Bracken restor - 0001 - removing damp plaster on lower walls - 20020614.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0002 - mike pardy 2nd man on the job - 20020614.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0003 - wall behind old stove is explored - 20020614.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0005 - old crows nests pulled out of chimney - 20020615.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0006 - old fireplace is revealed - 20020615.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0007 - original hobb stone is revealed - 20020614.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0008 - hobb stone left side - 20020614.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0009 - kitchen firepalce exposed see original stonework - 20020617.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0010 - fireplace stone detail a - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0011 - fireplace stone detail b - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0012 - fireplace stone detail c - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0013 - fireplace hole through to parlour chimney - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0013 - kitchen fireplace see the original hearth stone - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0015 - kit fire left side hobb - 20020620.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0015 - kit inside chimney - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0020 - parlour firepalce from the 1960's is removed - 20020614.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0021 - parlour firepalce after removal - 20020614.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0029 - evidence on floor of an original wall to left of fire in front of door - 20020613.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0030 - start breaking concrete floors - 20020615.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0031 - start breaking concrete floors - 20020615.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0032 - floors are dug up down 0.3m - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0033 - floor dirt carted out - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0034 - existing kitchen waste and water - 20020811.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0035 - des kierwan 3rd man on the job - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0036 - parlour floor - 20020617.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0037 - parlour door saddle revealed - 20020617.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0037 - stairs are suspended after floor excavated - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0038 - shows paint behind first conc level demso that floor was raised - 20020617.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0038 - stairs are suspended after floor excavated - 20020619.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0040 - concrete pavement surronding house demolished - 20020617.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0041 - existing water main and kit waste - 20020617.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0050 - attic timbers wood preserver - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0051 - attic timbers wood preserver - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0060 - start excavating narrow gap between wall and back of house - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0061 - start excavating narrow gap between wall and back of house b - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0062 - start excavating narrow gap between wall and back of house c - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0063 - start excavating narrow gap between wall and back of house d - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0064 - back wall is supported temporarily during excavation - 20020621.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0065 - back wall dug to foundation level ready for reinforcing - 20020621.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0070 - bulldozer digs septic test pits - 20020621.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0071 - bulldozer digs septic test pits - 20020621.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0080 - drainage trench is dug all around house a - 20020621.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0081 - drainage trench is dug all around house a - 20020621.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0090 - walls are ,arked from plans ready for channeling for new wireing - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0091 - walls are ,arked from plans ready for channeling for new wireing - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0093 - channeling begins for new wireing - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0094 - channeling begins for new wireing - 20020623.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0095 - channeling for plumbing and waste - 20020621.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0100 - new floor foundation spread - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0102 - clause 804 for new floor foundation - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0103 - new floor foundation spread - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0105 - new floor foundation complete - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0110 - old paint scraped and removed from walls - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0111 - old paint scraped and removed from walls - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0113 - 4th man on the job - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0115 - mike climbs through new opened ceiling hatch - 20020701.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0116 - roof timbers re-rendered where old plaster missing - 20020701.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0120 - land drains laid in trench all around house - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0121 - at back re-bar and shuttering for fondation reinforcment and land drain - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0123 - drainssge chippings in trench all around house packed down - 20020627.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0131- DPC damp membrane laid on floor foundation - 20020630.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0132- DPC damp membrane laid on floor foundation - 20020630.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0134 - insulation over dpm on floor - 20020630.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0140 - window sashes removed - 20020630.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0141 - window sashes removed - 20020630.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0150 - rotten window frame peices are removed - 20020701.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0150 - timber headers are opened for treatment wood preserver - 20020701.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0151 - rotten window frame peices are removed - 20020701.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0151 - timber headers are opened for treatment wood preserver - 20020701.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0160 - first layer of concrete floor is poured - 20020703.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0161 - first layer of concrete floor is poured - 20020703.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0165 - shows line of road where conc path removed - 20020703.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0170 - 20mm plywood laid on first floor for stabalisation reinforcing - 20020703.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0172 -plywoodis treated both sides - 20020703.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0175 - bathroom wall studds built - 20020703.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0176 - bathroom wall studds built - 20020703.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0177 - ceiling hatches framed - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0178 - bedroom press framed - 20020712.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0179 - bathroom hotpress framed - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0179 - bathroom wall inside slabbed - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0180 - exterior is preasure washed and treated for fungi - 20020704.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0185 - all walls and ceilings coated with stabeliser primer - 20020706.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0186 - all walls and ceilings coated with stabeliser primer - 20020706.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0190 - garden clearence reveals wall and steps and an olkd bathtub - 20020706.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0195 - kit wall nook is studded out - 20020706.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0197 - a swallow nesting in lobby we build an artifical nestbox and start very slow move - 20020706.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0200 - new wireing begin rough in with armoured cable - 20020714.jpg |
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Bracken restor - 0201 - new wireing socket and wall light] - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0202 - new wireing begin rough in - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0203 - kitchen cabinate wireing - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0205 - new heating pipes begin rough in - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0206 - wiring gather to mains panel - 20020730.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0207 - new heating pipes head outside to boiler - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0208 - hot water pipes and tank - 20020729.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0209 - patching missing damaged plaster - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0210 - wall repairs begin first floor - 20020712.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0211 - kit ceiling is jacked up before stabalisation and new support - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0212 - building roof scaffold around old chimney before removal - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0213 - messy site - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0214 - under stairs new stringers added - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0214 -washed sand and plastering sand - 20020714.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0215 - individual supports installed for each stair tread and riser - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0217 - under stair supports - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0218 - swallow nest successfull transfer to nestbox begins move down beam to window - 20020712.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0220 - jacks hold ceiling as steel support installed - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0221 - floor support fixed - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0222 - nook wall slabbed - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0223 - plumbing is roughed in for bathroom - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0230 - chimney is removed - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0231 - chimney is removed - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0235 - scirting boards installed - 20020720.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0236 - baseboards and wall chases for electric plastered - 20020720.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0237 - hanging press in bedroom installed - 20020720.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0238 - panneling starts in bathroom - 20020723.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0239 - repairs on window frames starts - 20020724.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0240 - new window frame parts are treated with preservative - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0241 - window frame repairs in progress - 20020724.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0245 - first coat of paint, weathershilked used over treated timbers - 20020724.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0246 - we preserve those special little featurs, hers a large hanging nail - 20020724.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0247 - undercoat painting finished kit ceiling - 20020730.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0248 - after ground level lowered, facia base was re-rendered - 20020724.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0249 - rendering continues around building - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0250 - start work rebuilding chimney - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0251 -first blocks chimney - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0252 - this is mike who built chimney - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0256 - barns been painted, cement mixer and and working overtime - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0257 - chimney ready for the pots - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0258 - chimney ready for the pots - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0259 - mike makes sure the cap is not too slippy or the crows will fall off - 20020725.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0260 - wall battons bolted onto stone ready for wainscotting - 20020728.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0261 - wainscotting battons - 20020729.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0262 - wainscotting battons around window sills - 20020730.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0263 - sorting heating pipes emerging from foundation - 20020722.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0264 - heating pipes out to boiler house location - 20020731.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0265 - battons for pipes boxing - 20020730.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0266 - heating pipes secured in precise measured possitions prior to final floor laying - 20020729.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0267 - radiator risers cemented in place - 20020729.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0268 - pipes and electic lines secured and cemented inplace prior to floor laying cement - 20020730.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0269 - new stair stringers fixed to correct height for new floor - 20020730.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0270 - some brickwork repairs in parlour for back of kit chin=mney - 20020730.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0271 - mixing for inside floor - 20020801.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0272 - final layer of cement floor starts - 20020731.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0273 - final layer of cement floor starts - 20020731.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0274 - final touches to floor - 20020731.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0275 - base for wall foundation, leveling shuttering - 20020731.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0276 - shuttering ready for boiler house foundation pipes secured in place- 20020731.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0277 - shuttering ready for wall foundation pour - 20020731.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0278 - leveling concrete after wall foundation pour - 20020801.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0280 - ready mix from concrete lorrey is brought through church yard to back wall - 20020801.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0281 - shuttering timbers guide concrete to caseing below on old wall foundation - 20020801.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0282 - concrete in place between old wall and shuttering with drainage gap by house wall - 20020803.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0285 - loose dashing is removed and exposed is redered - 20020802.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0286 - patches are re pebbledashed - 20020802.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0290 - new window sashes arrive and are treated with preservative - 20020810.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0291 - stair scirting is put back in place after treatment and reshape - 20020810.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0292 - bathroom paneling is completed - 20020810.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0295 - blocks delivered for new planter wall - 20020809.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0296 - boilker house starts - 20020809.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0300 - lobby utility are studded out - 20020810.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0301 - bullnose for wainscotting is fitted - 20020809.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0302 - wainscotting bullnose - 20020811.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0305 - parlour fireplace is ready for installation - 20020809.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0310 - undercoat for sashes and window frames and walls - 20020809.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0310 - undercoat on bath paneling - 20020810.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0312 - undercoat for bedroom hanging press - 20020809.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0315 - new roof felt and leading for lobby roof - 20020811.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0316 - new roof felt and leading for lobby roof - 20020811.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0320 - last tread and riser replaced and reinforcing for newel post - 20020811.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0321 - sashes are readed for fitting - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0322 - new sashes are fitted - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0323 - sanding patched plasterwork and beams - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0324 - wainscotte timbers cut and treated - 20020812.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0325 - kit firplace jacked and ready for lintle - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0326 - firplace lintle treated and lead lined - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0327 - lintle in place - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0328 - bricking up chimney over new lintle - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0331 - start building wall out front - 20020812.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0332 - plastering in down to wainscotting - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0333 - replastering corners - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0334 - stair door hatch repaired - 20020814.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0335 - plastering continues - 20020822.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0335 - wainscotte panneling being installed - 20020815.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0336 - firemantle installed parlour, paneling and plasterwork - 20020822.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0340 - wall progresses - 20020813.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0341 - painting starts on the exterior - 20020813.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0342 - land drains final run to soakpit - 20020822.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0343 - wall pillers and gate errected - 20020822.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0344 - wall gets filled with drainage stone, soil, then... - 20020829.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0345 - then compost and cow manure - 20020829.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0350 - kitchen cabinate wall installed - 20020822.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0351 - kitchen cabinates take shape - 20020828.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0352 - kitchen cabinates progress - 20020828.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0355 - fireplace left hobb rebuilt, right patched - 20020823.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0356 - brick fireback rebuilt, firebrick and cement on lower, old brick above - 20020828.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0360 - the first fire is lit, what gets burnt - 20020830.jpg |
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Bracken restor - 0361 - belfast sink installed in kitchen] - 20020830.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0362 - plates tested for size - 20020901.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0364 - double door detial used to duplcate for new front door - 20020829.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0365 - front door syp routed to match old double doors - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0366 - front door comes together - 20020901.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0367 - cattle come to check on our progress - 20020902.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0368 - front door installed - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0369 - oh dear we cut the door in half - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0371 - spreading the gravel - 20020904.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0372 - flower plants in wall - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0373 - painting progresses - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0375 - tin bath put to use - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0377 - back yard looking better - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0377 - entry smartens up with flag stones - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0380 - undercoat on the wainscotting - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0381 - undercoating continues - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0383 - final wall patching upstairs - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0384 - undercoat on bedroom woodwork - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0385 - bathroom shower base and rail prepaired - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0386 - stair treads final prep - 20020905.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0391 - paint colour testing - 20010104.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0391 - paint colour tests - 20010104.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0392 - finish painting beggins - 20010104.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0393 - finish painting beggins - 20010104.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0394 - painting continues - 20021024.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0395 - painting continues - 20021024.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0396 - painting exterior - 20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0397 - painting exterior - 20021024.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0399 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0400 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 04007 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0401 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0402 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0403 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0404 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0406 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0408 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0409 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0410 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0411 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0412 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
Bracken restor - 0413 - painting detiails Maintained -20021107.jpg |
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