Home Interiors
An Old Chapel lovingly refurbished – tastefully restored – energy efficient.
A spacious room of this this size is notoriously difficult to heat and keep warm and comfortable particularly in cold wintry weather.
This causes problems – the lack of sustained warmth, water ingress , poor insulation, condensation and drafty doors and windows are all contributory factors which make life all the more uncomfortable and costly.
The plaster cracks and crumbles away, the place feels and begins to smell damp.
No point spending money on the on the inside until the outside is safe sound and watertight. this means no rising damp and n o penetrating damp and definitely no roof leaks..
After Cobalt rendered the outside they set to work stripping out the lounge completely. Preparing the walls and replacing with specially insulated, vapour check wall boards manufactured by British Gypsum. Building a new perimeter light pelmet, reforming the decorative wall arches and insulating loft spaces.
Cobalt re-plastered and redecorated walls and ceilings. Two new Velux windows were introduced, complete with remotes and automatic rain sensors, positioned high to improve the flow and distribution of natural light and ventilation.
Deeper, traditional moulded skirting’s were fitted and the existing floor boards were over laid with wide natural oak floor boards that looks and feels fantastic.
The old leaky and drafty conservatory was renewed with an all singing and all Dancing ‘Glass Room’ featuring, full slide back and bi folding doors, that serve to open th space and invite the warm summer outdoors in.
Smart wired; the new lounge sports a fancy new remote wireless, lighting and sound system, all of which is fully programmable to offer different coloured sound to light mood sequences.
The fire place was replaced with a natural stone one and a highly efficient wood burning stove installed as the central focal point of the room and as a secondary source of heating. Lets face it there is nothing can replace the beauty and coziness of a proper wood burning fire..
Additional radiators were not required.
As can be seen from the photographs the space is stunning!
An excellent job well done!
Our customer said:
‘This room used to be the coldest in the house and was virtually uninhabitable most of the time, it is now the warmest and most lived, in the whole house ‘
Dr Stuart Thomas
