Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Heat, heat it warms your feet!

We have kept quiet for a bit as things were going so badly but now we are beginning to see some really positive events.




No proper progress on the electricity supply and United Utilities decided to let us down on the water supply as well. We have learnt through experience and immediately emailed their Chief Executive. Our water was connected the next morning. Post blog note - it's worth complaining to CEO's. North West Electricity have just phoned to say that we will be connected on 17th April - Party Time!






The kitchen is progressing but we are making Simon, the joiner, jump from job to job so he doesn't quite know what he will be doing next, Hanging doors, furniture to the loft access, oak trimmings to the stair well and finish the kitchen. Next will be laying the dining room floor.











Most of the external ancillaries are complete with strange erections all over the place. The waste water process is operating and the rainwater soakaway is complete. The keen eyed amongst you will note the new sanctuary above the closed off single door.







Both bathrooms are now complete.




Most importantly of all, we have an operating heating system. After shivering for so long we now have warmth and hot water. It all proved to be, yet another, enormous stress but, with sufficient shouting and screaming, we have our very high tech. boiler pumping out heat as though there was no tomorrow. We have filled the ugly silo by hand but, in future, will be able to fill it from a tanker so the whole thing becomes fully automatic. We do have to sing the praises for our plumbers Steve, Darren and Stuart. Not only have they thought outside the boxes to solve some very difficult problems but they even helped us to carry all the wood pellets to fill the silo.

We have raided Dunhelm again and bought all of their curtains, bedspreads, towels and etc. We have also de-shelved Listers and there is now a world shortage of bathroom accessories. It has been too cold to fit out any of these but, now we are basking in balmy warmth, we will be able to progress.

Regardless of the outcome of the electricity supply we won't make our objective of being in by Easter. Our electrician has gone off sick and our next delivery of new furniture won't be made until next Wednesday. This would include our mattress so we will have to be patient. We couldn't order the wood flooring until we had some heat and cannot lay the carpets until the floor was down. However, the end is in sight and we have arranged for the next carpet laying event and delivery of our own furniture for next week.





We have had yet another wall collapse thanks to a stubborn tree stump but, as we cannot find anybody interested in rebuilding it, Andrew is going to have a go. This could take some time.










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