Bedroom retrofit – adapting the architrave
Final stage of the bedroom retrofit is adapting the window architrave to accommodate the additional 100mm of insulation that is now on the wall. For those …
Bedroom retrofit – lime plaster
Bedroom insulation is all up and the room sounds quieter and feels softer. The next stage is for lime plaster to be applied. We needed to …
Bedroom retrofit – insulation time
Next step in insulating the bedroom was gluing the insulation batts directly onto the Diathonite skim. Choosing insulation means reviewing a number of issues: Age of …
Retirement – I don’t think so!
Retirement? I don’t think so. Mind you, I never had aspirations to a lazy retirement – it’s just not who I am. But neither did I …
Seriously Cold Bake Off
It was covid lock down time. My daughter and her family live opposite so we bubbled up together. Despite insisting on masks, leaving open windows and …