I hinted in the last update post that there may be some exciting news just ready for valentines day, well the kitchen was delivered today. All in all it has been a rather stressful day. At the beginning of the day we faced ripping out work that had already been completed in order that building …
Category Archive: Building
Feb
10
Orangery Extension Part 30: Insulating And Plaster Board On External Wall And Plastering
We have had a very busy couple of weeks, I called a plasterer round to quote for plastering of the Orangery Kitchen Extension, I was expecting him to give us a date of maybe two or three weeks in the future, however, he said he had a free slot this week. This put the pressure …
Jan
24
Fitting Underfloor Heating
In our ongoing work on the Orangery Kitchen Extension we spent this weekend fitting underfloor heating. This was a larger job than it could have been as we were replacing the floor and insulating under the floor well before we did the under floor heating. It all went very well. We took up the old …
Dec
16
Orangery Extension Part 19: Plasterboarding Continued, And New Window
The progress on the Kitchen Orangery Extension has been rather slow over the last couple of weeks since the first fix electrics. I have managed to get as much of the plaster boarding done as I can, I still have one exterior wall to do which will be done with Kingspan, but this has been …
Nov
29
Orangery Extension Part 18: Plasterboard And Insulation
This weekend we have moved the Kitchen Orangery Extension on another leap forward. We have plaster boarded the whole of the ceiling out, insulated the party wall and got all the plaster boarding on that wall that we can do without the dot and dab. I could not complete this due to a delay in …
Nov
22
Orangery Extension Part 17: First Fix Electrics Finished And Ready For Plaster Boarding
The first fix electrics in the Orangery Kitchen Extension has now been finished, it was a bigger job than we first thought mainly due to the number of lighting zones, switches and the basic configuration of the Orangery roof which means that to get anywhere you have to go all the way round the edge, …
Nov
18
Orangery Extension Part 16: First Fix Electrics
It has been a little while since I posted an update about the work on the Orangery Kitchen Extension. Conservatec have finished their part of the work, although they have left me with some finishing off of their work to do. The roof lacked roof straps and the air bricks are too high and point …
Nov
11
Protected: Eva’s Thoughts On The Orangery Kitchen Extension – Ask For Password
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Nov
09
Orangery Extension Part 15: Floor Laid
Conservatec have been back today to finish off the rest of the outstanding parts of their work. They re-did some of the fiberglass as there was a small leak and covered the roof with its final cover, finished off the fascia and guttering and sealed the doors. Frustratingly they still have some finishing off tomorrow… …












