Tuesday 6 September 2011

Holiday report part 2

During our stay in France, holed up in our little touring caravan waiting for the rain to stop, we had plenty of time to think about how we wanted to renovate the cottage. We decided to discard with the underfloor heating to the ground floor opting instead for a log burning stove kicking out up to 7 KW.

More than enough space heating. We will probably put in a some electric convectors in here and there as background heating for the Winter months when we may not be there.




The biggest decision was to take up the existing clay floor tiles which have been laid directly on the ground and are an original feature of the house. They are 30mm thick so these will be re-bedded onto the new floor construction. They will need a bit of cleaning before they go back down but it will be worth the hard work.

2 comments:

  1. Glad you've decided the retain these bricks Steve:)

    Hope all's going well?

    Phil

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  2. Hi Phil

    Just seen your comment. Trust things are well with you. Things are going pretty well and hope to get the place habitable for june/july.

    Steve

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