Work on the upstairs bathroom continues.
Wash basin installed
Wash basin installed – view towards the window
skirting board around shower base painted and glossed
skirting board around shower base painted and glossed pic 2
radiator in upstairs bedroom beneath front window
radiator in bedroom beneath dormer window
radiator in study beneath the velux window
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
Wooden beam framework in old porch area to create a new floor which will be level with the old hall dining room.
wallpaper still to be stripped off on this side of new sun lounge
View towards the old porch, this room will be the new sun lounge, old red paint from years gone by
Old hallway now being stripped of old wallpaper and walls being levelled for plaster skimming. Lighter shade of plaster shows where a door has been at some time in the past
New framework to raise up floor in the old porch
plastering in the new study – wires visible from Joe’s electrical work for plug socket and Pipes for radiators that Marcus is fitting
plastering in the new study pic 2
plastering in the new study around the velux window
plastering in the new study around the newly created cupboard
Extremely wet day today, but due to canopy over the house, the roofer was still able to work.
Royston Collier has been the roofer for phase 2
Royston the roofer back-of-van
royston-tiling-the-sloping-sides-of-the-gables
Tiling of all the ridges around the flat roof
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ridge-tiling-pic2
ridge-tiles-on-scaffolding
Ensuite bathroom has been plastered
Top of stair wall plastered. Wires are for the top of the stairs light switches (Joe O’Hara – Ballan Electrical)
Plastering in the study so far. Velux window visible
Formation of the over the stairs cupboard, now all boxed in and plaster-boarded, accessed from the study
very-high-ceiling-over-where-the-staircase-will-be. Top ceiling is now all plastered. Small hole is for light.
Old Porch Roof has had noggins inserted for extra strength
old-porch-roof-with-noggins-inserted
Away for a few days in Edinburgh at a wedding so loads of progress on the build whilst we were in Scotland
dormer-from-side-and-felt-and-battening-on-roof
Roofers have been in and working on both sides of the house
felt-battening-and-dormer
new-dormer-structure
roof-tiled-on-the-right-side-of-house-and-around-the-velux
scratch-coat-at-top-of-new-front-wall-viewed-from-the-right-side
scratch-coat-at-top-of-new-front-wall
scratch-coat-on-gable-end
view-of-scratch-coat-from-the-left-and-the-felt-and-battening
pipes-for-radiator-in-bedroom-under-dormer-window installed by Marcus Kelly our plumber
pipes-laid-by-plumber-around-new-eaves
area-marked-for-new-walk-in-shower
partition-wall-in-front-of-new-eaves-in-bathroom
insulation-in-new-bathroom-around-window
partition-wall-between-study-and-staircase-area
study-and-plaster ensuiteboarding
view-of-large-window-in-new-bedroom-from-ensuite
view-of-dormer-from-inside
bedroom-marked-out-to-establish-positions-of-light-switches-and-plug-sockets, wiring all in for lights, all installed by Joe O’Hara, Ballen Electrical
electrician-ballen-electrical-has-marked-up-reference-point-for-switches-to-be-transferred-when-plaster-board-is-put-into-place
Structure of the new dormer, progress so far
Dormer on the left side of house
dormer-construction-from-the-inside
flat-roof-construction-beginning-between-the-2-gables-and-across-the-new-bedroom
beginning-of-the-flat-roof
shape-of-the-front-of-the-house-now-appearing-2-gables-and-flat-roof-between
left-gable-end
gable-end-on-left-side-of-house-now-with-block-work
view-of-gabled-section-from-steel-beam from inside
view-of-left-gable-filled-with-blockwork-above-bedroom-window-gap
view-from-velux-on-right-side-of-house-across-newly-laid-tiled-section
view-below-velux
the-initial-construction-of-the-dormer-in-the-left-side-of-the-new-bedroom-upstairs
dormer-side-shown-from-the-front-of-the-house
the-sloping-roof-on-left-side-of-the-dormer
new-upstairs-area-on-the-left-will-be-the-study-with-velux-window-on-the-right-a-new-ensuite-bathroom
new-velux-which-will-be-the-new-window-for-the-study
left-gable
gable-end-structure-on-the-left-side-of-house-under-construction
flat-roof-area-between-steel beams-now-also-under-construction
new-felt-and-batten-adjoining-the-new-roof-to-the-dormer-down-left-side-of-house-over-the-old-kitchen
right-side-of-house-tiling-progress-is-fast
right-side-of-house-roof-felted-battened-and-tiles-going-on
new-garage-light-with-sensor fitted by Ballan Electrical
garage-light-with-sensor
Kymin walk – View down hillside – canopy of Springdale visible as big white roof
zoomed-in-photo-of-canopy-from-hillside-above-the-house
left-side-of-roof-beside-lower-level-scaffolding
on-scaffolding
velux-window-frame-work-created
new-wall-partition-created-between-new-eaves-and-bathroom-and-study-room-which-will-have-a-sloping-roof
framework-for-wall-of-bathroom
view-from-left-side-of-house-across-new-upstairs-area-part-of-left-side-of-roof-now-removed-pic-2
view-from-left-side-of-house-across-new-upstairs-area-
left-side-of-upstairs-area-pic-2
left-side-of-upstairs-area
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