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RE: The build - Small chilli - 19-01-2026
Another busy day with very little to show for it. The 3 rooms that have been boarded are now all screwed up and taped. Barry ( the air source man ) has been busy collecting some of the pipes together that he fitted on Friday.
RE: The build - JJB - 20-01-2026
(19-01-2026, 06:09 PM)Bren Wrote: I do like colours but I know not everyone does.
I love colours and having grown up in the tropics really miss the vibrancy of the colours there but I've been conditioned by staid, boring P for too many years and lack the confidence to experiment, so I end up with staid, boring decorations. It was a nightmare just chosing the colour for the living room repaint. My indecisiveness and his lack of adventure made life very stressful. I'm sure P would love minimalistic boring, beige everything.
Anything for an easy life.
RE: The build - Small chilli - 20-01-2026
(20-01-2026, 11:02 AM)JJB Wrote:What colour did you go with for your living room?(19-01-2026, 06:09 PM)Bren Wrote: I do like colours but I know not everyone does.
I love colours and having grown up in the tropics really miss the vibrancy of the colours there but I've been conditioned by staid, boring P for too many years and lack the confidence to experiment, so I end up with staid, boring decorations. It was a nightmare just chosing the colour for the living room repaint. My indecisiveness and his lack of adventure made life very stressful. I'm sure P would love minimalistic boring, beige everything.
RE: The build - Small chilli - 20-01-2026
Lots more happened today a lot of the living room has been boarded. Not bad for just an afternoon’s work. [attachment=8643] .
Barry has made things look very complicated and industrial in the plant room/ cupboard. [attachment=8644] I didn’t think I liked the industrial look. But I kinda do. Mostly because it’s ours I think.
RE: The build - Veggie - 20-01-2026
Wow! That's complicated pipe work. Its like one of those puzzles where you have to find your way from A to B without touching C.
RE: The build - JJB - 20-01-2026
(20-01-2026, 11:21 AM)Small chilli Wrote:(20-01-2026, 11:02 AM)JJB Wrote:What colour did you go with for your living room?(19-01-2026, 06:09 PM)Bren Wrote: I do like colours but I know not everyone does.
I love colours and having grown up in the tropics really miss the vibrancy of the colours there but I've been conditioned by staid, boring P for too many years and lack the confidence to experiment, so I end up with staid, boring decorations. It was a nightmare just chosing the colour for the living room repaint. My indecisiveness and his lack of adventure made life very stressful. I'm sure P would love minimalistic boring, beige everything.
Pale and boringly conservative. It was called Ghostly from the Albany range and basically a pale green/yellow colour. If I had the courage (and support from P) I'd have gone for an accent wall in a deeper green but it wasn't to be.
RE: The build - JJB - 20-01-2026
(20-01-2026, 07:02 PM)Small chilli Wrote: Lots more happened today a lot of the living room has been boarded. Not bad for just an afternoon’s work. .That is some really great workmanship. Quite an artwork.
Barry has made things look very complicated and industrial in the plant room/ cupboard. I didn’t think I liked the industrial look. But I kinda do. Mostly because it’s ours I think.
RE: The build - Small chilli - 20-01-2026
(20-01-2026, 08:15 PM)JJB Wrote:Yeah he’s very good. We see his finished work in a friend’s new build. We decided then and there we didn’t want anyone else.(20-01-2026, 07:02 PM)Small chilli Wrote: Lots more happened today a lot of the living room has been boarded. Not bad for just an afternoon’s work. .That is some really great workmanship. Quite an artwork.
Barry has made things look very complicated and industrial in the plant room/ cupboard. I didn’t think I liked the industrial look. But I kinda do. Mostly because it’s ours I think.
RE: The build - Small chilli - 21-01-2026
Only a small amount of plasterboard progress today. As it was just Bob and only for the morning. So he finished the little bits between wall and ceiling in the living room [attachment=8646]
More progress in the plant room / cupboard we now have a control panel and switches [attachment=8647]
RE: The build - Small chilli - 22-01-2026
Living room is finished apart from around the beam. We’re not aloud to leave beams exposed
[attachment=8650]Porch well underway [attachment=8651]
This has been installed today [attachment=8652]
A bit more happened in the cupboard today also. The most noticeable thing is our heating system has been turned on
[attachment=8653]