Sorry no photo other than another inside shot this time! Apparently the floor boards have dry rot...no wonder there were soft bits when we walked, only the carpet keeping us from falling through the boards!
Luckily all the floor boards & joists were coming out anyway as we are dropping the whole floor approximately 8 inches.
Three good things:
1. England won the rugby at the last minute!
2. Harry’s hip is much better today....he’s been quite lame for a couple of weeks. Too much lifting etc!
3. I haven’t eaten any chocolate all week...well except a Kit Kat!
I suppose it will be a surprise a day whether good or bad as you you visit your home daily ! Pat -- interesting to follow your journey ! Hope Harry;s hip will get better - perhaps with a little rest ! I did n't watch the English match but was thrilled with the win the Welsh boys had against Italy !! and I had a Wagon Wheel to celebrate !! ha ha !
Fantastic! I used to work for a builder, so I love to see places take shape. Looking good! And stunned at the chocolate thing......I think I am eating all yours at the moment LOL!!
@beryl A wagon Wheel, you can still buy waggon wheels.....I’m amazed! Five minute walk up the road Beryl.... only thing is they have those bid gates, we have the combination but you have to lift the gates out of a hole....impossible for me!
When my parents were finally able to afford a house (I was 21 and as you know he came back from WW2 in 1945) they found dry rot. I had a photo of my dad standing deep in the floor with a spade having decided to do the work himself. I felt so sorry for him.
Phew!!! This is quite a challenge I'm sure, but at least when the builders are stripping everything back to basics you will know it is all okay when they get things back in place. Keep calm and carry on!!
Wow, I do admire you having all this work done. It’s so stressful.
A KitKat isn’t really chocolate - more wafer with a hint of chocolate flavoured coating
Wow, you are having a lot of work done! Keep your chin up ... it'll be all right! Glad Harry's hip is a bit better, and well done on the rugby. The last five minutes changed everything!
Lots of work, the whole place rebuilt really! Front door moved....underfloor heating, new roof....won’t look one bit like it looks now...it’s exciting! Will be stressful if things go wrong though!
I am on catch up today after being absent for a few days. Been looking at the progress of your house. They are really going to town aren't they. Lucky you live so close to be able to keep an eye on the progress.
Wow such a lot of work to be done! So exciting! It’s a bit like our leak under the concrete kitchen floor last year. Every time they did a bit of work they discovered something else wrong! In the end we had all new flooring throughout the ground floor, new kitchen, all rooms decorated and new lighting in kitchen/dining room as wiring all burnt out! It was a nightmare and we had to move out for 3 months but worth it in the end! I am sure you will be pleased with your final results!
Well it's certainly a good thing that a new floor was already in your plans else this would have come as a budget breaker. Your bungalow is going to be solid and beautiful.
So glad that Harry is feeling better. Thankfully he should get a long rest while the renovations are underway.
Oh my! Such a big job! Your construction techniques look so different from ours in the States. When was the house originally built? Think how much better you will sleep when you move in, knowing that every square inch inside and out will have been inspected and up to par!
A full overhaul of the house seems to be going on. Better now than after you have been living for a short while in it. It will look amazing in the end and worth all the effort.
A KitKat isn’t really chocolate - more wafer with a hint of chocolate flavoured coating
Lots of work, the whole place rebuilt really! Front door moved....underfloor heating, new roof....won’t look one bit like it looks now...it’s exciting! Will be stressful if things go wrong though!
So glad that Harry is feeling better. Thankfully he should get a long rest while the renovations are underway.