Wanted! 10 strong men!!!!

Yesterday was a big big day on site!


The biggest residential window ever produced by "First Glass" was installed by "Monarch Windows" in our house.  It weighed half a ton and needed nearly a dozen men to lift it.  

It was a big gamble!  The company has never produced a piece of this glass this size or this weight and they said it couldn't be done!  Ciaran insisted that it could be done and he was willing to take the risk......luckily it all worked out and we now have the most beautiful back wall to the house - a glass wall leaning away from the gorgeous stone wall.

It took huge efforts from all the men on site.  The electricians, carpenters, labourers and the glass company all worked together to achieve this amazing result which took over half a day!


It was nearly a "topping out" moment so all the workers celebrated with pizza's and coke sent down to site by Ciaran.  

New Year and we are back in Ireland!

We arrived back in to Dublin at 7am, after two fantastic flights with Delta Airlines, yesterday morning.  After a short sleep we headed over to view developments.  A lot had been done while we were holidaying in the States and Ciaran was pleased with progress.  We stayed on site for about an hour while Ciaran answered questions from the foreman and also explained parts of the build.  Today he was straight in to work to do further procurement and also to draw up further plans to assist the builders.

Ciaran answering questions that the builders had about certain details.

Back wall will be made of glass - it will sit close to the old stone wall!

The view from the second bedroom.

Ciaran explaining a detail to the builders.

Standing on the wrap-around element of the design, facing back to the house and the courtyard.


I was asked by a friend the other day who were the builders.  They are M&S Building Contractors - please contact me if your are doing a building project and you need to contact them!