WASHROOM FACILITIES
Demolition commenced in May 2010. We removed a wall which separated a long thin bathroom from the large bedroom, removed the nasty shower cubicle and vanity ware. Then the wall was resited. At the same time the oak beams above a false ceiling were revealed for a bedroom.
In the winter the electrician installed the wiring for the new bathroom and work should re-commence in October 2011.
To this day, October 2011, I still have no functioning internal bath or shower room. The functioning toilet is in the exterior block. There was a shower in this block but the gas boiler was condemned so it’s cold water only! I’ve managed like people did years ago. The kettle is filled and boiled several times. A system of bowls and buckets or a strip wash suffices and when I can I use a friend's bathroom facilities. In the summer the 50m hose pipe contained water from my rainwater cistern. This heated to such an extent that one could stand in the garden where neighbours could not see and have a good 2 or 3 minutes worth of sufficiently hot water for a shower! That was great fun!
The power of the internet allows me to edit this post in June 2012 to forward the reader to the end product of a new bathroom if you were to click here.
GENERAL SORTING OUT
In the winter the electrician installed the wiring for the new bathroom and work should re-commence in October 2011.
To this day, October 2011, I still have no functioning internal bath or shower room. The functioning toilet is in the exterior block. There was a shower in this block but the gas boiler was condemned so it’s cold water only! I’ve managed like people did years ago. The kettle is filled and boiled several times. A system of bowls and buckets or a strip wash suffices and when I can I use a friend's bathroom facilities. In the summer the 50m hose pipe contained water from my rainwater cistern. This heated to such an extent that one could stand in the garden where neighbours could not see and have a good 2 or 3 minutes worth of sufficiently hot water for a shower! That was great fun!
The power of the internet allows me to edit this post in June 2012 to forward the reader to the end product of a new bathroom if you were to click here.
GENERAL SORTING OUT
Whilst two men did the manual labour, I cleared the junk that had been left in the rooms and in the attics, keeping potentially useful items, and creating "mountains of material" for the dechetterie (recycling yard) and bonfire. Unfortunately I didn’t take photos of the unbelievable piles of cardboard, metal, wood, polystyrene, bedding materials, hooks, nails, wardrobes, clothing, tools, kitchen items, and old furniture that just had to go from the house, the attics and from the garden! This wood never made it as a bonfire because a lot of it was laminated cupboard units...eventually it was sorted and taken to the tip. The cold frame was moved to a more sensible position.
WALLS
I began to strip wallpaper from every room. The hardest was in the salle de sejour where brown vertical strings had to be pinged off the paper before the steamer could remove the paper. The walls are high and it was just as well we borrowed some scaffolding from a friend.
I began to strip wallpaper from every room. The hardest was in the salle de sejour where brown vertical strings had to be pinged off the paper before the steamer could remove the paper. The walls are high and it was just as well we borrowed some scaffolding from a friend.
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