we now have (hot) running water

Because the pipes to our toilet and kitchen were "a bit" rusted, we had to replace them, it was taking 45 seconds to get 1 litre of water through into the kitchen.

First we had to find out where the old pipes go and where the new ones would fit in, easier said than done.

wooden  floor - easy!
                cement and gravel - ok...

But the cement floor in the utilityroom was built to last (reinforced concrete) - no way to dig a trench in there even with the electric power hammer, and that was also where the T joint to the toilet was situated.

Got most of the old pipes out, the joints were solid but we heard a roumor that heating might help...

Joooohn, here is wood everywhere - don't burn our home down...
it worked :) Apart from under the concrete we were able to remove all the old pipes.

And lacking an end stopper (we forget to get one and wanted to be able to still use the crapper) we built a temporary watersource for the dog...

The old pipes - no wonder...that's at least 40 years of rust built up in there, never seen a pipe so bad, cool no? no wonder the water couldn't get through.

The one below was one of the good bits.

This was one of the not so good.

They can't go in the floor, so the only solution is along the wall...

lot of zig zag but including the the toilet: 46 soldered joints in total and all sealed - not bad John for not having soldered in 25 years

Laying the new beton...this should last a few years till we can rip the whole floor up and replace the joists that looked in a pretty sad state. It's an old house.

we built a little bridge but our wischmopp thought it's about time that he left his mark...

and the new layed carpet brings a bit of colour to the hallway...
                                         & Isa now has a new workplace :-)

We bought a new heater for the kitchen and now have near normality. It made us appreciate how we take things for granted, like water, and especially hot water.

Once again our lovely old house gave us a problem to sort out but we fixed it and can now move on to the next job!

This time we're going upstairs into the loft, there's a load of crap to clean up, a smoke house to remove and a hole to cut through the ceiling to allow a higher place for the shower, this should be fun.
This is how it looks at the moment:

Follow this space...

pimping the crapper...

As you know there are places in a house you visit more often than others and some people like to spend a while there...

This is/was our crapper we got with the house and after a while we decided to give it a bit of TLC:

The lack of heating in there made us decide to put in a carpet (from the buero in the old flat) and paint that was normally allready out of date still done its job:

We didn't change the tyles, some are cracked - but we will learn that in the 3rd lesson of DIY :)

Even the old kitchen cuboard curtains got recycled.
That'll do untill more important things are ready.

More to come soon...

They say the winter will come...

and my bosses thought the old wool should be used up - see the result:
I would have liked a bit more coulor, but they don't understand what I tell them.

only my hedgehog understands me :) and he thinks I look even more handsome.