Day 385 - Loft Shelving

Look what Ern made!

Fab shelving into the eaves in the loft


These *may* be used to store some of my magazine collection

Day 220 - Loft ladder in action

I really shouldv'e done a video of this - but suffice to say it's fab. You still need a stick but it's very easy and the ladder falls down from the underside of the hatch towards you in a controlled fashion. And unfolds to this lovely wooden, easy to use ladder. Great!

 

Day 210 - Loft ladder

Another great suggestion from Shaun was, as we've replaced all the ceilings upstairs, we could have a new loft ladder and hatch. This would give us a nice hatch that fits snugly (no losing heat into the loft) but more importantly a better loft ladder that I could actually use on my own. The old one required some dexterity with a stick and longer arms and legs than I have.

This is the new ladder sitting in the kitchen waiting to be fitted - can't wait to see how it works.

 

Day 140 - Roof Leak

We sprang a leak - A combination of all the rain we've been having and the lack of ceilings meant there was water dripping into the bathroom.
 


It seems to be coming from some existing pipework in the loft. We'll get Shaun to check it out...

Day 35 - More moving out

This weekend we finished off the moving out (well, nearly)

We took things down from the walls (shelves, blinds, mantlepiece etc), collapsed beds & temporary wardrobes and packed up stereo and lights in the bedroom.

We also removed all the empty boxes from the stinking hot loft. Unlike my previous house in Slough where the loft was full of 'stuff', mostly broken stuff purchased from car boot sales, the loft here is very tidy and organised but does contain a large number of empty gadget boxes. I think it's fair to say both Ern and I have an empty box problem. In theory we keep them so we can move or dispose of items in their original boxes...

Also in the loft was one reminder from the car boot days - a very old Russian linguafone on vinyl, and not even 33rpm by the looks of it!

And all my old vinyl which probably just needs donating to my folks for Cancer Research or binning - does anyone buy old vinyl? Mine's not even cool stuff, just cheesy 80s electronica.

On Monday I'm hoping to book the removal company for this week before we head off on hols.