{"id":1955,"date":"2018-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-21st-january-grange-grinds-on\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:16","slug":"sunday-21st-january-grange-grinds-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-21st-january-grange-grinds-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 21st January – Grange Grinds On …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remembering our desire to get Grange completed as quickly as we could in 2018, I am afraid that last week was (again) spent entirely on that goal.<\/p>\n

I had 2 things that I could progress and what I focussed on depended to a large extent on the weather which has been pretty awful \u2013 as I suspect it has been throughout the UK.\u00a0 As an aside, I am mystified by the French and British meteorological offices\u2019 approach to naming storms.\u00a0 The large, and very damaging storm which passed through late Wednesday \/ early Thursday, sadly caused a number of deaths in the Netherlands but I don\u2019t think was named by either office whereas, other, less damaging systems have acquired identities!<\/p>\n

Thankfully, while blustery\u00a0all week, we haven\u2019t had any damage but we have seen a lot of rain!\u00a0 Re-reading my blogs from last year and reviewing some of the photos, the conditions couldn\u2019t have been more different.\u00a0 Last year there were threats of hosepipe bans pretty early in the year and it took months for Lac du Drennec to fill again \u2013 this year it is practically toppers now.<\/p>\n

The advantage however, was that we were able to make good progress on the structure of Grange \u2013 I hate to think what it would have been like had we been at build stage this year.\u00a0 Thankfully much of what needs to be done now is inside or at least covered.\u00a0 However, while there is lots to be done in the garage bays themselves, as we have chosen not to build on a large concrete slab, and because the bays are slightly lower than the drive, when it does rain it gets very wet and VERY muddy.\u00a0 As such, I try and only work there when there isn\u2019t a lake of water in the bay.<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s blog<\/a>, said that there was a day\u2019s worth of work remaining to complete the lambris and detailing required and this is now done.\u00a0 I posted in November when we had the lambris delivered \u2013 103 packs totalling 206 square metres.\u00a0 As we had bought some of the cheaper lambris I was expecting a bit of waste with split, damaged or very knotty planks but having completed the job I am left with 3 unopened packs and not too many offcuts.<\/p>\n

With the beading around the window and internal door it looks like a proper finished job.<\/p>\n

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That done, I then started to insulate the ceiling of the garage bays.\u00a0 While the upper floor of Grange will never be used as accommodation, we always intended to insulate all around, including underneath and we have used the same waterproof membrane to hold the insulation in and reduce any moisture rising up to the top floor.<\/p>\n

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It has also helped us to decide what we will use on the ceilings of the bays.\u00a0 The membrane is a dark grey and therefore the bays are dark.\u00a0 We have decided that we will use white plastic lambris (the ONLY place it will be authorised at Kergudon!) as it is will make the bays lighter and require no painting and minimal maintenance.\u00a0 Being plastic it will also assist keeping moisture out of the upper floor.\u00a0 However that job is a couple of weeks away I suspect as I have only completed 2 of the 4 bays so far and am about half way through the 3rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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The final task I have started, once we insulated under what will be the storeroom, is to lay the laminate floor.\u00a0 We want to get the storeroom complete and useable as quickly as we can as it will allow us to move all of the many things we have stored in various places into one, accessible, place.\u00a0 It will also allow us to make a big difference to our own home with a couple of ideas that we have.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t laid much laminate flooring previously but I do recall that it was pretty simple and quick so, I hoped, doing the storeroom should be a day \/ day and a half\u2019s worth of effort maximum.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the flooring we bought, which because it is only a storeroom and so not visible to guests and not likely to be heavily used, was the cheapest available. \u00a0It looks good as flooring but evidently they have saved money in the cutting as it proving to be a nightmare to lay especially joining the rows together which is probably not helped as they are 7 metres long.<\/p>\n

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As such, I am having to make some adjustments and \u2018fudges\u2019 to get it to fit together which is taking much longer than I had anticipated.\u00a0 The advantage is that, for the same reasons we were happy to use the cheapest laminate, if there are a few gaps, it is not the end of the world and they are very likely to end up hidden under the shelving units however, it doesn\u2019t stop me getting frustrated and taking some time to get it as right as I can!<\/p>\n

Next week probably more of the same, if not from me then certainly from the weather if the forecast is to be believed!<\/p>\n

Kenavo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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