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Day 185 – Monday 27th March 2017 – phase 2

Springdale nearly finished still with scaffolding. View from the back of the house.

Bedroom door now with architrave, also bathroom door both side complete

Cupboard handles on cupboard in study now finished

Looking down the new staircase – new handrail up and fitted on the right – pic 2

Looking down the new staircase – new handrail up and fitted on the right

Stair rail now with spindles all stained and treated, the rest to complete after work is complete upstairs

New staircase with the stained and treated spindles now fitted

left gable and new gutterings and downpipes

Old guttering now removed as an extra to the original work – old guttering was full of holes and broken in places

Old guttering removed

Vents complete under dormer roof

Dormer with vents below guttering just visible

Fuse boxes now all labelled up by Joe, Ballan Electrical

Old alarm wires removed, fuse switch removed and general tidy up of all wiring in utility room

Sockets relocated in the utility room, fuse switch removed from above by Joe, Ballan Electrical

Smoke alarm changed so will not be set off by cooking, just smoke

Old light which had been removed on a previous occasion by Joe now replaced with smaller light to match the rest of the sun room, also on the same circuit

new smaller light in archway connected to the lights in the sunroom

Skirting boards around bedroom now complete

Skirting boards around bedroom now complete pic 2

Day 184 – Friday 24th March 2017 – phase 2

Into the final stages now as the outside is nearly finished with just vents and guttering to be completed. Inside the staircase will be finished next week and some new doors, which are extras to the build, will be fitted. Today 3 bat boxes were fixed into position as required by our bat licence.

Bat box 2, a small slit at the bottom allows a bat to enter

Bat box 1 – shadowed by scaffolding

Bat box 3 painted white to blend in with the house

Looking down into sun room from scaffolding

New guttering and down pipes from flat roof

New guttering and down pipes pic 2

New guttering up around the dormer window

Bathroom door now with handles fitted

Inside the new wardrobes – hanging rails and small shelf – perfect! thanks Steve and Luke

Wardrobe under the sloping roof adapted to fit

Wardrobe with longer hanging space for longer clothes

Wardrobe with panelling showing on sides and fronts - looks so smart

Wardrobe with panelling showing on sides and front – looks so smart

Wardrobe, one door open

Cupboard in the study over the stairs – now with fitted doors

Day 57 – Tuesday 27th September 2016

Fibre glass roofing over flat/sloping roof was completed today. Fibre glass roofing was chosen as it is strong and durable and can last for 20 years. It was the ideal solution to cover this kind of roof where all the tiled roofs meet. An expert came out to do the job and it had to be a dry day. There are several layers, the first of which is a fibre glass coated board, then a resin goes on, followed by the fibre glass matting, then more resin and finally a top coat. Photos are shown below.

Also today a mistake was noticed by the double glazing man in the hip above the patio doors when he was measuring, so this needs to be corrected.