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Weekend – Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March 2017

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Weekend – Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March 2017

Product used to treat spindles for staircase. This will eventually be used twice for entire staircase

Used this product as recommended by Joe, our electrician.

Spindles for staircase treated for the first time with a tinted oil called

Spindles for staircase treated for the first time with a tinted oil – Honey

Spacers for in between spindles also treated for the first time with the honey tinted Osmo

Top of staircase – some hard to reach places treated with Osmo before the spindles make these places inaccessible for painting

This product will be the third coat that we apply to the staircase

Venturing upstairs for the first time pic 2

Day 176 – Tuesday 14th March 2017 – phase 2

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Day 176 – Tuesday 14th March 2017 – phase 2

As an extra to the new upstairs build, and as recommended by our builder, we decided to have the rest of the roofing felt and battens renewed. The felt on the old part of the house was in a bad state, so tiles needed stripping off first. In accordance with our bat licence we had two bat ecologists to supervise this part.

Roofers at work

The Bat Ecologists

felt and battening being replaced

New felt and battening for the rest of the roof that was not replaced during the new building of upstairs bedroom

New ridge tiles – ladder up from utility flat roof

roofers at work

small area of felt and battening being replaced on the right hand side of the house

Steve and Luke burning the old roof battens

view down to utility flat roof and skylight over new family bathroom

View from flat roof over upstairs bedroom to right side of house, new ridge tiles and new felt and battening

View over from new flat roof over the new upstairs bedroom down to the back of the house where 3 steep rooves now converge onto utility roof

View over from new flat roof over the new upstairs bedroom down to the back of the house where 3 steep roofs now converge onto utility roof

View over roofs at back of house

view over flat roof of dormer, just visible

view to front of house from flat roof

VIew to front of house from new flar roof over the bedroom

View to front of house from new flat roof over the bedroom

View to velux side of house

window sill at dormer

New window sill in master bedroom

New window sill at small window

sun lounge – scaffolding for painting and ladders still the only access to the upstairs

New lights up and running in master bedroom by ballen Electrical

New lights up and running in master bedroom by Ballan Electrical, 9 lights in total, excellent lighting

Study lights and wood rof new cupboard over stairs

Study lights, 3, put in by Joe, and wood for new cupboard over stairs

lights over stairs

No stairs yet, access by ladder

Day 174 – Friday 10th March 2017 – phase 2

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Day 174 – Friday 10th March 2017 – phase 2

Roughcasting coat from left side of scaffolding

Roughcasting coat or tyroleaning from left side of scaffolding

Roughcasting coat or tyroleaning

Roughcasting coat on outside of new upstairs extension

Roughcasting or tyrolean coat on outside of new upstairs extension

View of roughcast around new bathroom window

Planks and scaffolding left inside for the weekend to enable us to apply 2 coats of paint

Ceiling of stairwell, with plank across scaffolding for painting

Preparing to paint the ceiling of the stairwell

Study with plaster all dried ready for painting

Painting study pic

Weekend work – Sunday 5th March 2017 – phase 1 and 2

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Weekend work – Sunday 5th March 2017 – phase 1 and 2

Phase 1 work this weekend – Tony (brother-in-law) has fitted handles to bathroom and kitchen door and has begun to tile the kitchen (white tiles!)

Phase 2 work this weekend – Paul has been working on the upstairs, beginning the painting of the ceiling in the new upstairs bedroom in readiness for Joe to return and fit the lights.