Whooo hoooo, we're half way through!! Well, half way through fitting windows that is and how things have changed since my post at the start of December - Plastic Fantastic or Terrific Timber? The main house is still freezing to live in as the wind howls through the new extension, through the main house and into... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary Review: The ‘Gap Tape’ from Tape Store
I love getting personal recommendations for products, especially when the products are practical, affordable and make life easier! Whilst tweeting a few weeks ago about all the rigid insulation we have piled up at Moregeous Mansions to fit in our new timber frame dormers, I was told about a handy product called the Gap Tape,... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #40 Tile treasure unearthed in the Psycho room
It's always wonderful to find interior treasure but even better when it's in your house and you didn't even know it was there! The sole room amidst the chaos of our renovation to be anywhere near ready is the one which will eventually be our guest bedroom. It was stripped back to brick months ago and re-plastered... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #37 Weekend update, it looks like a house!
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 →
Review: The Northern HomeBuilding & Renovating Show, Harrogate
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 →
Do Up Diary #32 How to source & decide on reclaimed roof slates
As Autumn kicks in with a vengeance, I'm so relieved to be at the stage where the workshop and utility are semi-watertight with breathable membrane and the roof timbers to the main extension & dormers will be up by the end of this week. Starting a large extension / build in late summer often means you... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #29 Getting up to first floor level
So me, Missy & Mr M are about half way through the build process at our home Moregeous Mansions, a period Manchester property near the city which was in a whole heap of crumbling trouble but which we're restoring and rebuilding back to it's former glory. The collapsing oldest part of the house, which was... Continue Reading →