A reminder of the old kitchen partition wall…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnd the demolition…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFollowed by some construction<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe new wall is built from OSB<\/a> which has the advantage of being cheap, looking good and not requiring a lot of finishing. I really like the texture and colour of OSB, possibly something to do with growing up in a converted farmhouse where we had loads of it. It’s not typically used for domestic work but there’s a growing trend<\/a> for it’s use in interiors and it seems to lend itself to imaginative applications<\/span>. What you see here is more or less the finished surface though there will be quite a few more developments in the structure and function of the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so to the fireplace. This has been a thorny issue since the start. There was no way I could keep something as big and ugly as this but taking it out was bound to leave a huge hole and a mess requiring a creative solution. Just how much of a mess and a solution couldn’t be predicted until the demolition was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAs you can see, the results are pretty horrific. Mercifully, Mike (doing the demolition here) came up with a creative and cost effective solution which we’ve added to the schedule. Day one complete. More exciting developments tomorrow…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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