Post by steve on Sept 9, 2022 14:11:07 GMT 1
After all the destruction (so far)*, some actual construction happened.
The silly archway between the entrance hall and the kitchen has been filled in
One of the old bedroom doors is now a wall
And, where there used to be a built in cupboard in the east bedroom, the wall got knocked down into the bathroom & walled off behind for the washing machine & an electric boiler.
Just the sight of new beginnings has cheered me up no end.
*Whoever poured the cement for the existing living room floor filled the space between the concrete joists & panels with any old tat they could find. Bits of brick, polystyrene, screwed up paper, glass. I even found bottle caps in there.
Bit like this
Thing is, with floor heating, there needs to be insulation between the the cement top layer & the concrete panels otherwise we end up losing heat to the garage & basement level.
So all that's got to come up & some time next week, yours truly will be getting stuck in with a jack hammer before I clean it all out and lay the insulation ready for the new floor to be poured.
The silly archway between the entrance hall and the kitchen has been filled in
One of the old bedroom doors is now a wall
And, where there used to be a built in cupboard in the east bedroom, the wall got knocked down into the bathroom & walled off behind for the washing machine & an electric boiler.
Just the sight of new beginnings has cheered me up no end.
*Whoever poured the cement for the existing living room floor filled the space between the concrete joists & panels with any old tat they could find. Bits of brick, polystyrene, screwed up paper, glass. I even found bottle caps in there.
Bit like this
Thing is, with floor heating, there needs to be insulation between the the cement top layer & the concrete panels otherwise we end up losing heat to the garage & basement level.
So all that's got to come up & some time next week, yours truly will be getting stuck in with a jack hammer before I clean it all out and lay the insulation ready for the new floor to be poured.
