Tag: construction
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New hallway joists, changing the balcony
The hallway joists have been replaced, and some lovely rotten timber was removed. The hallway has also been leveled to match the master bedroom, and it’s a pretty incredible 8 cm drop over 2 metres of run. The bits for the balcony have also been taken up, and it’s evident that there’s pooling on the…
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Wall rebuilt
The new lintels are in, the top of the wall is built out, the floor beam is stitched to a new bit of timber that rests on the RSJ properly, and the RSJ has been painted. The builder also told me that they sorted out the last of the lead cap on the party wall,…
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Weekly round-up of Housegate
On the plus side, the kitchen fitter came by and measured up so that I can talk to the kitchen company and order new units; the neighbour agreed to me being able to dig up some concrete on their property to seal the party wall properly. I think those the only positive aspects to “This…
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Opening up the nook, rotten wood, why is the bathroom so high?
Yesterday morning, I suggest to the builder that if it would make it easier, he could strip the final wall in the kitchen, so that the plasterboard would be flush from one end to the other. Who tell me say that? Anyway, half of the wet wall (ie, the wall to the outside where the…
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Making progress everywhere
Well, the hot cylinder is moving to under the boiler, the boiler is coming off of the current wall and moving on to the wall next to it (90 degree turn), all the piping and motorised valves have to move, the bathroom for bedroom 3 is covered in tile backer board (insulated, concrete).. something has…
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Rendering walls, examining showers
Pretty much all of the bonding on walls has now been removed in the house, and sand/cement render has taken its place. The piping in the closet (to the cylinder) is looking a bit out of place at the moment, and the builder is suggesting “hey, what if we move the cylinder?” – to be…