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Well, we've been living here in the bungalow we're renovating, for, oh, about
4 weeks now. It's pretty spartan - we are basically living like internet enabled peasants, but it's actually not bad. Much easier than a caravan. The wife works, I do this and housekeeping and sprog management (I'm a housewife, but with more tools). After a few last minute panics (hot water, kitchen sink) and the general hell of packing, storing and moving, we were pretty dead. Anyway, having found places to keep everything, settled down with a cooking routine that works with a combi microwave, rice cooker and slow cooker only and finally got the computers reassembled, here are a few piccies. I did say "peasants" - don;t expect much. Work restarts in ernest next week, where the first order of business is to connect up 3 ring main circuits. Then it's the bedroom floor - about 4 days work there and we can decamp from the kitchen (did I say peasants?). Then finish the bathroom. After that, lay in proper lighting, then duaghter's room (window, floor and paintjob) and we'll be fast on the way to civilisation. Fit kitchen and do hall and that will be most of the ground floor done. Kitchen floor has gone from this: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0001.jpg.html to http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0049.jpg.html That's not my tiling I confess - I did fix the subfloor though and got a commendation from the tiler. The slate is a relatively inexpensive Indian Green, sealed with a colour enhancer. We're very pleased with this. Fire fitted: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0051.jpg.html The fireplace internals were rendered by me in a rustic style (*cough*) and whitewashed. Need another coat of two to clean it up post fire fitting. Not bothered to clean up the opening totally. The main wall is mist coated (not a bad paintjob, honest). We might leave it a little rough and paint the main wall, or we might do something with a few tiles - we're undecided. Anyway, it works for now. Quick bit of crude blacksmithing with a blowtorch and the neighbour's anvil to knock up some hooks for the fireguard. http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0059.jpg.html http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0060.jpg.html It was a quicky, so no effort made to clean up vice marks from the final bending. Finish is oil-blackening - heat red hot, quench in a tin of oil, repeat a couple of times. Same for the wall hooks which started out as zinc plated. Ikea TV stand becomes kitchen cupboard: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0064.jpg.html Temporary[1] hot water: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0066.jpg.html http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0067.jpg.html http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0068.jpg.html [1] Temporary means about a year. Computer "racks" now installed in hall: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0072.jpg.html If you check the photos, you are being web served by the little black Shuttle lower down the left hand shelf. The actual photos live on the black RAIDed fileserver at the bottom. yes it's all running Linux (debian, ubuntu and OpenWRT on the WIFI doobrey up top). I'm very pleased with these: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0074.jpg.html Pity no one will ever see them again. Isolation and flow restrictor valves for bath and bathroom basin: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0079.jpg.html Bath supports and framing: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0083.jpg.html http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0084.jpg.html http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0085.jpg.html http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0086.jpg.html And lighting (5 x 20W SELV) http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0088.jpg.html Very pleased with that too - good even lighting, no shadows and fully IEE approved for being over a shower/bath. Funky plumbing for dishwasher/washing machine: http://photos.dionic.net/v/public/bu..._0069.jpg.html It was a deliberate design decision to not have the u-traps behind the machines as the under-stair space was available. After some thought, it became clear that I might as well have a single custom u-trap in 50mm rather than two - if one appliance space isn't used, the risk of the associated u trap drying out and becoming smelly is removed. In fact that assembly works extremely well. It's quiet and can (under test conditions) cope with at least 50l/min of flow (rather more than needed). The U trap has both clearing points on top - I did consider on cap on the base for easy draining, but feared that could become a gunk trap - so went for keeping the main U smooth in the end. Well, until a couple of weeks, that's all... -- Tim Watts This space intentionally left blank... |
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