Was working for Dad this morning so up at 5.30am, papers were late so it meant I did not finish until 11am, so had a bit of breakfast and we agreed it was time to get the paint.
I went to the house, the electricians were there, wiring up the sockets and ceiling rose and bathroom lights.
November 26, 2005
November 13, 2005
Day Off
I got up about 9 and headed to the house to close up all the windows and to see the floor, sound a bit mad!!
I headed off home and I had to work with my car, there was a leak coming into the back seat for some reason. So I had to fix it, turned out to be 3 leaks, don't know how the hell these happend but I managed to seal 2, the 3rd I could not manage!
We took Man, Dad and Damien and Mar for food and took the evening off!
Couple of Pics of screeding now done and Geo area
I headed off home and I had to work with my car, there was a leak coming into the back seat for some reason. So I had to fix it, turned out to be 3 leaks, don't know how the hell these happend but I managed to seal 2, the 3rd I could not manage!
We took Man, Dad and Damien and Mar for food and took the evening off!
Couple of Pics of screeding now done and Geo area
November 12, 2005
Loads of work
On site for before eight, another wonderfully pissy day, up to our neck in shite!
Damien and Iano were with me and they wheeled their wheel barrows and filled the first room. Gerry arrived about 8.30 with some foddder and I contiued with the lads outside to get the percolation area marked out. We then tried to fit in the 280 sq meters, I can see where Sean was getting frustrated!!!
Eventually I managed to fit it, with almost an acre of a site how it was hard is hard to explain but with the biggest part to the front of the house it was a proper pain!!
The I had to get my mate John Grady to get 3" land drainage pipe for the percolation area.
About 11am and 3 hours after the screed arrived I started to screed. Damo and Iano had 1/2 the back room done which for lads who never did screeding they did very well.
Dad was late again and arrived by 11.30, at this stage we had the back room almost completed and Gerry had filled the sitting room, Ian & John were starting the sitting room and progress was rapid.
Dad and John continued with the sitting room and myself and damien pulled the backroom and back section of the hall.
We had a cuppa and decided to fire up as much as we could upstairs before it dried. The stairs was pulled out then and we started to wheel in the screed. In that time the pile had hardened so fair play to Sean he got the digger and moved it about the loosen it.
Then it was all hands on deck and we fired more screed upstairs so that Ian and Damien could continue to pull the rooms.
In the mess we managed to bury a platic float in the hall floor, a momento!
Sean, myself and Dad then managed to pull the hall floor and marry in the closet, sitting room, kitchen, bathroom and sitting room.
All done downstairs, great relief, the decision was made to push to get upstairs done, so we got 5 buckets and 2 upstairs, one on the ladder and 3 outside. The push was amazing, and within an hour we had too much upstairs!! FOur of us pulled a bedroom, hotpress and landing in 30 minutes and then back downstairs to pull up the screed guides and fill it in.
Antoher 10 buckts and we had all screeds up and all floors floated. So that was it!!
An amazing days work which has pulled the who house so much.
I had rang Brian Feeney my spark to fo the 2nd fit as u need cert to get your ESB connected. Will be this day week before he can come.
Damien and Iano were with me and they wheeled their wheel barrows and filled the first room. Gerry arrived about 8.30 with some foddder and I contiued with the lads outside to get the percolation area marked out. We then tried to fit in the 280 sq meters, I can see where Sean was getting frustrated!!!
Eventually I managed to fit it, with almost an acre of a site how it was hard is hard to explain but with the biggest part to the front of the house it was a proper pain!!
The I had to get my mate John Grady to get 3" land drainage pipe for the percolation area.
About 11am and 3 hours after the screed arrived I started to screed. Damo and Iano had 1/2 the back room done which for lads who never did screeding they did very well.
Dad was late again and arrived by 11.30, at this stage we had the back room almost completed and Gerry had filled the sitting room, Ian & John were starting the sitting room and progress was rapid.
Dad and John continued with the sitting room and myself and damien pulled the backroom and back section of the hall.
We had a cuppa and decided to fire up as much as we could upstairs before it dried. The stairs was pulled out then and we started to wheel in the screed. In that time the pile had hardened so fair play to Sean he got the digger and moved it about the loosen it.
Then it was all hands on deck and we fired more screed upstairs so that Ian and Damien could continue to pull the rooms.
In the mess we managed to bury a platic float in the hall floor, a momento!
Sean, myself and Dad then managed to pull the hall floor and marry in the closet, sitting room, kitchen, bathroom and sitting room.
All done downstairs, great relief, the decision was made to push to get upstairs done, so we got 5 buckets and 2 upstairs, one on the ladder and 3 outside. The push was amazing, and within an hour we had too much upstairs!! FOur of us pulled a bedroom, hotpress and landing in 30 minutes and then back downstairs to pull up the screed guides and fill it in.
Antoher 10 buckts and we had all screeds up and all floors floated. So that was it!!
An amazing days work which has pulled the who house so much.
I had rang Brian Feeney my spark to fo the 2nd fit as u need cert to get your ESB connected. Will be this day week before he can come.
November 11, 2005
Kitchens, layouts + drink
Ordered the screed for tomorrow, Gerry will be there also.
We ordered the kitchen today from Alpha Kitchens in Claremorris. Got a great deal, 3 weeks until delivery.
Sean rang me, he was trying to fit in the areas for the Geothermal. We need to get an area of 280 sq meters into the site, so it was 10*28, 8*35 or what ever, Sean just could not fit it in, so after spending 30 minutes on the phone we decided to give up and leave it for me to look after tomorrow.
Wonderful so on top of a days work at screeding, I now have a days work of laying out the geothermal and organising the percolation area!
My mate Larry was home from UK for weekend with Karen his fiancee. So we meet up in Peggys, there was about 20 of us, I stayed on the dry as that was the last thing I needed for screeding!!
We headed off about 1am, 6 hours of sleep.
We ordered the kitchen today from Alpha Kitchens in Claremorris. Got a great deal, 3 weeks until delivery.
Sean rang me, he was trying to fit in the areas for the Geothermal. We need to get an area of 280 sq meters into the site, so it was 10*28, 8*35 or what ever, Sean just could not fit it in, so after spending 30 minutes on the phone we decided to give up and leave it for me to look after tomorrow.
Wonderful so on top of a days work at screeding, I now have a days work of laying out the geothermal and organising the percolation area!
My mate Larry was home from UK for weekend with Karen his fiancee. So we meet up in Peggys, there was about 20 of us, I stayed on the dry as that was the last thing I needed for screeding!!
We headed off about 1am, 6 hours of sleep.
November 10, 2005
Digging is back
Digger on site for the ducting for the ESB and phone. Great to get it done.
Dad was with him and they decided to have a look at the water piping, big issue potential here but I will ring P Joyce to see the setup first.
Sean rang me and wants to put in the tank tomorrow, "while we are here", great blue arse fly syndromw! Rang Westport Concrete and got the figure eight tank for €680.
The beam for the mantlepiece is nearly ready.
Skye rang and want a date for the furniture, I said leave it until 30th of Nov, me arse we will be ready but just to keep them quite.
Dad was with him and they decided to have a look at the water piping, big issue potential here but I will ring P Joyce to see the setup first.
Sean rang me and wants to put in the tank tomorrow, "while we are here", great blue arse fly syndromw! Rang Westport Concrete and got the figure eight tank for €680.
The beam for the mantlepiece is nearly ready.
Skye rang and want a date for the furniture, I said leave it until 30th of Nov, me arse we will be ready but just to keep them quite.
November 09, 2005
Ducting + Service
Dad and Damien were over and ran the pipe through the ducting for the ESB.
Still no sign of the guttering or answering the phone.
I had to service Siobhans car, had to be done as over the limit well.
Still no sign of the guttering or answering the phone.
I had to service Siobhans car, had to be done as over the limit well.
November 08, 2005
Door Part2
I called into DOnnellans again about the door, was talking to John, he seems to think that this design will work very well and to give him a buzz on Friday.
I decided to paint the hall kitchen and sitting room walls which were plastered crap, my mate Colins dad told me to as it will either hide of bring out the flaws.
It actually looks alright!
I decided to paint the hall kitchen and sitting room walls which were plastered crap, my mate Colins dad told me to as it will either hide of bring out the flaws.
It actually looks alright!
November 07, 2005
Busy out
Rang Ray in the flooring company to get the timber, not in stock, will ring him next week.
Rang Eamon in NorthWest Guttering to finish off the job, will do it Wednesday.
I got a hold of company in the UK to do the door, it is now a square design with a gothic inset, shipping is the issue here now.
Dad and Damo were over, the cleared up the whole of the outside, rubble gone and all scaffolding and timber, great job.
They also moved all the stuff from the rooms which need to be screeded and into the screeded rooms,
Weather is windy and wet, late when I got to the site and went home, these dark wet nights are not great!!
Rang Eamon in NorthWest Guttering to finish off the job, will do it Wednesday.
I got a hold of company in the UK to do the door, it is now a square design with a gothic inset, shipping is the issue here now.
Dad and Damo were over, the cleared up the whole of the outside, rubble gone and all scaffolding and timber, great job.
They also moved all the stuff from the rooms which need to be screeded and into the screeded rooms,
Weather is windy and wet, late when I got to the site and went home, these dark wet nights are not great!!
November 06, 2005
Sore legs, head, bones!!
Today is off, tired and sore, great to be off, myself and herself went to the Tavern for a feed.
November 05, 2005
Screeding Begins
I picked the lads up about 8am, we stopped at a filling station and got some breakfast, was inside and Roadstone rang me, they were onsite, 40 minutes early, wonderful, also the fact that dad was running almost 2 hours late meant we were on our todd on this one!
I ordered 6 cubic metres to cover the sunroom, dining room, kitchen, utility and bathroom. At 104 euro per cubic meter then this stuff had to go in!
We wheeled in barrows like Molly Malones on speed and filled the sunroom and dining room, myself and Damien 2 then got our 2"*1" screeds in. You have to level this off the sole plate and then diagonal level them also.
I have a 5ft level so this makes life easy.
Dad arrived over so we got on our knees and worked away. Also managed to get 15 buckets up stairs but lost about 3 barrows as we had to go to my mates anniversary mass.
We meet up with the lads afterwards and we headed into Westport for the night.
I ordered 6 cubic metres to cover the sunroom, dining room, kitchen, utility and bathroom. At 104 euro per cubic meter then this stuff had to go in!
We wheeled in barrows like Molly Malones on speed and filled the sunroom and dining room, myself and Damien 2 then got our 2"*1" screeds in. You have to level this off the sole plate and then diagonal level them also.
I have a 5ft level so this makes life easy.
Dad arrived over so we got on our knees and worked away. Also managed to get 15 buckets up stairs but lost about 3 barrows as we had to go to my mates anniversary mass.
We meet up with the lads afterwards and we headed into Westport for the night.
November 04, 2005
Door Disaster
Arrived in Claremorris to view the door at 8.30am, suprised suprise the door is not ready and no sign of Finbar who makes the door, due in a 9.30am, not impressed.
They now claim that since we only have a height of 82" in the door opening that we cannot have that shape of a gothic door and that a square on will have to go in, why in the fuk they could not have figured out this back in June is beyond me!
I went onto boards.ie and posted the question if they are raving and onto another few places, placed a few calls and it seems these guys may not be raving. SO back to sq one!
Pain in my head again so went home to bed and get ready for tomorrow, Gerry has had to work also so we are one down, I asked Damien if he could get anyone so he managed to get his mate Damien 2 and that was great.
They now claim that since we only have a height of 82" in the door opening that we cannot have that shape of a gothic door and that a square on will have to go in, why in the fuk they could not have figured out this back in June is beyond me!
I went onto boards.ie and posted the question if they are raving and onto another few places, placed a few calls and it seems these guys may not be raving. SO back to sq one!
Pain in my head again so went home to bed and get ready for tomorrow, Gerry has had to work also so we are one down, I asked Damien if he could get anyone so he managed to get his mate Damien 2 and that was great.
November 03, 2005
Friends @ home
Rang about the door, seems it is ready, the lads asked me to call up and pick the locks in the morning. Excellent.
Our friends Tom and Tracey are home from France with their 2 kids, great to see them and their lovely kids, Sammy and Gabrielle. Mattie and Bridie gave us great hospitality.
Headed off to the soccer at 10am in the pissing rain, need to get some sort of soccer under my belt!
Our friends Tom and Tracey are home from France with their 2 kids, great to see them and their lovely kids, Sammy and Gabrielle. Mattie and Bridie gave us great hospitality.
Headed off to the soccer at 10am in the pissing rain, need to get some sort of soccer under my belt!
November 02, 2005
November 01, 2005
October 31, 2005
Slow Day
We got home about 2am so not feeling the Fred west, we got over about 1pm with great intentions but -10% of motivation. Dad was over also, we put down the planks for the screeding next weekend. Keep the molly malones off the UFH.
We also took down the scaffolding from the front of the house, still a load of rubble out the front but will have to wait!
We also took down the scaffolding from the front of the house, still a load of rubble out the front but will have to wait!
October 30, 2005
Scaffolding off
Arrived over at ten, got another 8 buckets of sand and got a screed mix together, I started the to finished the bathroom when I spotted movement outside, it was Vinny and his brother in law down for another load of scaffolding, gas men on a Sunday and no mass to go to!!
Off to Des Bishop tonite so once the screed was all gone I headed off home for dinner in Mam and Dads, only managed the wardrobe.
Out for a few pints with the brother in laws, good old night.
Off to Des Bishop tonite so once the screed was all gone I headed off home for dinner in Mam and Dads, only managed the wardrobe.
Out for a few pints with the brother in laws, good old night.
October 29, 2005
Hand Screeding + painting
I was working with Dad this morning, his first day back at work after been off for 3, so to take the pressure off and to try and repay the many hours of work he has done it was the least I could have done. So out of the cot for 5.30am!!
We got the papers out and then I had a cup of tea at home, Vinny rang me and said he was on his way down for a load of scaffolding, put a stop to my screeding and also the fact that it was pissing it down did not bode to well!
I got him with the 4 wheel drive to collect 12 bags of cement for me.
We put on the old wellies and glad rags and after 2 hours of rain and huffing and puffing and a bit of a laugh we got it filled. It is a great sight to see the scaffolding heading off!
Siobhan and Marie (her mam) arrived out to go painting, they set to and did get work.
I took a fit and decided to do a mix a load of screed. Great intentions and the minute I started the dry mix the arse feel out of the sky and I got drowned!
I mixed 8 buckets of sand and 3.5 buckets of cement to make it good and strong since there is only a 1" (25mm) of screed upstairs. The dry mix needed to be turned 3 times so as to get a good consistency.
It is a long time since I hand mixed concrete and it was a killer on the arms but with the hawling of it upstairs made it even more fun!!!
I managed to get about 3/4 of the main bathroom done upstairs, I expected 11 buckets of screed to chew up the floor space but far from it, this is going to be fun!!
We got the papers out and then I had a cup of tea at home, Vinny rang me and said he was on his way down for a load of scaffolding, put a stop to my screeding and also the fact that it was pissing it down did not bode to well!
I got him with the 4 wheel drive to collect 12 bags of cement for me.
We put on the old wellies and glad rags and after 2 hours of rain and huffing and puffing and a bit of a laugh we got it filled. It is a great sight to see the scaffolding heading off!
Siobhan and Marie (her mam) arrived out to go painting, they set to and did get work.
I took a fit and decided to do a mix a load of screed. Great intentions and the minute I started the dry mix the arse feel out of the sky and I got drowned!
I mixed 8 buckets of sand and 3.5 buckets of cement to make it good and strong since there is only a 1" (25mm) of screed upstairs. The dry mix needed to be turned 3 times so as to get a good consistency.
It is a long time since I hand mixed concrete and it was a killer on the arms but with the hawling of it upstairs made it even more fun!!!
I managed to get about 3/4 of the main bathroom done upstairs, I expected 11 buckets of screed to chew up the floor space but far from it, this is going to be fun!!
October 28, 2005
UFH all done
I arrived on site after work, Dad and Damo were there and they had completed the UFH so it was great to get it finished! I headed off home, have a bit of a pain in my head the last few days, work in mental busy so wore out!
Still the door is not ready, what these guys are at god knows!!
Still the door is not ready, what these guys are at god knows!!
October 27, 2005
Screeding Called Off
Brian was there when I arrived to the site about 8pm, he ran the piping outside, unusual as I have not seen a flexible copper piping before.
I then cut the insulation for the utility room, I rang Corcorans and Roadstone to get a delivery of screed but no dice, it seems that they do not work on the Saturday of a Bank Holiday, bit peed off with this but still loads to do anyway!!
Probably no harm as Dad is still unwell and Damien is off to Birmingham so there would have only been 2 of us.
I then cut the insulation for the utility room, I rang Corcorans and Roadstone to get a delivery of screed but no dice, it seems that they do not work on the Saturday of a Bank Holiday, bit peed off with this but still loads to do anyway!!
Probably no harm as Dad is still unwell and Damien is off to Birmingham so there would have only been 2 of us.
October 26, 2005
More piping!
I rang Brian, he hopes to call down to put in the pipes, we hope to start screeding on Saturday so I need it down and UFH completed to do so.
I completed the zone in the kitchen and left the pipe loose to finish the utility room.
I completed the zone in the kitchen and left the pipe loose to finish the utility room.
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