Steven & Theresa in Norway

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Photo album: "Our house"
New wood for winter 2008 Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:46 View We already started burning it, as it's so cold here. Anyway this is the new wood (bought from ASVO) for the winter. 20 bags, 10 birch, 10 mix. (cellar)	New washing baskets (cellar) Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:47 View Ikea foldable washing baskets. They are quite big actually (lots of washing fits) and have a nice lid to close it off.	Closed washing bags Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:47 View As I said, you can flap them closed. Very nice!
Shoe Bench Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:49 View Bench for shoes. Nicely two layered bench. It's upgradeable according to IKEA, you can add a bench on the top, but for now we have enough room ;)	Medicine cabinet (Closed) Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:50 View The new Medicine cabinet (Closed) in the hall. It's near our stairs / livingroom door.	Medicine cabinet (Opened) Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:50 View | ( 1 comment) Medicine cabinet (Opened).
Smallest heater (500W) Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:51 View Smallest heater (500W) for the smallest room (but still two beds installed.	Medium heater (700W) Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:56 View Medium heater (700W), this heater is installed in the medium sized room (lol) which is for 2 or more beds.	Bigger heater (1000W) Post Date: 12-11-2008 22:58 View Bigger heater (1000W) for our double-bed room. Makes our room nice and warm during the cold winters (upto -30 outside, means upto -5 in the house, so really required).
New fuel-driven lawnmower Post Date: 30-06-2009 22:54 View New fuel-driven lawnmower of over 20 years old and still working fantasticly! Thanks Hallvard!	Waterhose system for the garden Post Date: 30-06-2009 22:54 View Waterhose system for the garden	New kitchen tap Post Date: 30-06-2009 22:54 View New kitchen tap. Thanks Christopher for the installation work!
Leak in the ceiling Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:52 View Leak in the ceiling from the sewerpipe of the bathtub.	People at work with our pipes Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:52 View People at work with our pipes	The concrete has to be removed too Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:52 View The concrete has to be removed too
The mess as seen from the officeroom Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:52 View The mess as seen from the officeroom	The destroyed bathroom Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:52 View The destroyed bathroom, very dusty and loose concrete.	Working with big lights Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:52 View Working with big lights
Do I see the livingroom? Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:53 View Do I see the livingroom? or do I see woodplanks of the ceiling?	Toilet removed as well Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:53 View Toilet removed as well	New electricity box!!! Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:53 View New electricity box!!! Looks very nice now.
Hallvard has come to inspect Post Date: 23-11-2009 10:53 View Hallvard comes to inspect the progress, orders the people around to fix up the bathroom and picks up Theresa, as it was unlivable in the house without a bath, a toilet and without water!	2 weeks later, new pipes and insulation Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:04 View 2 weeks later, new pipes and insulation in the livingroom. The ceiling is still laying open and will get new ceilingplates, will take another 2 weeks before they start on it.	the new electricity box in detail (1) Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:05 View the new electricity box in detail (1)
the new electricity box in detail (2) Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:05 View the new electricity box in detail (1), the description of the groups.. including the groups that they haven't made yet in lines (they are going to put up new groups towards the kitchen and cellar still). postponed till they are finished with the bathroom and livingroom.. sigh..	New waterlines, pipes and woodwork in the bathroom Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:05 View New waterlines, pipes and woodwork in the bathroom	Yay! Our new toilet! Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:05 View Deluxe self-cleaning (well ok.. not entirely I guess) toilet from top branding Porsgrunn. It has eco flush and normal flush, it has a toilet seat that slowly closes, it uses blue soap staves that you enter on the top of the toilet, that will give you that nice smell in the toilet.
The new floor in the bathroom Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:05 View The new floor with a nice tile of ehm stone tiles... (it's plastic!) has also heating underneath it (integrated in the new concrete). The light that is on the floor will be later used in the hall but is here simply because all lights have been removed from our bathroom and well..we need to see where we pee, don't we!	An example of the slow closing toilet seat Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:06 View An example of the slow closing toilet seat... as you see.. it's still in the closing move.. no it doesn't move as it is a photo! Come and see, feel and try yourself if you don't believe it.	The woodpanels have been placed Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:06 View Really looking like a beautiful Norwegian bathroom with the woodpanels on the walls.
Wood panels in the bathroom (2) Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:06 View Wood panels in the bathroom (2)	Wood panels in the bathroom (3) Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:06 View Nicely sealed off between concrete chimney and woodwork	And room for towels Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:15 View And room for towels also newly created with the wood panel work. We will soon get our new bath, new sink and a special cupboard for towels and stuff like toothbrushes, completely with mirror and wallsocket.
Downstairs in the cellar this has changed Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:15 View They are also changing the waterlines to flexible ones (inside, white) and coloured ones (outside) to clarify what is hot and cold water. They have to connect these still. Cold water is connected again, so we are able to use the water again.	I think it's also ready for... Post Date: 23-11-2009 11:15 View I think it's now also made ready for a new bathroom in the cellar, if we will ever bother still. The original plan is a bathroom upstairs.. a bathroom downstairs with shower and toilet and washingmachines etc.. a sauna in the room behind it, and perhaps a hottub outside on te balcony.. dreams ... hehe	New washsink in bathroom Post Date: 25-11-2009 10:04 View New washsink in bathroom
New bathtub (and watertaps) in bathroom Post Date: 25-11-2009 10:04 View New bathtub (and watertaps) in bathroom	The planks for the towels etc Post Date: 25-11-2009 10:05 View The planks for the towels etc. We are missing out on the floorheating still and the cupboard with lights installed for the bathroom.	New ceiling in the livingroom Post Date: 25-11-2009 10:05 View New ceiling in the livingroom
Also the walls are closed up again Post Date: 25-11-2009 10:05 View Also the walls are closed up again. They had to remove a line of stones on the chimney pavement to fit the new woodwork and ceiling and most likely also some insulation material between. The bath could have fallen down they said, so they had to make the woodwork of the ceiling a little stronger too.	New mirror and light Post Date: 20-12-2009 19:54 View New mirror and light installed for the bathroom (7-12-2009, yep on Stevens birthday)	New frontdoor light installed Post Date: 20-12-2009 19:54 View New frontdoor light installed (7-12-2009, yep on Stevens birthday)
Hallvard insulated the bath Post Date: 20-12-2009 20:07 View Hallvard insulated the bath (not the bath itself, but the space between the bath and the wall).	Finished! Post Date: 20-12-2009 20:07 View Several new things added to the bathroom to make it look very nice.