Day 83 - Steels are in, walls come down.

After a hectic week we finally got up to the property on Saturday, with the boys, to check out the changes since last weekend.

As the steels came on Tuesday we were hoping for major changes, which we got!

The chimney wall has come down so we can now see the full size/shape of the store room








And the old back wall of the lounge has gone too now the big steel is in place to support the upstairs


Here's the big steel



Upstairs our old bedroom now has temporary steels




and holes in the floor



A view from the back



And the Thorpes pose through the new study window

Day 81 - Blue Steel

Just had a call from Shaun, the big steel has been delivered and is being shuffled into place.

This means work will ramp up and Shaun hopes to be breaking through and removing the existing supporting walls tomorrow!

I couldn't be there today to watch as I'm presenting on a training course in Hursley but Shaun took pictures for me to post on here!

Day 75 - Site Closed

The site is closed today - they've run out of things to do!

Monday will be busy as they have to clear the site, including the skip, to make room for the crane which is coming on Tuesday to maneuver the biggest steel into place.

Once the steels are in the guys can start on the 2nd floor and then the roof and we should see things moving more quickly - hooray!