Sometimes its good to look back and see what the property looked like before we started the building work. We started the house renovation at this property some 8 months ago and as a builder the first thing I do is to demolish the property, realistically I never get the feel of the old property …
The underfloor heating has started to go in and today we have the manifolds fitted and the system is full of water under test it will not be long and we will be able to get the heating on. The floors has sound insulation built into them and together with the underfloor heating this douse not leave much room …
The customer told me before we started work that he had been flooded several times and he thought the floor to the flat in Swiss Cottage was badly decayed . If you look closely you can see the pipes running under the floor are rotting away because they have been sweating. Damp and musty smells filled the flat when we started the strip …
Work Continues on the roof and the new insulation has been installed, its very important to the customer that this house is insulated to the highest standards to keep energy usage down to a minimon. I will be taking thermal images and posting just how the property performs. Back to the roof. The new skylights are completely …
When you start a refurbishment and I mean start not just start the paperwork because that starts around 6 month beforehand with the planning permission the architect and the engineers. The project management on this job is down to me so I set out the timeline for the works. We started on building project by striping …
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