The time came for Mom and Keith to finally join us in St Ives for our holiday.
The journey down from Birmingham had really taken it out of poor Keith, so he stayed and relaxed at the caravan while we took Mom on a little day trip around the coast.
Jo Anne
When my best bud said she was coming to Devon from Birmingham for a holiday, we arranged to meet up at a half way point so that we could catch up on gossip and see little Dylan.
Trago Liskeard was the chosen venue, as we could get that far up country after our shifts at work, before it closed.
We then planned to have a meal at the Halfway House, before going our separate ways once more.
After a mooch around, we went across to the pub, where we had a go at the jig saws that Dylan bought in the store
Then sadly it was time to say goodbye once more…
We had a lovely time with our friends, even if it was short and sweet. Until next time….
Jo Anne
Finally we had managed to save enough to purchase the bits to be able to redo our very nasty and mould ridden bathroom.
We had been buying bits slowly and paying each bit off before purchasing the next, in order that we didn’t end up with a huge credit card bill.
The day then finally arrived for us to begin the work. Boy we wish it hadn’t once we had started!
As the tiles came off the walls, so did the plasterboard, as it was soaking wet. Behind the plasterboard is hardboard (this is a timber framed house). The hardboard was a complete wall of black mould! No wonder we had always had a mould issue in here, it was making it’s way through the vey badly grouted tiles and out into the air, to grow further!
We painted the walls with a mould killer. This is supposed to work in one coat. Three coats later, and an oil filled radiator overnight in the bathroom to try and dry it out, and it looked no better!
We had now lost two and a half days just trying to remove the mould!
Our last ditch attempt involved goggles, face masks and an electric sander! We realise this isn’t the right way to deal with it, but we had had enough at this point! Die Mould, Die!
Once this was done we replaced all of the plasterboard with some more waterproof stuff, to prevent any moisture getting through to the hard wood behind.
The new bath (which was the reason this all began in the first place, due to our old bath being damaged!) finally went in.
And finally the tiling could begin…..
Needless to say, we are not finished and have had one thing after another occur since the mould incident….. I will maybe post the finished article picture once it’s done, because the whole getting there part is just doing our heads in LOL
Jo Anne
A quick trip to Tehidy with Pauls little sister Jannah-Beth, was on the cards today, and despite being a reluctant model for me, she certainly got into the spirit of the woodland for me LOL…
Meanwhile, Fred was loving all of the attention and new sniffs.
We finished the afternoon with a lovely meal at our favourite place. Fantastic!
Jo Anne
Our front garden wall had been bugging me for a while now, and all I wanted was to be able to clean it! I know, mad aren’t I, but Hey-Ho!
Anyway, today the urge got the better of me and I got the pressure washer out and began….What an amazing result! Yes I may be a bit mad but it was worth it!
What a difference!
In the meantime, Paul decided that the porch was long overdue a re-paint and got that done too.
A very productive day indeed!
Jo Anne
