We have a boiler!

Major plumbing milestone: heating and hot water have returned! There’s still a way to go- with no hot water or heating in the kitchen, there are holes in the wall, we need supply and drainage for the washing machine, but at least we’re ready to hit our usual November heating switch on!

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Plumbing the depths…

I think it’s often easier to do stuff yourself than pay for it to be done. The last fortnight has been quite difficult for us, having the plumbers in: it’s a week after the expected finish date for their work, and we still have no hot water or heating (which would be off anyway, but…

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Back to work

After finishing the bedroom in May, we took a bit of a break from work on the flat. It was welcome, and great to live in it and get used to having our space again, but we also didn’t have a lot of choice. The next project needed to be the big one: moving the…

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