UFH

...short for Underfloor heating. Sue's brother Stephen came to stay last week to give me a hand with the underfloor heating. The insulation boards were already in place so it was a case of uncoiling the plastic pipe, clipping it down, and covering with a dry mix of sand & cement.

We could only put the sand & cement upstairs as we haven't finished downstairs yet. We can't do the kitchen at the moment because there are about 170 bags of Monocouche render stored there!

Back on track

Well back from Australia anyway!

Whilst we were away Stuart has continued to work on the back garden but has also carried out some work inside - including alterations to the top step of the staircase (it had to be reduced slightly) and fitted a toilet & washbasin in the studio area, moving the 'builders toilet' back down stairs etc.

Stuart emailed these 'in progress' photos.

Once we got back we picked up all the lighting that we had ordered whilst we were away so I got on with the job of fitting downlights

Stuart continued rendering the walls he had built outside for the raised beds, sorting out the drainage and leveling the ground

Then earlier than we had expected the plasterers were ready to start the prep work for rendering the walls. I sprayed the bricks with a fungicidal wash and then they came and started jet washing them, and putting on a scratch coat of sand & cement on the area where previously there had been timber on the front and where the bricks were set back.

We subsequently had a problem with the scaffolding - George who we had before was to busy to come but after Sue spent some time on the phone we eventually found someone who could come and put it up the next day. So now we are all set for the rendering.