Look how it is progressing!!!

Bedroom 2:

Plasterboard sheeting has been put up after the first fix

                                                                Bedroom 1:
      External walls insulated prior to plasterboard being put up.  
              The walls will then be taped and skimmed.

           Some of the remains of the original paint colours!!!

                 Wall built up between Bedroom 2 and the landing

             
           You can walk out this door from the bathroom on to 
              the roof of the kitchen (new extension)!

Today I was told more about the stairs up to the Studio.  They will be made of glass and will be cantilevered off the wall.  They sound amazing!!!!  The stairs will be going in at the very end of the build - I can't wait!

I've been told that we are on the turn......

It is expected that first fix will start in the next week or two.  Seemingly I'll begin to see a lot of changes and progress then!

But until then the place looks like this:

Sash windows!

The up and down sash windows are in, balanced and are fully working. Tomorrow they will be sealed and insulated on the inside. The shutter boxes will then be returned to where they were originally fitted.

Below is the window in the back bedroom.

                                                       Front of the house

This is the second bedroom window pictured again 

from the inside of the house.

The sash windows are only going into the older part of the house.  The new part of the house (the extension) will have powder coated treble-glazed aluminium windows in a dark grey colour.

It's progressing!

            The flat roof on the new extension has been insulated.

   Here you can see the waterproof membrane and the hidden gutter.

Ciaran pointing out a bow in the original wall.  The wall will have to be taken down and rebuilt.  This was not expected but sometimes issues are revealed as the layers are peeled back.

Sash Windows!

The Sash windows have been brought down on to site.  

They will be fitted tomorrow.  The box window frames will have to be rebuilt and then the windows will be installed.  A specialist company will be fitting the windows and making them workable up and down sash windows using ropes and weights as balances.

Let there be light!

Today, Ciaran met with Lighting Consultant Patrick Kerr of Shadowlight to discuss the light switch arrangement.  He also impulsively(!) bought 2 small Lenticchia lights by Peter Zumthor.

They will be positioned above lockers in the master bedroom as floating reading lamps.

See pic:

Shadowlight's Facebook is here:  Shadowlight

Front Exterior

Scaffolding in place so that the pointing can be fixed up on the  front of the house.