Hard At Work

We've been too busy to post just recently - but we're still getting things done on the house. It has mainly been more of the same, so no interesting pictures either. We have finished all the 100mm Kingspan between the rafters upstairs, and as said previously this was a horrible job, so glad that's finished.
A busy weekend coming up - We have got to lay the kingspan in the floors, tape all the joints, and install the Electric Underfloor Heating ready to pour the floor screed next week. This means inside will be off-limits for a few days while it dries out, so we are hoping for some dry weather next week so we can carry on outside. (odds on it will be wet, so we might get a little holiday!)

External Rendering

External rendering completed this week, a nice smooth render was put on by Steve and Gaz, god job! Lindsay has chosen the colour and we will be putting on a Johnstone's Pliolite Trade Paint, which can be mixed to any colour you want. The roof is now 98% completed - just a little lead work/finishing off to do.

More progress upstairs - the only room upstairs without kingspan in the rafters is the bathroom.

Electrician came today and we are hoping to get things moving with him soon.

Doors In - Just!

We now have doors and windows! - we did have a little problem with the patio doors though - the opening in the timber frame wasn't the right hight. Martin did us proud and got it in (just!). Thats the problem with big lead times for window ordering - you have to go from drawing dimensions, and sometimes what you get, isn't quite to the drawing specification. Anyhow problems solved and all's well in the end.

I have spent all weekend on the Fascia/barge boards, sanding/filling and painting. I managed to get one coat of Sadolin Superdec on all round the house. We really like this stuff - it's a lot better than traditional gloss as it doesn't flake or crack and you can just slap some more on top when it's time for a touch-up. We might put uPVC on the front Barge Boards (havn't made up our minds yet), just because the worst weather is at the front of the house.

Also we have managed to get 100mm Celotex/kingspan in between the rafters in 2 bedrooms upstairs. This is a right *%!@ of a job. When you cut the stuff it gives off horrible dust that gets everywhere, so you HAVE to wear a mask etc (very uncomfortable). I think you could say we are about 2/3rds the way through this job - mainly thanks to Jackys help (Lindsays dad).

It has been a good week for progress, with just a little to do on the roof, and the doors and windows installed. The roof will be completed next week and i'm hoping to get the 2nd coat of Sadolin on and the rest of the upstairs insulation completed. Then we can turn our attention to the guttering and get the scaffolding out of the way... that would be nice!