Wiring, plumbing and playing

We've had a productive week on the cabin. Who knew the little jobs took so long?! I suppose I did, but I always forget and want it finished.

Last weekend we got the roof all insulated. The frame was cut at new year and we added some batons across for strength. This was nailed to the roof trusses and filled with insulation. We covered this all over with felt and nailed it down. We have done a few coats of paint on the fascia boards in the evenings ready for fitting this weekend.

In the evenings after work James has been wiring up the lights and sockets. We found some old lights out of the garage that we had in the hallways of our old house. It had lovely high victorian ceilings and I was in love with fisherman's lamps. Our house now has low cottage ceilings so we have to have wall lamps and I am so glad to have found a use for my favourite lights.  

James used plastic trunking to cover the wires in the bathroom. As it's been painted in a waterproof white oil based paint the plastic isn't visible. He even trusted me to put the trunking under the plugs.

In the other part of the cabin where we've varnished the walls we decided to make some trunking out of pine to make it less visible. We used two pieces nailed together to make a channel and have started putting them up. We've still got a bit to go on these.

This week we also put up some curtain poles and I did the thing that ladies like to do which is to furnish (inappropriately early) and James humoured me by letting me hang the curtains! I got them from George by ASDA so they are a bit thin but are enough to block out anyone looking in at night and keep down the drafts.

Yesterday we did some plumbing for the bathroom fittings. We are using push fit fittings in the cabin, where in the house we've always used old fashioned copper fittings. It is so much easier than copper! Today James tested them to make sure they were water tight. He's so careful and patient, I just wanted to put them in untested and take the chance (I know he's right by the way). I also did some overtime at work on Saturday morning, the list of things we needs is always growing and is somewhat expensive!

Today we took the fascia boards and put them up to cover the end of the roof felt. They were originally designed that they'd cover the roof trusses but they're not big enough now as we added extra height by adding an insulation frame. I'm not bothered I still think it looks good.

James also put up a junction box on the external front of the cabin for a LED flood light.

We also cut two holes in the bathroom wall. One for the toilet waste and one for an extractor fan.

Next job was to start laying the floor in the bathroom, the last one to lay. It's not quite there yet, but James is hoping to get the last boards down once the kids are asleep. 

It feels like we're in the home stretch now and it'll really come together soon. We're just figuring out how to make a false wall to go behind the shower and keep water off the wood. We think we've got the basic idea, we'll see how it all fits. I'm also looking for a few kitchen units for the back wall. Even with the so called January sales they're not the price I want to pay (I'm super tight) so we'll keep looking.

The kids were out in the cold with us making potions out of mud, sawdust and rainwater. It really helps us get things done when they play outside as we can keep an eye on them and work, otherwise it's only nap times and evenings. They were very good for us and I love to see them enjoying the outdoors.

Last night we had a bit of a crash as the kids were having their teeth done for bed, the tiles fell off the wall in the toilet. It's got to be the worlds crappest bathroom and I cannot wait to demolish it!