'Brick Blog'

February 16, 2009

Blimey gov’ I used to have a wall there

So its half term and the arrangements was that my wonderful girlies, including Claire, would de-camp to the seaside in Essex (inlaws) this week to allow me to live in the mess the builders were about to inflict on the house when knocking through. Guess what – things have changed, only Charlie is not around, out in Cornwall with my sister leaving Stephanie, Claire and me….and a set of builders with a damm big hammer. I can feel the grit in my keyboard as I write this…and its only Monday. Take a look at this…. Which this morning had a patio door in it…alas no …Read the Rest

February 14, 2009

All inside…very inside

Hello building chums – hows’ it hanging….hopefully as well as the electrical cable which has being hanging around this week. Here some I made/found earlier… Also this week the builders have been mainly constructing the bathrooms upstairs but sorry I missed taking pictures of this during the daylight. That said the back of the house is now free from scaffolding and the result is quite nice. So a short update, this week – due to work – but hopefully I’ll get some time to add some internal pics on Sunday or Monday night – until then a couple of photoshopped images – please …Read the Rest

February 6, 2009

Snow, pipes and windows

Brrrr – this global warming has really hit home this week – it turned up in happy Hertford with a chefs’ outfit, a cook book and its’ signature dish – SNOW !! Don’t get me wrong the builders have turned up on all days (including last Saturday) but progress according to them has been slow….but as my saff London mate might say ‘ ave a look at this….its bonkers !! So Monday and Tuesday was all around snow – and therefore Wednesday was all about pipes…heres’ a picture. Nice. And now into Friday – window, walls and still more snow… And from the …Read the Rest

January 31, 2009

The big chill approaches…the knock through is starting..

Hello everyone. This week progress has been reasonability slow due to weather. Today we have had two of the roofer guys trying to finish the roof…on a Saturday…..!!! So what photos do we have…here goes. The roof is nearly completed And so the builders will be starting to knock through next week. Charlie’s room is first – so she has now de-camped into the toy room. The photo below shows where they are going to start….. So next week will be difficult and cold – as will the weather….. And to finish an artistic shot……. Until next week …….