Tag: House
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Structural issues, and plans to address them
Met with Pat, the structural engineer, this morning at the house. We talked through the issue with the rotten wood, and the poor support of the end-of-bedroom wall, as well as the incorrect fall of the concrete outside the front of the property. The proposed solution is to brick up the doorway between the living…
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Weekly round-up of Housegate
On the plus side, the kitchen fitter came by and measured up so that I can talk to the kitchen company and order new units; the neighbour agreed to me being able to dig up some concrete on their property to seal the party wall properly. I think those the only positive aspects to “This…
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Structural issues, more damp
Well, it turns out it’s a good thing I asked the builder to strip the kitchen interior wall (shared with the living room); that rotted bit of wood that we thought only held up the steps above it also holds up the RSJ that braces the bedroom floor, the balcony joists, and the roof at…
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Opening up the nook, rotten wood, why is the bathroom so high?
Yesterday morning, I suggest to the builder that if it would make it easier, he could strip the final wall in the kitchen, so that the plasterboard would be flush from one end to the other. Who tell me say that? Anyway, half of the wet wall (ie, the wall to the outside where the…
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Making progress everywhere
Well, the hot cylinder is moving to under the boiler, the boiler is coming off of the current wall and moving on to the wall next to it (90 degree turn), all the piping and motorised valves have to move, the bathroom for bedroom 3 is covered in tile backer board (insulated, concrete).. something has…
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Rendering walls, examining showers
Pretty much all of the bonding on walls has now been removed in the house, and sand/cement render has taken its place. The piping in the closet (to the cylinder) is looking a bit out of place at the moment, and the builder is suggesting “hey, what if we move the cylinder?” – to be…
