And so it begins!!!!!

The extension we've been muttering about for about 8 1/2 years is really going to happen. Tomorrow friends are helping us remove the garage, the skip has already arrived for that, and then Monday the builders will arrive. It's been a mythical extension for so long I'm not sure I can really believe it is going to happen.
The builders are estimating 14 weeks from now (unless the loft conversion happens!) so that means that if everything goes to plan we should have a very different looking house with loads more space by the end of June!!!!!!
There will be lots of photos and lots of skips to follow......watch this space.

kitchen cupboards

the temporary kitchen is gradually growing. here are the photos.

New Kitchen cupboard

This afternoon has been about insulation and a cupboard, for more photos see here

Electrics for the kitchen

The new electrics in the kitchen are going in ready for the cooker hopefully later this week more photos here

New boiler

Our boiler failed and has now been replaced. here's the new one

Removal of the chimney breast

Today was a day I have been dreading for quite a while, the removal of the chimney breast! I was expecting dust, noise, mess and for everything to end up completely covered with an inch of dust or soot.
We wrapped most of the house in dust sheets or sealed it with gaffa tape. We removed the stair carpet with the exception of the bottom step, which we covered with gaffa tape! The doors of the rooms not needed were sealed with Gaffa tape or curtains.
When I got home from work the whole chimney breast had gone over the two floors and the chimney stack supported in the loft. There was a skip in the front garden so full no one can really add anything to it and the house is slightly dusty. Really nothing like as bad as I was expecting, so I am pleasantly surprised but very glad we went to the effort to cover and seal so much.
There's more photos dining room here, hall here, back bedroom here, and loft here.
Beth helped with some of the cleaning work. (dressed in her cub scout uniform- very appropriate!)

There will be lots of posts over the next few days if I can face it!! here's a start

Before the builders arrive on Monday some clearing needed to be done in the dining room loft and back bedroom

starting on the hall

the hall radiator

New work

Work has now started on the dining room here which means changes to the layout of the current living room here