got to do all the front of the Cottage, but the back was the priority as it gets all the weather.
The front will take another year to complete; it has as many Beams on the front as the back and that is what takes all the time in terms of preparation.
Never again...
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 17 6:32 pm
looks great pete
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 17 9:40 pm
Thanks Terry, I know you had a bit of a build yourself!
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 17 12:14 pm
I want to see the garage 
Seriously Pete, no idea how you've managed to do all this and engage with all the Mopar stuff as well!! Great job on both counts..
Seriously Pete, no idea how you've managed to do all this and engage with all the Mopar stuff as well!! Great job on both counts..
Re: Pete Goes Cottaging
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 17 2:52 pm
Looking good Have you sealed between render and beams? I guess that's a breathable lime based paint?
Spare a thought for me in Wales,just bought 12 pallets of block pavers,a block cutter and compactor plate. Got to dig up all the concrete paths round the house and re lay as they're above the damp course.
Have you sealed between render and beams? I guess that's a breathable lime based paint?Spare a thought for me in Wales,just bought 12 pallets of block pavers,a block cutter and compactor plate. Got to dig up all the concrete paths round the house and re lay as they're above the damp course.