Temperatures below zero today, -5C. No work on the wall, steps or slabs. Tap outside frozen. New little bedroom painted with first coat of paint over newly plastered walls.
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Amazing pictures of our plasterers on stilts!!!
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Quite funny really, had a Viv, a Matt, and a Tom working here today! All names of family members!
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Plasterer’s van
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Then and Now
28th September this is what the wall looked like!
Today 15th November wall looks like this New Kitchen wall finished with dot and dab plaster board technique, ready for plasterer
Window to left of wheel barrow is now the doorway in the next picture. This photo taken on 26th July 2016.
New doorway into main house, with frame and plasterboard surround ready for plasterer. This was the small window in the photo above.
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What it used to look like below
Before being bricked up – 29th August 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.
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skylight-over-new-bathroom-to-be-in-place natural-light-coming-through-is-considerable
bricks-in-place-over-back-door-outside-doors-and-windows-have-been-measured
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Work to utility room, new bathroom, and brickwork
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two-new-lintels-over-new-doorway Between old bedroom and utility room
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Day 51 – Monday 19th September 2016
Work in and around Utility Room continues
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everything-covered-to-protect-from-very-fine-red-brick-dust-after-cutting-grooves-for-new-doorway-in-utility-room-2
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More Work on Utility Room
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New beams joining old building to new extension, supports for roof
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The start of the disruption in our living space.
New supporting beams being inserted joining old house to new extension.
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