Chris and Bev – Heads in the Clouds

Some solid progress over the last week.

After a good deal of stress and luck we’ve found a replacement renderer. In 48 hours they’ve finished the base coat and arranged the delivery of the topcoat material. Faith is restored … As exciting, Luke and John have arrived to fit the kitchen. They’ve set up something of a workshop in the dayroom and … More 8th June 2022

We hope you’ve all had a lovely long weekend, celebrating HM’s Platinum Jubilee. Gen came for a few days which always gives us a lift. She caught the train to Warminster on Thursday and then walked a pretty 15 mile route to East Knoyle – a great effort. Chris joined her for the second half … More 5th June 2022

Quite a setback today. Since we started we’ve experienced a few difficult times, such as wondering if there might be some insurmountable problem with the site which had caused the previous owners to walk away, suffering the planning delays and complications of the bats, worrying about our health and safety responsibilities, watching rainwater pee through … More 30th May 2022

A team of renderers have started applying the render to the first storey. There’ll be two coats – the grey base coat and then a colour-through top coat which for us will be a chalky white. The render is sprayed on and then ‘scratched’ or spread by hand. And inside Dean and Matt have got … More 27th May 2022

Lots of plasterboarding and plastering this week means the end is in sight – surely … ! And Dean and Mat are moving through the house, including some tricky cuts … In the meantime via this blog, we’ve received emails from people – hello Lori in Canada (did you get our response?) and David – … More 20th May 2022

Dean and Mat starting tiling today. On top of a (very expensive) anti-cracking mat they’re laying our big 1.2mx1.2m porcelain tiles. They’re difficult to manoeuvre but once down, cover the floor quickly. We’re going for random spacing – to suit our mood and reduce off-cuts.

A good stride forwards today as some paint starts going on walls and ceilings. We wanted the high ceiling in the day room painted while the platform was still up and, via Aaron the electrician, we came across paint sprayers, Kieran, James and James. It’s so quick! We don’t know if we’ll regret this, but … More 12th May 2022