by admin | 22 Sep 2021 | Bathrooms, Carpentry, Chimney, Doorways, Fireplace, German Cottage Refurbishment, Grouting, Kitchen, Light fittings, Render, Tiling
German Country Cottage Refurbishment – 12 Jul to 9 Sep 2021 Our latest project was the refurbishment of a country cottage in the north of Germany, which we managed in 8 weeks. The 1 bedroom cottage had remained vacant for the previous 18 months and had clearly...
by admin | 22 Feb 2020 | Bathrooms, Circuit Breakers, Finishing Project, Grouting, Kitchen, Terrace, Tiling
Days 165 to 173 – a couple of week’s since my last post so quite a bit achieved, albeit not as much as I anticipated. The terrace which I thought would take 3 or 4 days ended up taking 8, in the main due to time taken mixing concrete. I was adamant that...
by admin | 8 Feb 2020 | Bathrooms, Finishing Project, Grouting, Plumbing, Terrace, Tiling, Triq Il-Mithna, Qala
Days 160 to 164 – This week’s been mainly about the terrace and grouting. The white grouting in 2 bathrooms is complete with about half the master bedroom en-suite done. The terrace is now between 1/3rd and 1/2 done. With help from my friends Laurie, one...
by admin | 24 Jan 2020 | Bathrooms, Finishing Project, Kitchen, Tiling, Triq Il-Mithna, Qala
Days 150 to 154 – All internal tiling (dust creation) is complete! Very happy as a consequence – just the grouting of the wall tiles to go which will be attacked next week. Apart from that this week the frame which will hold the kitchen’s extractor...
by admin | 19 Jan 2020 | Bathrooms, Finishing Project, Tiling, Triq Il-Mithna, Qala
Days 143 to 149 – So this week has been all about the front bathroom (cloakroom/downstairs loo). The guest en-suite took a couple of month’s to tile as I did it in bits around other jobs. This bathroom is now done, less the area around where the...
by admin | 12 Jan 2020 | Bathrooms, Carpentry, Finishing Project, Kitchen, Light fittings, Tiling, Triq Il-Mithna, Qala
Days 137 to 142 – A fab week for changes in the apartment. The main event was the delivery and installation of the kitchen (bought in Oct 2018) which looks amazing and totally goes with the floor tiles. Mon and Tue were consumed by fitting the parts of the...
