Progress report week 19

This week has been plasterboard, plasterboard, paint, plasterboard and ...etc. Tuesday Paul, Beth and Isaac came round to help us with some painting. Thursday homegroup came round for a social time and knocked the partition out between the kitchen and the dining area. Friday the builders have put up the last of the partition walls. It's all really taking shape now.
loft,
utility room,
living room
hall
removing the partition
Beth's new room

Progress report week 17

Monday the builders spent the day knocking holes in our house and adding windows at the front and back. They also started on the new living room.
Tuesday they made more holes in the house, taking out the whole of the corner of the house downstairs! (It's a good job they had put lots of steel in here and here beforehand.)
Wednesday the electrician put in lots of wires, Chris did lots of plumbing, more stud walls appeared and generally everything in the living room floor has been made ready for the flooring.
Thursday the first coat of render went on the outside and the walls went up in the loft room.
Friday The builders have insulated under the floor downstairs with chicken wire and fluff so at least we know that the new rooms are chicken proof. The floor has gone down today and the loft has had its ceiling plastered and some of the remaining walls. There is just the wardrobe and the tiny prayer room to plaster. Outside the renderer has done the front and the back upstairs so hopefully the roof at the back will be tiled next week.

There are too many photos to put on this post but for more photos see the hall , the new living room, the loft, the utility room , the new front bedroom , the study, the breakfast room

Progress report week 16

During this week the builders have been working hard in the loft, the door frame, last of the insulation and the walls have all gone up. We are now waiting for the stairs which may well be late next week. They have also started plastering up there.
Chris has also done some rearranging and plumbing in the bathroom.

For more photos see loft here, outside hereand bathroom here

Progress report week 12

The extension is going again. It's been a really busy week this week. The builders have been up in the loft all week. They've done some of the joists in the loft and put some of the outside roofing joists up. Chris has removed a giant wasps nest from the roof space and the bathroom now has a window again.
The minor downside to this week is that I got home from work on Monday to be greeted with a meal and the words "they need to do something in our bedroom"! I had been holding on to the fact that the only room which wasn't going to be touched by the builders was our bedroom. Chris says my face dropped considerably. Oh well it's only something minor and just means I'll have to sort out some of the stuff which has made its way into our bedroom from elsewhere. When I came up to bed on Monday Chris had pulled the lightswitch off the ceiling so that just added to the work in our room. (It has been secured again now so all happy)
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Overnight it has been raining which isn't great when there are no tiles on the roof. The builders have done a good job of patching most of the holes but a little has got through and we even had a few spots of rain in our bedroom this morning!! Looking at the weather forcast for the next few days I hope he's found all the leaks.

Progress report week 7 and Lofts

In one week the second floor has arrived! It seems amazing.










Today the planning permission for the loft has arrived. We are allowed a rear dormer as long as its the right colour!! This will mean more time spent on the job but will be worth it in the end.