- 250 fish
- 5 x 12 hour days
- 15 Fish Tanks
- 2000l of water
- 180 miles
and it’s done. The fish house is now up and running in its new location.
Old Fish House after relocation.
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Fish House Re-located
Monday, July 24th, 2006House with a View!
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Just over two years ago we moved from a rural country location to a small Market Town in East Riding of Yorkshire after six years living in the country. I didn’t think I would miss the countrylife and soon got used to walking (mostly taking the car!) to the local shops. It was very convienient. But now I have a house again in the country…
Call me Joskin, Country Bumpkin or Wurzel, I don’t care, it’s going to be great to move back to the country at last!
Al’right my lover!
House with a View!
Original image, this will test that MaxADSL!
Final skim of plaster…
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Today the builders returned to apply the final skim of plaster to the freshly rendered dry walls.
Looks much better! Just await the fitting of new wooden skirting boards and the job is complete.
Render applied
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006The render was applied before last weekend. The living/dining room looks like a room once again. The specialists tell me that gypsum based plaster (pink plaster) is not used to render the walls because it’s a moisturer absorber, and attracts moisture through the walls, so a sand/cement mix is used, which will be rendered with a thin skim of “pink plaster” so it can be painted.
Rainmate aka Flatpack Water Butt
Monday, July 17th, 2006I purchased a flatpack water butt today called a Rainmate(R) to help me store 200 litres of water ready for the fish house move. The first flatpack water, self-assembly water butt, delivered to my door!
The water was filtered via my HMA filter and heated to the correct temperature used by the aquariums in the fish house.
Before Assembley Flatpack in box.
After 2 hours, I could probably have done with some help, two people would have made it easier to assemble!
End of First Day
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006All the plaster has been removed in the areas that require a lateral and vertical dpc.
lateral and vertical dpc installed. The dpc installed is a newer type being used in the last five years, which is a gell base, which is injected into the mortar, rather drilling into bricks and pressurising and pumping in.
partial rendering for tanking under stairs. This is required because the garage floor is higher than the lounge floor.
partial rendering for tanking in the bay window. This is required because the garden is higher than the lounge floor.
A very productive first day.
Painted the first room in the house!
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006Whilst the builders were knocking “hells bells” our of the lounge and dining room, we started to paint the first room in the house.
Before
After, 5 hours, one tub of white masonary paint, and one swollen ankle! Thanks to my partner for doing most of the expert painting.
Okay, so it’s not a room, but this is where the new fish house will co-locate to over the next few weeks.
A few hours later…
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Damp Proof work begins
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006The damp proof course has failed, and the 10 year guarantee has expired long ago. So we are currently having this rectified on the house. We’ve contracted the entire job to Hambleton Preservation Services.
They arrived promptly at 8.30am today to start the work.
A picture of Hambleton Preservation Services on a tea break.
The carpet had to go!
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006We didn’t like the carpet, we’ve not even had the house 24 hours, and we’ve started knocking it about.
The carpet had to go, because tomorrow I hand the house over to the builders to install a damp proof course on the ground floor, so some of the plaster will be removed, damp proof course installed, tanked, and re-skimmed, and then we’ve got to find a new carpet!
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