Day 318 - The Front Door

The Front Door & custom built frame were delivered on Friday

Here's the door, complete with handles, locks and letterbox which we got the joiners to fit.


This is the double-glazed unit to go above the door



Drew fitting the custom oak frame into the gap, of course it didn't quite fit so they had to do some trimming.


The glazed sidelight being fitted into the frame


The glazed toplight in place and the porch ceiling is mostly complete.


Tonight when I visited the door was in place and I had to use the key for the first time to get in! There's still some finishing off to do - the floor can now be finished behind and in front of the door (porch) and the ceiling of the porch needs completing. And the doorbell needs attaching. And the door needs to be treated to protect it from the south-west facing weather.

But still, it's so exciting to finally have a front door, and isn't it fab?!

Day 274 - New Stairs

Well, new stair parts, ie bannisters, handrails etc

 

Lovely Richard Burbidge White Oak

Day 242 - New Stairs

I know they don't *look* very different but they have all been updated. Thanks to the underfloor heating we put in upstairs the whole upstairs floor level is 20-30mm higher than it was which meant the stairs finished with a bigger last step up. This isn't allowed by building controls, our brains do complicated things with steps and get confused if steps are uneven so we've had to have them all changed so each step has the same rise.

We're also now replacing the seventies style banisters and rails. Originally we'd planned to keep them, I quite liked their retro styling, but they just look out of place now everything else has been updated so I've ordered some oak stop chamfer style ones to replace them.

Day 237 - Dining Room Doors

 
View from the hallway


View from the dining room

The doors and frame are in - love how they're looking. Ern has some concerns about the finish on the frame but generally we love them