Tag: demolition
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Starting to rebuild
The builder has started on the path of rebuilding the floor of the living room, with double sheeting of 1200 gauge membrane, sharp sand, and Ballytherm insulation. The steel mesh has also been delivered, and will be placed between two layers of concrete. The electrician and I had a chat this morning early, looking at…
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Floor be gone!
On the back of yesterday’s meeting, I told the builder to go ahead with the demolition of the sub floor of the living room. We also chatted this morning about exposing the window in the living room wall to check whether it could be developed in the future as a nook/book case inset in the…
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Asbestos removal, firming up the way forward
Met with the QS, electrician, and builder this morning at the house to discuss all of the findings to date, and agree on what has to be done. Wiring The short of it (the puns, they hurt!) is that the house wiring is not up to code, and cannot be certified. With a plumber getting…
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Waterworks are go
After the shock (pardon the pun) of being told that my house wiring is effectively condemned, I left the plumbers and builder to get on with sorting out trenches and plumbing. Came back this evening to see what’s been done. Irish Water say they need about a day of notice to do the new meter…
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Well, that was unexpected
Up at the property this morning for 0730 to meet the electrician and the builder for the morning council on what’s to be done. Walked through the house with the electrician, pointed out where I wanted more sockets, discussed changing the extractor fan in the bathroom and so on. Talked about doing a full inspection…
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It’s amazing what can be done in a day
Left the property at 9 am after talking to the builder, fireplace guy, and plumber/gas guys. Told the builder what was ok in terms of holes cut into walls etc, and left them to it. The drain path for the porch downpipe has been kango’d into the ground, The porch top slab has been turned…
