Last week we were floored and were very happy with the service and overall appearance. That lasted until Francine tried to clean up what she had assumed was a small patch of glue. [Baby wipes are the thing for removing…

Flooring Man had screeded more or less the whole of our ground floor and left fans blowing over it to help dry it out. However, the weather has been v. humid so the screed did not dry sufficiently overnight Thursday…

Our Flooring Man had had a cancellation and had offered Francine the possibility of getting our new flooring down on this Thursday and Friday. “Why on earth not?”, we thought. Not content with having just the newly developed kitchen-diner done,…

There had been some debate as to how long our “Structural Addition” would take to harden before it was ready to accept our new “push-fit” induction hob. [No longer are there clamps positioned beneath the lower surface of the worktop…

Oh, wait, no, apparently this is NOT a repair. Having discovered that the hole in the worktop for our hob was “sub-optimal”, i.e 30mm too large, Ultrawood Interiors, who have themselves been superb, were as miffed as we were that…

.. and what a howler. Having had our worktop templates made a little over two weeks ago, today they were being fitted. Excitement was high; we’d soon be able to use our new hob. Our fastidious Fitter Man #1 said…

It’s quite amazing how having work like this done on ones house makes weekends special again. We don’t have to be up and dressed ready to receive workmen at 08:00 on Saturday and Sunday. This was our 5th weekend and…

Thursday began with a conundrum. Since the new plumbing for the Window Wall was done, when water flowed to fill our cold storage tank, we’d been hearing some very strange noises. Some of it was what we regarded as fairly…

Form has continued to develop over the last two days and it’s beginning to look a bit more like a kitchen area. We now have a built-in dishwasher, though it remains door-less. All cabinet doors remain unfitted to avoid the…

I have never understood what the f-f-f-flipping heck a wonderwall is/was. Oasis were talking/singing [singing?] complete tosh. “You’re my wonderwall”; what does that mean, you’re as thick as bricks? No matter, today’s target was our Window Wall and under the…