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| Attic October 2009 |
Eighteen months ago I started (with HelpX'ers) on our attic space. This was just to insulate it. I only got as far as the insulation boards. Then just before last Christmas (over a year later) I managed to get it fully insulated - making the house about 4°C warmer - and then get some plaster board on. I even managed to get some of the wiring in place as well. And there it waited.
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| Attic 02/08/2011 |
And to be fair, in between I have converted a barn into a gite plus done one or two other jobs. So at the end of last month I was able to get back to it. The worse part was trying to remember what wiring was for what but eventually that was sorted and Ady (HelpX) and I were off.
We completed the wiring, finished the boarding, put timber up on the ceiling and partition wall. Prepared the walls and painted them. Ducting for a heat exchange unit is being laid in and shelves constructed (mainly me).
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| Attic Room 13/08/2011 |
We have now laid the floor (mainly Ady) and now, at long last we have something that looks like a room. We have some electrics to finish and all those finishing touches that need to be done - timbering edging etc. The worse part of the project, apart from having to lug everything up and downstairs, is the moving of all the boxes and furniture around. Definitely a job made easier having a helper.
So hopefully very soon we will have another bedroom and living area. The next job is to put in a first floor bathroom, which I'm hoping to start next week.
