Yeah, "music room" is possibly overstating it :lol:. It's actually the 3rd bedroom and is therefore going to be a bit on the cramped side. It's destined to be the "recording" room where I can just walk in and flick a bunch of switches, rather than what I used to have to do in the old place - get a load of stuff out, set it up, etc, etc, before I could do anything. I won't be able to dance around much in the new room - probably won't even fit two musicians at once when it's all set up.
I have got an amp and a couple of guitars out in the living room now, just been having a bit of a blow :D. Seeing as it's huge - two receptions knocked into one - and has bare boards throughout (recently uncovered by the rewiring, and as yet un-sanded/cleaned), it feels very much like it used to feel like playing on a stage. You even get the "guitar lead covered in krud" effect when you come to coil it up again :lol:.
The pipe's a bit of a bummer but not the end of the world. The temporary clamp appears to have stabilised, the old lagging round the pipe seems to be drying out. But the system's still slowly losing pressure, so I think I will have to do a proper repair. I'm going to monitor it for a bit rather than rush out, get the stuff, and start cutting pipes - the missus is away at the moment and I don't want to start the mayhem without another pair of hands/eyes/ears. It's also just possible that the pressure dropping is an existing leak elsewhere and that we actually need a plumber/service-engineer on the system earlier rather than later. Meanwhile, I've worked out that I can proceed with the rest of the floor - and therefore "complete" the room - as long as I leave that particular bit of underfloor area easily accessible for the moment.
Gwem - we're just south of Streatham Vale. Loads quieter and more restful than where we were in Tooting. I've got the telly and washing machine on, and I can still hear birds outside, but no traffic at all - almost feels like we're in the country or at the sea-side :D
On the diy/etc front, its amazing what I've discovered about myself in the last few weeks. I've spent years renting and never bothered doing anything, so I was kind of fearing a whole load of maintenance/repair stuff, having to find people, etc. But I've found I'm capable of doing a lot more myself. If you'd said to me a few weeks ago that I'd burst a pipe, have it "secured" in a few hours, and have found out how to fix it properly myself, I'd have laughed at you. The electricians have been a big help, actually. I was around for a lot of the time and, in return for keeping them supplied with real coffee, I was able to pick their brains about all sorts of decorating. I don't really fear anything now - I can see me doing less music-making for a while though! :lol:
