Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House

[Seul]

Quite frankly I'd be worried if they'd comment of the beauty of the Giles…

[Steffen]

Looks splendid, almost there 

I scored the 1909 flat today, waxed oak floors, 3.5m high ceilings, orginal doors, 15sqm balcony the kitchen i quite small but i think i´ll find a way to fix that

[Giles]

Final plumbing bits happening…...

[UnTucked]

Couple more weeks?

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[Giles]

Possibly…....

[Graeme]

The last 10% of the project always takes 90% of the time! :o

[Madame Buttonfly]

Thanks for the words of encouragement @Graeme     

@neph93 if this darn project isn't finished soon I will be moving into the Premier Inn… for good!

[Graeme]

@Madame Buttonfly I'm pretty sure that @Giles is enjoying the process far too much to rush it!

[Madame Buttonfly]

@Graeme I think that's spot on  ::) 

[Chris]

@Graeme:

The last 10% of the project always takes 90% of the time! :o

It certainly feels that way…

[Giles]

Got a load of stuff on the list for next week.  One of jobs is to install my ebay fireplace.

Register grate installed, bricked in and painted…

Hole for the hearth, ready and waiting…

The hearth, 80kg of Portland Stone that P and I went down to Portland o Friday to pick up…

The grate surround (it's probably got a real name). I've polished the right-hand side, left-hand side is tomorrow's job…

Carrera marble bits, I think I have them in the right places….

[Giles]

We re-laid the threshold today.  Some arse (me) measured (badly) once and then cut.  I had forgotten about the stooling under the bricks at either end, so the middle section was 440mm too short (what a twat).  I had to get a new centre section made, take all 3 pieces out, shift the outer sections outwards and then drop the new centre section into place, at 200kg, moving the centre section around was not for the faint-hearted.

I'm delighted with the result and will take photos tomorrow, but having finished that, we are now able to start laying the floor.  We placed a few down dry, just to get an idea of what it would look like….

[Giles]

My ebay bargain moves forward….

[Chap]

Nice… looking forward to see the finished kitchen in September

[Chris]

Based on your posts in the food thread, Giles should put you to work in it.

[louisbosco]

@Chap:

Nice… looking forward to see the finished kitchen in September

same. did you keep the cat's paw prints in the new bit?

[Giles]

They are being buried under 15mm of cement and 25mm of Portland stone as I type….

[Giles]

We fired it up…...

[neph93]

That is spectacular.  Which decade? I’d guess 1920’s but it could be earlier.

[Giles]

Early 19th Century Scottish…..It looks a bit Art Nouveau, but it ain't......The register grate (can't control the airflow) was an early Victorian thing, this thing will burn coal like The Mallard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard

It was only later in the 19th Century that they work out how to control the burn