Well, we've been living here in the bungalow we're renovating, for, oh, about
4 weeks now.It's pretty spartan - we are basically living like internet enabled peasants, but it's actually not bad. Much easier than a caravan.
The wife works, I do this and housekeeping and sprog management (I'm a housewife, but with more tools).
After a few last minute panics (hot water, kitchen sink) and the general hell of packing, storing and moving, we were pretty dead.
Anyway, having found places to keep everything, settled down with a cooking routine that works with a combi microwave, rice cooker and slow cooker only and finally got the computers reassembled, here are a few piccies.
I did say "peasants" - don;t expect much.
Work restarts in ernest next week, where the first order of business is to connect up 3 ring main circuits. Then it's the bedroom floor - about 4 days work there and we can decamp from the kitchen (did I say peasants?). Then finish the bathroom.
After that, lay in proper lighting, then duaghter's room (window, floor and paintjob) and we'll be fast on the way to civilisation.
Fit kitchen and do hall and that will be most of the ground floor done.
Kitchen floor has gone from this:
Fire fitted:
Quick bit of crude blacksmithing with a blowtorch and the neighbour's anvil to knock up some hooks for the fireguard.
Ikea TV stand becomes kitchen cupboard:
Computer "racks" now installed in hall:
I'm very pleased with these:
Isolation and flow restrictor valves for bath and bathroom basin:
Funky plumbing for dishwasher/washing machine:
In fact that assembly works extremely well. It's quiet and can (under test conditions) cope with at least 50l/min of flow (rather more than needed).
The U trap has both clearing points on top - I did consider on cap on the base for easy draining, but feared that could become a gunk trap - so went for keeping the main U smooth in the end.
Well, until a couple of weeks, that's all...