Day 170 - Frank's back

 
And he's made it downstairs - here he is finishing off the stairwell...


 
 
Here's the hall/lounge wall - look how smooth and shiny it is!


 
Tools of the plastering trade

Day 170 - Bad Plaster

 
 

We knew we had a lot of dodgy plaster all over the house, so one of the areas we've chosen to spend extra money is replastering all the rooms. This is the state of the existing plaster.

 

Unfortunately the surface is so bad the new plaster isn't taking very well so the guys have had to use a special mesh to hold the new plaster onto the walls

Day 168 - Upstairs plastering is nearly done

 
Plaster (and Jed)

 
Boys front bedroom (and Liam)

 
View from the half landing

 
Now Frank's started on the lounge, a deceptively large room he says...

Day 161 - We have roof!

Finally the flat roof outside the Master bedroom french doors (above the lounge) is complete. This means we're water tight, finally.

 

 

Day 161 - Ceiling Insulation

 
 
 

Day 153 - Plastering

 
Master bedroom

 
 
En-suite

Day 151 - Dining room

 
We had this mad idea to increase the size of the dining room doorway to let more light into the centre of the house - this is it, and, umm, it's big!



At some point we'll have some nice oak & glass doors to go in the giant gap.

 
The hole to re-route the water pipe round to the side of the house is now full of water.

Day 147 - Still Life with polystyrene balls

Day 147 - More Frank

He's doing a grand job - the walls feel silky smooth
 
 


Insulation in the main bathroom
 

Day 146 - Meet Frank, our Plasterer

 
He's started in the new bedroom, Liam's room.


And here the plasterboard up in some of the other rooms, ready to be plastered
 
 
 

Day 146 - Electrics

 

 
Ern and Terry pore over the plans

 

And all over the house the cables start to go in...

Day 146 - Bathroom Planning

 
We plan out where the bath will be


And our great recess above the bath, built by Steve. Plan is for glass shelves to hold gorgeous potions...

Day 140 - Roof Leak

We sprang a leak - A combination of all the rain we've been having and the lack of ceilings meant there was water dripping into the bathroom.
 


It seems to be coming from some existing pipework in the loft. We'll get Shaun to check it out...

Day 140 - Electrician & Studwork

 
The electrician has started....

 
The studwork frames are mostly up

 

 

 

 

The boys thought they were fun to run through

 

 
These are the pipes for the underfloor heating, currently in the middle of our new bedroom cupboard, but will be more to the right and boxed in.

Day 139 - Update

Shaun's dog - Biscuit
 
 
New floor in the hall

 
And utility room


The holes in the wall are where the cavity wall insulation has been pumped through