It's me again writing
the blog, I’ve been asked to fill you all in with the progress since my last
post. We now have movement on the stables, it was a concrete block with a few
blue brick on, and now it’s a massive building of wood and nails (from a new
nail gun (I think Kieran will need one of these soon!)) The amount of nails
that has had to go into this part of the building is immense. We have been
helping quite a lot on the building of this part of the project at weekends. I
say 'helping' I’m sure Richard would say this too! The photos are great and it
should be moving on again later on this week. I will post more images when i
have something different to report.
As for the house, we now have walls for the conservatory, Andy has worked hard in the sunshine (whilst we've had it) and has got the lower brick work up in double quick time! He’s hoping to start to get some of the plastic work up and fingers crossed getting it finished by the weekend. I’m sure we will be able to help again when we can at the weekend. Whilst the weather was poop he has plastered the kitchen and the dining room, if you know anything about plastering (we didn’t) you have to finish the wall or ceiling that you start as if you don’t you'll have breaks in the plaster! Little did we know when we asked Andy to do the ceiling that he'd be working late into the night after starting the big job at about 2pm. I don’t think he finished until about 9pm! eekkk up and down the ladder and back up and down again as he’s not got the longest legs in the world. Saying that Kieran with longer legs would have been up and down as much!
Under floor heating pipes should be going in and the work should be starting for that early next week, we have made the call and this is when they say they can start the next phase!
The well has had a bit of transformation, its had 2x1mtr sewer pipes rested on top of it to bring it back up through to ground level (you’ll see from one of the pictures what i mean!) its now all uncovered but had a wire mesh to stop unsuspecting’s falling down it if they should climb on top of the sewer pipes! We just need to decide do we clad around the pipes with wood or bricks and what kind of top we should put on top. I’m thinking about one you read about in children’s story books with a double pitched roof and a bucket on a winder!
Just had to leave the laptop for a minute was called outside and there was a flyover by a military helicopter! oohhh it was just over the garden!
GRASS NEWS - It’s all coming along well, there are a few hand sewn patches that might need a bit more seed, but overall it’s all looking greener and lusher (is that really a word?)
HAY NEWS - We are waiting for a bit longer to make our first batch of hay, it won’t be too much longer as we've been told that the grass has to die down at the root a bit and then we can get it cut. I however have to get all (most) of the doc leaves out of the field before it gets cut as they will sees and spread, so each night after work i take myself down the field and collect up about 50 doc leaf plants and return them to the pile, it’s getting better, but the walk to the bottom of the field is getting harder in the long grass! Never mind, just get on and finish it then it won't be such a massive task when it gets cut next time!
As for the house, we now have walls for the conservatory, Andy has worked hard in the sunshine (whilst we've had it) and has got the lower brick work up in double quick time! He’s hoping to start to get some of the plastic work up and fingers crossed getting it finished by the weekend. I’m sure we will be able to help again when we can at the weekend. Whilst the weather was poop he has plastered the kitchen and the dining room, if you know anything about plastering (we didn’t) you have to finish the wall or ceiling that you start as if you don’t you'll have breaks in the plaster! Little did we know when we asked Andy to do the ceiling that he'd be working late into the night after starting the big job at about 2pm. I don’t think he finished until about 9pm! eekkk up and down the ladder and back up and down again as he’s not got the longest legs in the world. Saying that Kieran with longer legs would have been up and down as much!
Under floor heating pipes should be going in and the work should be starting for that early next week, we have made the call and this is when they say they can start the next phase!
The well has had a bit of transformation, its had 2x1mtr sewer pipes rested on top of it to bring it back up through to ground level (you’ll see from one of the pictures what i mean!) its now all uncovered but had a wire mesh to stop unsuspecting’s falling down it if they should climb on top of the sewer pipes! We just need to decide do we clad around the pipes with wood or bricks and what kind of top we should put on top. I’m thinking about one you read about in children’s story books with a double pitched roof and a bucket on a winder!
Just had to leave the laptop for a minute was called outside and there was a flyover by a military helicopter! oohhh it was just over the garden!
GRASS NEWS - It’s all coming along well, there are a few hand sewn patches that might need a bit more seed, but overall it’s all looking greener and lusher (is that really a word?)
HAY NEWS - We are waiting for a bit longer to make our first batch of hay, it won’t be too much longer as we've been told that the grass has to die down at the root a bit and then we can get it cut. I however have to get all (most) of the doc leaves out of the field before it gets cut as they will sees and spread, so each night after work i take myself down the field and collect up about 50 doc leaf plants and return them to the pile, it’s getting better, but the walk to the bottom of the field is getting harder in the long grass! Never mind, just get on and finish it then it won't be such a massive task when it gets cut next time!
(just re done my spelling / grammar mistakes so should read a
bit better now!)
Over and out for now
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