Recent content by rdougan

Since the last update, quite a bit of work has been done: - a new hardwood roof terrace - glass fence on the roof terrace - painted the front of rear of the house - middle and top floors were sanded and sealed - top floor was plastered and painted - ventilation installed in the kitchen/garage...

Time for another update. I finally got around to installing the final lights in the kitchen - only to find out the wiring didn't work. Turns out, I didn't connect the ****** things. Not sure how this slipped by. Myself and my wife both swears we tested the cables. But we didn't. Ended up...

Yeah the bike is fine. I was ready to race again, but they cancelled my 2nd race. Annoying. Ouch - did not hear about that. He was seriously quick on that Monster..

Thanks everyone! haha - I completely forgot about messaging you before the race, sorry. I was a little preoccupied with the race :P I ended up crashing in the race though :( The weather was fantastic all day, then it started to drizzle just as I went on the track. Ended up loosing on the...

And since the kitchen installation, I've just been doing all the finishing touches. Painting, baseboard, installing the door on the boiler room, painting, spot lights, sanding and putting baseboard around the stairs, more painting, cleaning up the electric cabinet - and finally adding doors to...

Time for an update.. Lots of things have been happening recently. I've basically been working "full-time" on getting everything *finally* done. First up - the floor. The guys came and poured the floor. It went down a lot quicker than I thought - it only took a few hours, over 3 days. Pouring...

Cool! I will also be there with a couple of friends - we have a club called DforDucati, which is for all Ducati fans in the Amsterdam area. We have our own pit box, so maybe you will see us. Thanks! We have 4 dogs and 2 cats, so I will let you know! There will also be bikes and cars on the...

In other news - the plastering is now done. I'm pretty happy with the results - I just need to sand a few pieces to clean it up, then we can paint. I'm super happy with the amount of light in the back room. Now the walls and roof are white, it really makes the entire place brighten up. I also...

haha yes! But it was good practise. It ended up being an open pit lane with only a hand full of riders. I ended up doing a session with 45 laps. :) I'm racing there at the end of May at the Ducati Club Race - will you be attending?

Nice progress with your bedroom. It's always nice for me to see how other Dutch people are doing their renovations. The framing and wiring is often quite different to the UK and the US. What you done is very similar to me - which makes me happy. :) Where do you buy everything? I've found...

Oh, and I was at Assen last week... in the rain. :)

Yup, from the outside.

Also, look at this! Neighbours roofs by Robert Dougan, on Flickr Terrace houses here in the Netherlands are a complete disaster. People literally just build on top of each other, without worrying about the future. You can see my roof and the roof of my three neighbours in the picture. Horrible.

Some updates. I finally got the terrace roof insulated and recovered in bitumen. It was rather painful as all the surrounding fencing had to be removed. But it is done now. Roof insulated and recovered by Robert Dougan, on Flickr Roof insulated and recovered by Robert Dougan, on Flickr Roof...

Thanks! I got them here: http://www.bakeliet.nl - and there are almost more here: http://www.oudthentiek.nl/welkom-bakeliet