• Home
  • Read Our Blog
  • Who Are We?
  • The House
  • The Garden
  • List-O-Doom

The Continuing Adventures of The Fireplace...

9/25/2011

1 Comment

 
...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.
Picture
God our living room does look like a bomb has hit it!
Picture
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.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Theres nothing nicer to poke around it than a good rec yard!
Picture
Picture
These where so pretty I almost brought a load, luckily lack of readies prevented me! Eventually after wandering about we found what we needed...
Picture
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!
Picture
They should look pretty nice when their all in (fingers crossed by then end of this week).
Picture
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.
1 Comment
mousey brown link
9/25/2011 03:06:25 am

wowie pants! its looking so...umm......rugged!
richard looking devilishly attractive there, and im pleased to see not a builders bum in sight...good man, dad would be proud.
wont be long now!....X

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

                                 

    August 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010

    Picture

    Design*Sponge
    Tales of a Junkaholic
    Thrifters
    Krim Krams
    Shedworking
    Steel Kitten
    Smallest Smallholding
    My Tiny Plot
    Milkwood
    The Owl and the Accordion
    Seventy Tree
    Tea For Joy
    Snail and the Cyclops
    Little Doodles
    Wellies and Vogue
    Lobster & Swan
    Toot as in Foot
    Conversation Pieces
    Foxtail + Fern
    Five Hundred Miles
    Nine Bojewyan Stennack
    Pretty Shabby
    Tales of Ted and Agnes
    Penny Dreadful Vintage
    Trish Hunter Finds
    Vixen Vintage
    Sandra Juto
    Seeds and Stitches
    Long May She Rain
    Picture
    Gardenalia
    Bristol Wood Recycling Project
    Bath Farmers Market
    Bath Freegle
    Bath Gumtree
    Rolfeys
    Source
    Picture
    Bath Racecourse
    Castle Combe Circuit
    Cheddar Car Boot
    Frome Car Boot Sale

    Picture

    Picture
    Visit Victoriana Nursery Gardens For Quality Seeds & Plants

    I'm a Member of UK Veg Gardeners!



    The photos on this blog are copy write of Kat Whelan unless stated otherwise, please do not reuse without permission. Thank you.

    I apologise for any spelling or grammatica errors, I am dyslexic like many artist's so find writing a bit of trial!

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.