More Upcycling
More Upcycling We said from the start we wanted to re-use, up-cycle and recycle whatever we could from the building and I think we’ve done everything we can do so far. Even the stone we removed from the rear wall is being bought by a builder Donald knows and being put into another building restoration…
Illuminations
Illuminations This lockdown malarkey is starting to get us all down now and although the kids have been fantastic throughout, we need cheering up and Rachel has just the thing. She’s found a nut-save chippy not far from Blackpool Prom and as the illuminations have been extended to help bring in some much needed revenue…
New Door Day
New Door Day This is exciting! Richard Hayhornthwaite who’s team built and installed the windows is back with the front door and small bathroom window, plus a few flashing pieces for around the sash windows. The little window is in, in no time at all and he’s brought some extra pieces to nail to the…
Here comes the (winter) sun…sort of
Here comes the (winter) sun…sort of So, over the last few weekends of decent weather, I’ve managed to get the solar panel rails installed, pointed the chimney and added six 310w mono-crystalline black frame solar panels from Voltacon Solar onto the rear roof area. The wiring is pretty straightforward but it does mean drilling a…
Getting to the point
Getting to the point We’ve put off pointing the rest of the hall until we had the windows in and now those have been installed, we can get stuck into picking out the remaining walls and re-pointing. The northern gable-end is done, the east facing wall is done and the south-facing gable chimney has been…