EGD Renovations restored a farmhouse in Mylor from a near-derelict building back to its former glory.

 

Works included:

 

• Removal of cementitious covering to the exterior walls

• New lime pointing to exterior walls

• Removal, restoration, painting, and refitting of the original wooden sash and hinged windows

• Constructing & fitting a new hinged windows to match the original

• Preparation of woodwork - replicating and renewing where rotten

• Sanding of original floorboards on the 1st floor

• Removal of a failed concrete ground floor

• Ground floor - the fitting of a new steel reinforced concrete slab with an upstand around the perimeter walls (lowering the finished floor by 150mm). Fitting insulation, a wet underfloor heating system, and tiling the floor with small handmade terracotta tiles

• The fitting of breathable insulations throughout - sheep's wool and cork

• The installation of breathable celenit board ceilings & walls finished in lime plaster

• Reinforcement of the bathroom floor

• New installation of first and second fix electrics throughout

• New installation of first and second fix plumbing throughout

• New bathroom, kitchen, utility room & ground floor wc

• The installation of heritage cast-iron style aluminium gutters & downpipes

• Roof repairs

• Project Management

• Liaison with Cornwall Council Buiding Control, Planning & Conservation Officers

• The preparation and submission of the Application to Discharge Planning Conditions