BATHROOM TO BEDROOM Double glazed doors into the guest bedroom draw maximum light through the house. The bathroom is located in the old third bedroom.


CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS


CONSULTANT ENGINEERS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS cofiels 01904 606230 www.schofields.org


LANDSCAPING ertec rcitectral lants 01757 700346 www.vertechplants.co.uk


ROOFING atam an acson roo 014304 30938


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ELECTRICS lloo lectrical olesalers 01405 763700


DAMP PROOFING oerein emicals 01229 870800 www.sovchem. co.uk


RADIATORS


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more than John had originally budgeted, but it was, he says, an over-spend worth making. “It completely transformed the house from a small, dark, unexciting cottage into an exciting modern living space,” he says. “As well as vaulting the ceiling, we also replaced the stair wall with a glass mezzanine, which makes the house even lighter.” Velux windows were installed on both sides of the house, the upstairs windows were replaced, and a small window in the kitchen was turned into a full length vertical picture window. The original bathroom became part of the new kitchen and a new bathroom was created in the third bedroom. To achieve the wet room, a plywood oor was packed to create sufficient fall for the water to drain away and the shower head was fied to an oerhead beam in the centre of the room.  bath was fitted under the sloping ceiling to maximise the space, and the toilet was positioned behind double doors leading into the guest bedroom.


The joiner built a new open tread staircase, 42 www.sbhonline.co.uk


took out a Seenties style stone fire surround in the sitting room and enlarged the fireplace itself ready for plastering. He also tanked the kitchen walls to prevent rising damp before the property was plastered out.


“By the time the new-look cottage was


plastered and the bi-fold doors put in the kitchen, it was a completely different house,” says John.


The first phase of the renoation was finally completed in  after fie years of slow evolvement, but the work didn’t end there.


ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK Last year the tiles on the wet room oor started to lift to the point that they were stopping the double doors from opening.  discoered the oor had cracked and water was getting underneath the tiles,” says John. “I tried to patch it up but that didn’t work and I realised I would have to go the whole hog, which was quite disheartening.” The tiles had been laid to falls created by the


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