Garage Door

The Builders are back on site this week, and have made a start with replacement garage door

First step was to remove the old broken door.....

Now complete, just needs paint to timber

Garden Weeding

Easter weekend and the weather is quite nice, decided to make a start on garden tidying
3 hours and aching back and legs later, two thirds of the weeds are cleared..more to do next week!
I am amazed at the difference today and what cottage garden first looked like last year..see main photo on blog

The builders return to the cottage on Tuesday, and one of listed jobs is to repair the stonework on front corner of garden wall...which will result in the cotonenaster shrub being cut right back, although may have to leave some roots in as will be too deep to dig out manually!

Update...Tuesday, more ongoing weeding and digging..most of weeds now removed...

First Fix Central Heating

The central heating boiler has been relocated on  the left hand gable kitchen wall, and the pipes for radiators connected and run up through the attic space

The mains gas pipe has been relocated into the old fireplace and this is where we will connect the gas cooker

French Doors

We intend to replace the current kitchen window with a set of French Doors, to give access to the patio area  and to let more light into the kitchen

Our choices are...Oak timber doors that need to be stained and treated to withstand the weather...
If we choose this style, we will need the builder to fit a lintel below present window frame and to add extra brickwork as these doors are only available in 2070 height - La Porte model..

or for UPVC oak style French doors with a window light above?  these can be manufactured in 2200 height which will fit to top of existing window space