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...
