Month: April 2019
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Repair work on Blue Opal
I needed to check all the sails on Blue Opal this evening, just to be happy that everything was rigged correctly. The wrong sheet was on the genoa, so that had to be dropped and fixed, and then my attention turned to the main. It was a bit of a surprise when the zip handle…
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Gutting the kitchen, ensuite
The membrane that was down in the kitchen appeared to have been sweating the floor, and transmitting moisture from the edges towards the centre. With it lifted up out of the way, it’s become very evident that the slab itself is lovely and dry, it’s just the channel between the slab and the walls that…
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It’s a dog’s life
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Deconstructing bedroom 3
After I left on Friday, the builders got on with making things go away. With the mouldy and damp plasterboard removed, it becomes clearer that remodelling the room could work out quite well. The shower wall turns into a door that opens inwards and left, and the existing door is turned into a wall. Replace…
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It’s a swimming pool
We took up a plank of the engineered floor in the kitchen today, to conduct some archaeology and work out how everything is put together. With the plank up, we folded the membrane back to look at the concrete underneath, and the water ran off the membrane underside in rivulets. Bugger. We have two options…
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Stripped kitchen, stripping ensuite
Progress of sorts. Kitchen wet wall has been stripped back to the bare concrete blocks. It looks like the plaster and insulation might have been resting directly on soil instead of on a waterproof base – will be confirming that today with the builder. A bit of archaeology says that I’ve got an engineered wood…
