Our house - is a very, very, very nice house...

[RogerS]

I don't see the Polish flag anywhere, Steve?

 

[Digit]

Does Mister Whyle pay for advertising? :lol:

Roy.

 

[Steve Maskery]

We've just had an emergency call ou from the builder. It's raining here (and I'm indoors....)

In fairness to him he knew what he'd done, knew how to put it right and the only stuff to have got damaged is the wall that's going to come out anyway, so in the end no harm done. But as we've had two insurance jobs for water damage in the last 6 months I'm a bit jittery about the wet stuff.

S

 

[lurker]

What I don't understand is you are having all this work done to extend an already very large house :mrgreen: and yet you did not manage to sneak in a few improvements to your pokey workshop

Seems to me your priorities are all wrong. :lol: :lol:

Or did someone put her foot down :shock:

 

[Steve Maskery]

Good q Lurker.
We're having it done becasue that flat roof was 20 years old an on its last legs. We didn't realize how far gone it was until they pulled it off, it practically fell down, we're lucky we've not had water ingress before.

So the options were to spend money putting on another flat roof, which would still look like a carbuncle, run a slope across between the two side rooves (but they are not quite the same slope so something would have to give, and it would mean changing the bedroom window anyway) or rebuild. And as we'd had the Water episode last summer, and the life of a roof like ours is about the age it is now, we decided to bite the bullet.

Yes it would have been nice to extend the workshop but that would mean taking up more of the garden and i don't think that that would have got past management. Anyway, this is taking all our money as it is (well, all J's money to be more accurate), an even bigger project would be out of the question.

BTW, I'm quite pleased with the way they are doing the job, so far so good. I'll be glad when it's done though.
Cheers
Steve

 

[Racers]

Hi, Steve

I know about flat roof problems ours leaked on to my speakers :evil: so I put a pitched roof on they let you sleep easer at night.

Pete

 

[Steve Maskery]

Well the end has dragged on and one. In fairness to the builder he got held up by the weather for a couple of weeks, then there were no hip tiles in the country (they made a batch specially for us - and they are still not the correct angle!) and finally he got held p by the lazy geezer who was supposed to be making the doors and windows...

But now it is all done and dusted, or at least dusty, the house if filthy and I'm already sick of painting and decorating and I've only done one room. But this is what it looks like now, and we are very pleased. I think it has been worth it. So we have gone from this:

to this:

I'm thinking of carving a big Green Man to hang on the brickwork. What do you reckon?

 

[Racers]

Hi, Steve

Cracking job looks like it has allways been there, nice job on the windows and doors to.

Should give us more room for this years bash :wink:


Pete

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very nice, Steve.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[CNC Paul]

Hey Steve,

Very nice job, extremely posh TWO back doors....are they His & Hers


Paul

 

[lurker]

Pete,

You read my mind!!!

So........... Steve, how hard do we need to twist your arm???

 

[Steve Maskery]

Not this year, guys. The outside might be done, but inside it's a tip, and I think I'm going to be painting and decorating for a year! We are already in mid-April so June and July are just too soon. If we get to late summer and all is done, and folks are still interested in a last-minute affair, that might be a different matter.

Of course, if someone else wants to pick up the baton...

S

 

[lurker]

What about a longer "do" just at the hall you organised last time??
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Last year, much as I enjoyed "part 2" it was "part 1" that was most memorable.

 

[Racers]

Hi,

I agree with Lurker it was a shame to leave the hall, some sandwiches and beer and then carry on plane fondling would be great.


Pete

Avalible for sandwich making.

 

[Gordon T]

Looks very impressive, good luck with the decorating,heh,heh

GT

 

[NeilO]

Steve M wrote:

Of course, if someone else wants to pick up the baton...

Or, everyone attending picks up a paintbrush or roller... :lol: :lol:

 

[SketchUp Guru]

Steve, it has turned out quite nice. I'm glad to see pictures of it.

So, we are thinking of doing something like to our house. You're the expert. Will you come and make the windows and doors?