Archive for the ‘house’ Category

A Bit of Car Loving!

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Most of you probably know we drive a Peugeot Talbot 205 Rallye Sport Special.

Yes : We still have it!

We’ve had the Yellow Peril for many years, and despite 157,900 miles on the clock, it’s still going, unlike many other 205s which have since gone to the Great Scrapyard in the Sky.

This isn’t anything to do with the house, but what the heck, it’s my blog, and the site is about Andysworld.

The Solex carburetor has been playing up for many years due to possibly a worn throttle linkage or ice in the carburetor on cold mornings, in the winter it can sometimes be a pregnant dog, and in the summer also or it just needs a knew carb, or someone that understands them that can strip it down and clean it!

Today, I thought it was time to give the car some luvvving…So I’ve cleaned the leather seats ready for some leather nourishment cream, fixed a hole in the boot with Isopan P40/aluminium mesh and cleaned the carburetor with Redex.

Here is the video of The Redex Experiment hosted on You Tube.

After test driving the car, it certainly has more poke than before, and the throttle seems more responsive! We will see what those damp/cold mornings are like next week.

Clifford’s Tower, York

Friday, March 9th, 2007

It’s almost Spring, the days are warmer (not today!) and the 5kg bag of daffodils we planted in November are almost in bloom. I’ll post a picture here, when they are, but in York the daffodils are in bloom, he’s a picture I took yesterday.

Cliffords Tower
Not a picture of our house, but Cliffords Tower in York.

Bathroom Decoration (After)

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

The bathroom decoration is almost finished and I must just mentioned 99.9% completed by Lindsey.

Bathroom 9
Look, my 0.1%, I’ve installed a new light fitting!

Bathroom 10

Bathroom 11

Bathroom 12

Bathroom 13
The original idea by me, was to sand the floorboards and wax, despite Lindsey disagreeing. After test sanding the floorboards (not an easy job), I noticed that there were large gaps in between each board, which would require filling with woodbeads and resin, and I’ve been told, I would need to rewax the floor every 12 months. So we’ve decided to floor with wood effect vinyl, after we’ve had a visit from the Bathroom Doctor to checkout whether the wash basin can be saved, we will decide on fitting the vinyl flooring.

Bathroom Decoration (Before)

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Lindsey started decorating the bathroom in November 2006, I just forgot to upload these pictures to the blog! She stripped the wallpaper, removed the fixtures and fittings. I helped remove the carpet in the bathroom, who has carpet in the bathroom! and with the electrics, removed a knackered fan heater from the wall.

Bathroom 1
Ceiling has been painted, covering the wood effect, with eggshell paint.

Bathroom 2
Note the original colour of the wooden unit under the wash basin!

Bathroom 3
Note the original colour of the wood panel on the airing cupboard.

Bathroom 4

Bathroom 5

Bathroom 6
It’s been painted green.

Bathroom 7
Umm, didn’t like the green, eh, It’s now been painted blue.

Bathroom 8
It’s now been re-painted another shade of blue!

Snow!!!

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

First snowfall of the year in the village. Struggled to get the car up the hill this morning, followed a Sugar-Beat harvester which helped.

Snow has mostly gone, but what remains has frozen on the hill, creating a skating rink…

Little Blog Outage!

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Thanks to the guys at Streamline.net for restoring my wesbite.

Aquablog Outage…

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

and this has gone…

waiting for restore by Streamline.net!

80mph wind!

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

and that’s not me..

thanks to MikeD  for letting me know that Streamline.net had knackered my blog again!

When Fireworks Go Wrong!

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

This video hosted at www.YouTube.com just contains the short clip When Fireworks Go Wrong!

New Years Eve Party!

Monday, January 1st, 2007

I invited my parents, brother and his girlfriend to see the New Year in at our new house. My father brought with him a truck load of fireworks, to set off at Midnight New Years Day.

One rocket came back to earth, and exploded at head height! This is the full 9 minutes video of the event hosted at www.YouTube.com.

The event was recorded by my brother, I’m sure he’ll apologise in advance for the dodgy video footage and focus!