Painting above front patio doors now complete
Doors on cupboard in the study have had another coat of paint, one more coat of the eggshell paint to go on the inner panel
Door into new family bathroom now varnished on both sides
Door into new family bathroom now varnished, this is the outside off the Utility Room
Old kitchen door now varnished, both sides, this leads into the new Sun Room.
It’s sunny in the new sun lounge!
Royston the roofer has been cementing in the gable ends
Cementing of the roof tiles at the gable end
Parts of the roof still to be completed
View from the top of the house over the back roofs
View over the flat roof of the utility and progress of the retiling
View over the right side of the roof and velux from the top flat roof
Top of the house, over the new bedroom
Wills in the new Sun Room
Skirting boards going in, round bedroom and study
Skirting boards going in, round bedroom and study pic 2
Newly clad side of dormer
Newly clad dormer and vent holes created in soffits
Left side of the dormer also with new cladding
retiling to be completed here on the corner and the ridge over the new bedroom
new ridge tiles stretching over the hall from new kitchen extension and back bedroom to the very original old part of the house
Newly tiled roof sloping down sharply to flat roof over utility, not quite completed
Ridge tiles to be completed here
roof tiled over old kitchen
The three sloping roofs converging on the flat roof of the utility room
View of the three sloping roofs and view to garden beyond
view round to flat roof over utility and newly tiled roof sloping down to utility room
View through to field and the polytunnel from the flat roof over the new bedroom
Wood for fitted wardrobes prepared
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 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 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 Ballan Electrical, 9 lights in total, excellent lighting
Study lights, 3, put in by Joe, and wood for new cupboard over stairs
lights over stairs
No stairs yet, access by ladder
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.
Handles now in place on door to kitchen from utility and door to new family bathroom. Fitted by Tony
The start of the tiling in the kitchen – thanks Tony!
This is what is called the ‘back buttering’ of tiles. It ensures a thin even coverage of the cement
New white tiles with spacers
Tiling starts from the centre of the cooker and works out the way in both directions
Spirit levels are essential
tiling in new kitchen
tiling in new kitchen pic 2
Paul applying the first coat of watery emulsion to the newly plastered ceiling in the new bedroom
First coat of emulsion on bedroom ceiling
First coat of emulsion on bedroom ceiling pic 2
First coat of emulsion on bedroom ceiling pic 3
Fitments all in place, door needs painting or varnishing and also handle required.
Interesting to compare it with how it used to look in September 2016. See the transformation below.
Small bedroom to new bathroom
small bedroom
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old-bedroom-cleared-of-rubble-and-window-removed
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Spot Marcus, our plumber, in a very tight spot, under the floor in the new bathroom
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plasterboarding-new-bathroom-beam-boxed-in
New family bathroom Old doorway from old bedroom to hall now plaster boarded over. Then new bathroom floor is laid. First a wooden flooring is laid and marked with a grid.
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progress-in-new-bathroom-shower-boards-up-bath-fitted-shower-fitted
New Family Bathroom
New Family bathroom – right hand side
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We have lights! In new kitchen
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new-lights-in-kitchen-pic-2
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Close up of laminate for new kitchen floor
Tony laying the laminate flooring on a layer of underlay
Progress of laminate floor so far
Paul-painting-another-coat-to-utility-ceiling before electrician on Monday
Utility area painting
Plastering and outside work on new patio
Back of new kitchen and Bedroom – scaling all levelled
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plaster-repaired-around-new-doorway-entrance-to-kitchen-from-corridor
ceiling-in-new-bathroom-now-totally-replastered
new-small-bedroom-converted-from-sauna-last-year-walls-prepared-and-patched-ready-for-skim-coat-of-plaster
new-small-bedroom blurred-picture-no-light-walls-prepared-for-plastering
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new-kitchen-ceiling-plaster-starting-to-dry-out-slowly
utility-area-ceiling-painted
utility-area-wall-and-ceiling-painted
New step built into new bathroom
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Made Cotswold Crunch bread whilst waiting for the plumber!
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