Well, as February 2008 starts, the house is coming on a treat - i.e. resembles more of a house than a building site.The majority of the main roof tiles are on and the builders are starting the lower roof.
All too quickly, the top roof gets completed and the lower roof soon follows.
In completing the lower roof, the electrically operated velux window also goes in.
Next, the suffit and soffit boards go into the upper roof.
Next step being guttering and downpipes, followed by external rendering. Inside, the first fix of the electrics to the upper floor goes ahead and in the loft the insulation and boarding continues apace.
Inside, the first fix of the electrics are also finished to the lower floor. Space heaters and dehumidifers are brought in to dry out the walls ready for plasterboarding and plastering in light of cold weather.
The roofs are finished !! Hooray!!
First bit of the external render goes on! 
The suffit and fascia board are then extended round the side of the house together with the guttering.
This covers up the blocks and will match up the external finish to that of the rest of the house.
The other side of the roof is treated to a bit of a spring clean too, all of the moss and other rubbish that had been living on the tiles on the old part of the roof has now been removed.
First coat of the render is now complete all the way around the new build part of the extension.
The second and final coat of render has been "flicked" onto the walls now completing the external render.
From an electrical perspective, the first fix is now complete. However, let's hope that everything becomes a lot clearer when they try and sort this out at the point of second fixing.Next comes the walls and ceilings - completely awash with plasterboard!!
PS - The pink plasterboard is by design, it's not a fashion statement! It marks the place where the steels are. These need to be covered in two layers of fire rated plasterboard (rather than the normal stuff).
Also, you can see the radiators have started to go in.
All in all, a very productive month. Starting with a uncompleted roof and ending with almost complete rooms ready for plastering.
1 comment:
Wow Mark!
The progress is amazing; your house is really starting to take shape.
How are those 'bad boy builders', there's one in the photo wearing a dodgey pink hat?
I didn't know you were putting in a leckie velux - you never mentioned that one.
Things are really starting to get exciting now, as most of the boring stuff is done. You'll soon be concentrating on the best bit -THE COSMETIC SIDE YEAH. Installation of your new kitchen, and painting (don't make it too manly - no reds and greys - yak). You need soft creams, so you can rest your weary head at night, in a non- hectic zone, even if you ARE lying on a weather-beaten, rain sodden mattress, that's been propped up against some roofless wall and held prey to the elements all winter:)
I'm excited to see the next lot of photos.
Miss you lots
Kaffy waffy
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