Hello all, sunny with a biting cold wind, not an outdoor day for me. I think I will catch up with recordings of GW and Beechgrove. Funny question but do any peeps have thoughts on waterproof laminate flooring they may have in their homes - how good is it? I am trying to sort out the flooring for our new extension and builder chap recommends it. Stay warm all.
Jobs done at the tearoom now so I am off out to the garden. It's a lovely day, a bit breezy, but not cold. I think it'll be colder as the week goes on. Bizarre thinking of you all over there with snow.
I am very cross too this morning with mice/voles, not sure which (and cross with myself for letting it happen), they have eaten about a dozen of my newly potted up seedlings. Because it's been so warm I haven't been bringing them under cover, also there are so many now I have run out of trays so it's even more time consuming moving the individual pots. I will search out some vegetable crates tomorrow and make sure they are all safe from now on, very annoying though, I have been growing them since February.
Anniversary's can be tricky @Allotment Boy with lost loved ones, I hope you manage to enjoy happy memories without feeling too sad.
Right, off out with my spade before the weather turns on us.
Have a good day, and keep warm.
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The previous owners "improved" this house a lot and that included removing rotten oak floorboards and parquet all over the house. Upstairs they've laid laminate flooring which appears to be waterproof and reacts well to being steam cleaned occasionally but I don't like it and wouldn't choose it myself.
In our last house we did a total refurb with tiled floors downstairs and sweet chestnut floorboards upstairs - cheaper than oak and just as hard wearing. Here we've just added a shower room downstairs - tiled - and finished a floor in the annex, also tiled.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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We have laminate flooring in the bathroom and downstairs cloakroom ... it was here when we came but had been recently installed. When we had some work done in the bathroom the fitter pointed out that he thought they'd not used the 'bathroom' type of laminate and the joints weren't watertight so please don't wallow and splash in the bath too much! We're not wallowers and splashers thank goodness ... but it's worth pointing out that there's a difference.
As for whether I like it ....... I'd probably not choose this sort, but I know someone who has some more expensive laminate which is very nice ... as with most things, you get what you pay for ... but I think I'd go for ceramic tiles downstairs at least ... or even lovely pamment floor bricks or terracotta tiles in an older house.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks @Obelixx and @Dovefromabove for your thoughts, we have tiles throughout in the existing house, the extension is modern to look at and the builder thought that the same flooring throughout would make it "flow" well without a disjointed look. The expensive waterproof one is the way to go it would seem, if that is what we decide on.
Afternoon all, Very sunny but bitterly cold here. Apparently they had a flurry of snow in B'ham and Tamworth this morning but as I didn't surface till 10 I wouldn't know if we had snow or a frost.
I've been out to Ashwoods and bought a couple of growbags for the toms and cues and picked up a lovely little viola and a bleeding heart. I also got an obelisk to get a rambler started up the fence. Had to top the pond up because it was getting low. Haven't had rain for ages and the water barrel is empty.
Nothing planned for the rest of the day, apart from giving firstborn some tips over the phone on how to plant her newly aquired roses.
Just done a run up to Dad to help him on with plastic foot cover thingy for a shower, and I changed his bedding and did a few other jobs. Settling down to peep in at The Chauvin/Floyd trial now. It is fascinating. The main issue seems to be about the use of force and restraint in the police so far.
Well the snow didn't come to much here, so I went to the plots. More digging done, catching up slowly. Very cold wind but in the sun it was quite ok. Just before I went, I got another reminder to book 2nd jab, & hooray there were slots available so booked in for Wednesday.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Funny question but do any peeps have thoughts on waterproof laminate flooring they may have in their homes - how good is it? I am trying to sort out the flooring for our new extension and builder chap recommends it.
Stay warm all.
Jobs done at the tearoom now so I am off out to the garden. It's a lovely day, a bit breezy, but not cold. I think it'll be colder as the week goes on. Bizarre thinking of you all over there with snow.
I am very cross too this morning with mice/voles, not sure which (and cross with myself for letting it happen), they have eaten about a dozen of my newly potted up seedlings. Because it's been so warm I haven't been bringing them under cover, also there are so many now I have run out of trays so it's even more time consuming moving the individual pots. I will search out some vegetable crates tomorrow and make sure they are all safe from now on, very annoying though, I have been growing them since February.
Anniversary's can be tricky @Allotment Boy with lost loved ones, I hope you manage to enjoy happy memories without feeling too sad.
Right, off out with my spade before the weather turns on us.
Have a good day, and keep warm.
In our last house we did a total refurb with tiled floors downstairs and sweet chestnut floorboards upstairs - cheaper than oak and just as hard wearing. Here we've just added a shower room downstairs - tiled - and finished a floor in the annex, also tiled.
As for whether I like it ....... I'd probably not choose this sort, but I know someone who has some more expensive laminate which is very nice ... as with most things, you get what you pay for ... but I think I'd go for ceramic tiles downstairs at least ... or even lovely pamment floor bricks or terracotta tiles in an older house.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just done a run up to Dad to help him on with plastic foot cover thingy for a shower, and I changed his bedding and did a few other jobs. Settling down to peep in at The Chauvin/Floyd trial now. It is fascinating. The main issue seems to be about the use of force and restraint in the police so far.
Have a good rest of the day folks.
Very cold wind but in the sun it was quite ok. Just before I went, I got another reminder to book 2nd jab, & hooray there were slots available so booked in for Wednesday.