...And on it goes, ok things had ground to a halt for a few weeks because of work, then our plumber needed to move a pipe that was in the way, anyway we've had the quote to fit, got the stove down to Bath from Shropshire now its just a case of finishing off the hearth.
We needed to extend the hearth into the the room by about 200mm (to stop logs that might roll out when opening the door setting fire to the carpet) once Jerry had shifted the offending pipe Rich was clear to box in and pour the front part of the hearth.
We needed to extend the hearth into the the room by about 200mm (to stop logs that might roll out when opening the door setting fire to the carpet) once Jerry had shifted the offending pipe Rich was clear to box in and pour the front part of the hearth.
God our living room does look like a bomb has hit it!
I'm only posting these pic so that in about 2 months I can come back on here and remind myself how awful it was! So hearth laid we needed to make a decision about what we wanted on top of the concrete, Rich was in favour of slate but on investigation we found it was a bit out of our price range plus having it cut to size was going to be a right headache. So we compromised and decided to try to find some 6x6 black quarries tiles, quarries of course being a medium Rich and I are happy to work with after out experiences at the last house!
Thus we found ourselves yesterday out at Ben's Tile and Reclamation Yard in Frampton Cotterell near Bristol.
Thus we found ourselves yesterday out at Ben's Tile and Reclamation Yard in Frampton Cotterell near Bristol.
Theres nothing nicer to poke around it than a good rec yard!
These where so pretty I almost brought a load, luckily lack of readies prevented me! Eventually after wandering about we found what we needed...
We only needed 40 but you wouldn't believe how long it took us to find that many that where all the same thickness! Quite important as we don't want to stove on the piss! Also we couldn't use any that had a crack in as they will be subjected to pretty intense heat on a regular basis, harder than it sounds when sorting through tiles that are over 100 years old! We got them for £1.40 each plus the good old VAT, not too bad!
They should look pretty nice when their all in (fingers crossed by then end of this week).
Not long now and that stove will be in that hole and I shall once again be the owner of toasty toes! Not bad considering we've been in the house less than a year.
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