Day Nine

Saturday again so a quiet couple of days with no work and no builders on-site.

Used some of the time to start clearing out the (existing) office as there will be a lot of changes made to that room over the next few weeks.

This was taken part way through the clear out.  I don't know how but all this stuff has to find a home somewhere else.

Day Eight

The Floor joists were fitted today.  During which we lost use of the old loft hatch and ladder so it will be difficult getting pictures for a while.

The day started off well but around 11am it started lashing down.  Our Joiner is die hard though, he stuck it out cutting the joists to size etc outside.  He then got a couple of more guys around to lift the wood into the loft.  A bit of banging, cutting and drilling and the job was done.

The climb up the ladder wasn't very enjoyable but it was worth it for the view.

Nothing much will be happening over the weekend apart from picking a new sink and toilet for the new bathroom. 

 

The dent in the biscuit barrel wasn't too bad today either.

Have a great weekend.

Day Seven

Another day where everything went to plan.

The guys made light work of installing the steel.  It took no more than 30 mins to lift all the pieces into the loft space.

Then the steel was set in place ready for the floor tomorrow (friday).

I got a bit of video too

Day Six

The concrete pads are in and we're all set for the steel arriving in the morning.

I guess it'll be another noisy day !

Day Five

08:45 and the builders are here at last.

They had a good look around the loft checking everything on the plans and all seems to be good.  Then they got straight into cutting out the hole for the new window in the gable end.  This will also be used to get all the equipment etc in so they don't have to bring it all through the house.

What a difference a bit of light makes !  Just glad it's not raining.

They made good progress today.  The steel work above the bedroom door has been installed with very little disruption.  We were expecting the whole of the top of the doorway to come off but all they needed was this small hole.

The blocks have also been cut ready for the steelwork which will be arriving on Thursday.
The concrete pads will be put in tomorrow ready for that.

Day Four

Well the work was supposed to start but the builders have had to stay at their previous job for another day.  All being well they will be here tomorrow (Tuesday).

So, here is a picture of what we are having done;

In the meantime we've starting clearing out the current office ready for work starting.

Tomorrow (assuming they get here) they will be knocking a hole in the gable end.  This will be the new window and they will use it to get the steel work in for the floor.

Day Three

Car Boot Sales - love em or hate em !

Today we took the contents of our loft to the local Car Boot sale.  I'd probably say that it was my first (and last) go at this sort of thing.  It was certainly an experience.

We arrived at 06:45 and were directed to our pitch which was right opposite the burger van.  At that time of morning I didn't expect to see people buying cartons of chips  . . .  but they were !   I could go on about the people watching but I'll keep that for another day.

On returning home I got the remaining items out of the loft ready for building work to start proper on Monday.  The loft is finally empty.

We are now all set for 6-8 weeks of "disruption" !