Day Twenty Two

The end of another week.  Lots more completed and no issues to report.

Pretty much all of the insulation is in.  There are just the gable end walls and the partition walls for the bathroom to complete.

The gable end where the stairs are going may be an issue.  If it has to be insulated then it won't be flush with the existing wall below.  Hopefully the Building Inspector will agree to let us just put boards straight onto the wall.  He'll be around next week so won't be long before we know what we can/cannot do.  (The plans don't actually show insulation on the gable end walls so I think we'll be ok.)

I could tell from the guys this week that fitting the insulation (kingspan type stuff) is not the best part of the job.  It looked like it had been snowing up in the loft as every piece had to be cut and the bits get everywhere.

Lot's more going on next week.  There may be some plasterboards going up and the stairs are arriving next Friday.

Have a great weekend.

Day Twenty One

Three weeks in now, can't believe it.  The time is flying by and everything is going smoothly.  (maybe I shouldn't have said that )

The insulation is now being fitted to the ceiling and walls.  This doesn't make for interesting pictures I know but it'll be good to look back on once it's all finished.

All the insulation should be finished tomorrow, then it's another quick inspection before the boards can go up.  Heard today as well that the stairs should be here a week on Friday.

Day Twenty

Plumbers and Electricians today which means the custard creams aren't going to last long.

Decisions, decisions...a towel rail for £180 or a radiator for £18.  It wasn't just the cost that won that one, the radiator gives off 20x more heat than the towel rail !

We've now got all the wiring and pipework in place.  The gable end window has been measured and ordered.  The Stairs have been measured and will be ready a week on Friday.

The insulation should be going in tomorrow.

p.s.  and we found out some interesting information about Fire Doors...more to follow.

Day Nineteen

Well most of the woodwork is in place ready for the first fix and the Electricians made a start today getting all the wiring in for the sockets and lights.

One thing I have learnt is that the further you get into the project the more decisions there are to make.
Where to put the plug sockets, light switches, lights, extractor fan ?  Where to pick up the feed from ?  What type of bulbs for the bathroom ?  it goes on.

The Electrician will be back tomorrow and we should also have the plumber in to get all the pipework through to where the sink, toilet and radiators will be.  More decisions I guess, where to put the radiators ? how big should they be ?

Day Eighteen

I'm so glad all of the work is going on inside because the wind has been horrendous, not to mention the hale stones.

Work is flying along now and with each bit of sawing and hammering the new loft space is slowly coming to life.  All the frames for the partition walls are in place and some of the ceiling work is too.

We can also get a sense of size for the velux windows too, much bigger than I thought.

The gable end window will be enlarged tomorrow and hopefully the Stair man will come and measure up.

I'd been putting off the worst part of the project but today I finally got the spreadsheet up and totalled up all of the costs so far....definitely a bad move.  But it's going to be worth it.

Day Seventeen

Ok, so I said we'd be doing nothing today.  I take it back.

Today I worked out where we wanted all of the lights, light switches and plug sockets to go.  The electrician will be back soon and I wanted to get this done up front so we could get it agreed before he starts work.

The main issue was working out how many lights we'll need for each room.  It's not the sort of thing you can go and fix after everything has been completed.

All sorted now, so time to switch off and watch a film with the kids.  Normal service will be resumed tomorrow.

Day Sixteen

The weekend again so no work for a couple of days.

We've been out to buy a new toilet and sink for the new bathroom.  I didn't realise how difficult this was going to be, so much to chose from.  We didn't want to drag this out though so we quickly decided on a set which just happened to be in stock.

Now the Plumber can measure exactly where they'll go so he can finish off the rest of the pipework.

Roll on tomorrow (Sunday) when absolutely nothing will be happening.