This week's Mid-Reno Roast comes courtesy of a new kid on the Didsbury block, Bourbon & Black. With an RTS Awards hangover in full effect and after cementing several holes in a kitchen wall where our kitchen will soon be, it was time to let someone else feed us up and make us winter warm... Continue Reading →
I stood back and looked at what we've been busy on for the last three months and for the first time this week, I was looking at a house. Yes, we've only slated the garage and utility, yes the right hand side original house is an empty shell inside and we still have no electrics,... Continue Reading →
It was a very last minute decision to take a day off site and scoot over to the Northern Homebuilding & Renovating Show in Harrogate last week. We're about 40% into our renovation / self build of our part Georgian, part Edwardian home in Manchester, which many of you will know as the Do Up... Continue Reading →
We're feeling a great sense of satisfaction that the double pitch roof to the garage and the triple pitch roof to the utility room are fully slated, with the newly sourced ridge tiles sitting proudly on top and the verges all pointed up In all my years working on renovations and doing DIY, I'd never attempted... Continue Reading →
Week three of our kitchenless Mid-Renovation Roasts and we had an extra guest at the table - a lost dog called Holly! This somewhat limited our options as most city centre roast rustler-uppers aren't that pet friendly, unless your pet was a recently slaughtered Aberdeen Angus. Whilst out watching stepson Sunday morning footy, my Dr... Continue Reading →
It's very rare after a visit to a restaurant in the UK these days to feel all four of the following: full, happy, healthy and not completely skint. Food prices have rocketed but also I think we're a bit daft, paying through-the-nose prices for mediocre cooking, hyped up 'experiences' i.e. burgers, and often shoddy service.... Continue Reading →
Woop woop! After timbers, breathable membrane, laths and slates comes the final step in making a reclaimed roof water-tight... sitting the ridge tiles (RTs) on the very top and sealing all the gaps. If you look at the image above on the right, the long navy blue gap you can see to the front is... Continue Reading →
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