Red & BBs retirement home......

g4ghb

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cool - I would have expected nothing less mate! there is something satisfying using small firms where you have the 'friend' feeling isn't there.
 

tommy the cat

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Looks great so far. Very similar to some of our rooms when we started quarry tiles on black ash floor as well as bricks for flooring!
We got the quarrys up carefully and put down membrane then mixed the concrete in a mixer for the whole house tooks us an age!
Would love another 'project' but still need to finish this off.
Dave
 

firecrest

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Looks lovely :)

Why don't you save yourself the effort and get the Changing Rooms team in? Theyll knock out all the features that give it value and replace it all with MDF. ...Well ok maybe not then...!
 

pteron

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Boston is one of those towns lost in time....

I remember a school trip to Freiston when I was 10 or 11. I grew up in Lincoln and at that age, Boston seemed a world away. We were given a huge net bag of just cooked shrimps by a fisherman as we walked along the docks. Half a dozen kids, scampering along the dockside, munching on scalding hot prawns. A great time. Probably not allowed now.
 

Tengu

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Its magnificent. Any property is worth having these days, so much the better if its period and has plenty of land.
 

Matt.S

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Please keep up with the commentary BR! How much land do you have attached to it?

Perhaps one day I will be able to own non-portable property. And perhaps I'll also own a unicorn...
 

British Red

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A little more progress for those who are interested. We wanted a new heating system. It had to be capable of "frost watch" if we are away, we wanted soething greener than the existing coal, so we chose LPG (no mains gas available) on a combi boiler to give us heat and hot water "as needed". This freed a lot of floor space from the existing tank.

To do this a tank is needed....so first step is a base....

Shuttering in for the base and trench dug for Gas feed

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The base is poured

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The tank goes in.....

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New boiler is fitted

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The only external sign on the house is the vent

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But even that needed listed building consent.

Other progress?

Well we have new joists now - that meet the walls!

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And we have painted the wall ties in the bathroom.....they are a feature we quite like showing the age of the place

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Red
 

British Red

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Simply put, listed buildings are protected by (criminal) law. Its to preserve the heritage of rare, or high merit buildings from being ruined by out of character works etc.

There are three categories 1 (Buckingham Palace), 2* (Stately home) and 2 (historic old place)

With 2 (which mine is), you can do a lot but not extend or change things like exterior character. I can't change windows, doors or the exterior "look and feel" of the property without written permission

So no Sky dish :)

Red
 

Gill

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absolutely superb Red . i,ve been wishing to do this for a loooong time.maybe someday ! i have some skills having worked in the building industry for a lot of years ,but the electrical and plumbing ,i would not be much good at.keep up the great work and pictures of the renovation.
 

British Red

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Anything requiring something approachng skill is being done by some very nice local tradesmen for us ;). I claim no skill beyond,fetch, carry and scrape gill!
 

korvin karbon

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Anything requiring something approachng skill is being done by some very nice local tradesmen for us ;). I claim no skill beyond,fetch, carry and scrape gill!

what about tea making :joke:

Loving the updates.

One thing though, have you been allowed to chamge the windows to double glazed? My house use to have single panes and once we changed to double glazing i was shocked at how much cosier it was and the saving on energy.
 

British Red

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Dec 30, 2005
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Well here are some photos from this week

The bathroom plaster is drying nicely - second fit electrical (putting the lights etc in) should be okay in a couple of weeks, so we have started thinking paint colours. I think the one shown is nice and cool - what do you reckon?

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Damp proofing is complete and the bulk of the plastering done!

This will be the study...

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It opens off the lounge......

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The lounge now has a ceiling

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The celing needs skimming - but we can't do that until the floor is down to the main bedroom

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I am very pleased with the fireplace though. You remember that thing that contained the anthracite boiler? Boxed in in tongue and groove?.....Look at it now!

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The kitchen is just waiting for the calor lines running and the plaster to go off

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Hopefully in a couple of weeks we will have a kitchen, all floor, ceiling and plastering done and central heating and hot water.....fingers crossed!

Red
 

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