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In Memory of Esme
Sunday, August 20th, 2006Andy goes scrumping!
Saturday, August 19th, 2006Scrumping – The act of stealing apples from a cider orchard. (The word comes from Scrumpy cider).
I’ve been eating plums from the plum tree in the garden, I noticed after this afternoons heavy down-pour, that apples and plums were falling off the trees this eve, so tested a few on the tree! Very Nice, I think they are Victoria Plums.
The ceilings downstairs in the lounge and dining rooms are now finished, the skirting boards and window sills are complete and we are now cleaning the house as we move-in later this month.
I’ve been removing the carpet, underlay and carpet grippers on the landing and bathroom, carpet grippers are nasty and one bit me on the finger! Why there’s carpet in the bathroom, nasty!
I’ll take the camera, on my next visit and take some more pictures of the bedrooms upstairs and the kitchen, and must take some pictures of the consumer unit for my Sparky Friend!
House update…
Monday, August 14th, 2006It’s been a very difficult weekend, with the loss of Esme, it’s been very quiet around the house, Esme would always “pop-up” at the window when we would arrived back at the house, as she recognised the car engine.
I think Esther keeps looking in her basket to check if Esme is there.
Lounge ceiling in the new house is painted with “One Coat” Crown white emulsion, we need to PVA the dining room ceiling, and paint it also, we’ve been waiting for the “damp patch” to dry! I’ve turned on the storage heaters this evening, as the whether has gone very cold, with the wet damp wind.
My partner has painted the skirting boards and window sills, whilst I pack my office, and de-cable all the network and server equipment for the move, which is now scheduled with the Removal Company for the 25 August 2006. The plasters have also completed work on the corner near the front door.
Esme will be sadly missed.
Friday, August 11th, 2006A few pictures of Esme and Esther a few years ago. Esme was five and a half years old when she died. She died of Aspiration pneumonia.
Bye Bye Esmo!
Friday, August 11th, 2006Unfortunately Esme will not be joining us in our New House.
Esmes condition worsened overnight and she died peacefully in her sleep.
We are devastated by her loss, she will be sadly missed, by Lindsey, Andy and Esther.
Bye Bye Esmo, love you, you will always be remembered in our hearts and minds.
Esme’s Condition
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006The Vet confirmed after examining Esme this morning, that she is suffering from Aspiration pneumonia. To help her breath more easily she was given oxygen, late this afternoon, the oxygen was removed. She’s been kept in overnight for observation and agressive treatment for Aspiration pneumonia. We will be updated on her condition tomorrow morning. A sleepless night ahead! We are deeply concerned about her welfare, and hope she fights this illness.
Aspiration pneumonia (or aspiration pneumonitis) is caused by aspirating oral or gastric contents, either while eating, or after reflux or vomiting.
Another photograph of Esme (on left) & Esther (on right)
PVAed ceiling (almost!)
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006We’ve spent a few hours this evening, sealing the ceiling with PVA (4 parts water to 1 part PVA), to prevent us using gallons of matt emulsion, when we come to paint shortly. The ceiling in the dining room, is still a little damp, so we just completed the lounge area.
Freshly PVAed ceiling No.1
Freshly PVAed ceiling No.2
Freshly PVAed ceiling No.3
Freshly PVAed ceiling No.4
Wot No PVA, waiting for the ceiling to dry.
If you look carefully in the pictures you can see the reflection in the PVA on the ceiling. So it looks like it’s working!
I didn’t say, this blog was ever going to be exciting! Carpet fitters are booked to complete quotations for new carpet tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
Ceiling’s been re-skimmed
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006The ceiling in the lounge/dining room has now been re-skimmed with plaster. “Joe” has done an excellent job. If you would like his details contact me. I can certainly recommend him.
I don’t have any pictures at present, we are waiting for it to dry, so we can apply a watered-down solution of PVA before painting. (otherwise it will suck like mad!).
I’ve been busy arranging House Removal quotations, Carpet fitters, emptying the current loft and Esme our eldest cat, is not very well at present, she’s just finished her medication, to stop her being sick, and now she’s developed “double breath”. She goes to the vets at Battleflatts tomorrow again, to be scanned and checked.
No pictures of the house today, so here are some pictures of the cats!
Esme and Esther
Esme asleep
Found a Master Blaster!
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006After many quotations and “interviews” with local “plasterers” I eventually found a “Master Plasterer” with many years of experience to skim the ceilings in the lounge and dining room downstairs. We’ll call him “Joe”, as he’s Internet shy, but let me know if you would like his details. Joe was recommended to me by a few people I know.
The ceiling is to be plastered at 10.00am Sunday 6th August 2006.
I’ve not joined NASA or Portland Down!
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006After removing all the woodchip wallpaper from the walls and ceilings in the lounge/dining room, it has revealed many large cracks in the ceilings and walls. We’ve been discussing whether to re-wallpaper or re-skim the walls and ceilings with plaster, so there’s a decent crack-free surface to paint.
I’ve been searching for a plasterer to do the work, I’ve had several quotations from 600, 350, 220 and 150GBP to re-skim the ceiling, lots of variation and ideas that they’ve run by me. I’m meeting a plasterer tomorrow night which has been recommended to me to discuss the requirements, the issues seem to be the cracks may come back, because the existing ceiling is lath and plaster. Cracks are often caused by lath movement. Because it absorbs moisture from the air, wood lath expands and contracts as humidity rises and falls. This can cause cracks to appear year after year. A nail holding the edge of a piece of lath may rust or loosen, or structural movement in the wood framing behind the lath may cause a seam to open.
When the ceiling is re-skimmed, tape can be used to “seal” these cracks, which may prevent re-cracking.
or have the entire ceiling re-boarded and skimmed
or wallpaper!
If we decide to re-skim, one job I’ve got to do is sand-off the gloss paint of the dining room ceiling, or ensure a rough surface for the plaster to stick to. I tried sanding last night, but my face mask and goggles, weren’t up to the job.
It’s not often I star in my own blog, so this is a rare chance to see me in action…doing DIY!
Nasty job sanding off gloss paint!
It helps to have the right safety gear!
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