Posts tagged 'progress'

Yesteryear's tools

At long last another update. We've moved in just over a year ago but still have quite a bit of work to do.

I am currently working on my office so that I can actually move into it. For the last few days I have been installing the wooden floor …

Firewall

While Mark kept working on the ceilings, I set to work on the fire wall that will surround my wood stove. Mark is working on the bathroom ceiling so no tiling until he's finished. Blocks I am using are timbercrete blocks leftover from building. These blocks are made from waste …

Finishing the wooden floor

We are back working on the house this weekend and have discovered a faster and easier method to lay down the recycled wooden floor board. In particular we have found a great method to push the boards hard against each other to leave as small a gap as possible. We …

First floor boards

P55

This weekend we have started putting the floor boards down in the Rosalba's sewing room. The recycled hard wood floor boards are incredibly hard and no matter how I tried most nails bent had to be pulled out again. So we have decided to investigate nail guns to fix the …

Finished look using our home made paint

Finished look using home made paint