The hoarding is down!

Steel cladding is nearly finished!

The hoarding has been taken down at the front of the house and the   wrought iron railings are being put back up.  The railings will be fitted in to the original granite plinth.

Subway tiles

The downstairs bathroom has been tiled.  Ciaran chose a white subway tile with no bevel.  These proved difficult to locate.  The bevelled subway tile is easy enough to procure in Ireland but the non-bevelled subway tile is not commonly found.  At one point we thought we may have to ship them in from the States but luckily an Irish supplier was found eventually.

              The grouting is a dark grey to make the tiles stand out.

                                   
                                                    Upstairs bathroom

                       
                                  Downstairs bathroom

Paint!

Choosing colours with the assistance of the Dulux Paint Specialist.   The very dark sample above is the paint for the fireplace.

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Cladding

                                    Corten steel cladding

The Corten Steel (Weathering Steel) will rust and turn a lovely colour that will blend in with the environment.

                      Lights have been fitted in the Studio


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Sunday visit.....

Visited the house today with my sister.  We were both pleasantly surprised by what stage it is at.  The steel cladding looks really well on the external walls of the new extension to the back of the house.

I also walked up the glass stairs to the studio!

Eeek!  Scary!!!!

                      Heated towel radiator in the bathroom

Second Fix electrics

The second fix electrics have begun.  

This is the light switch in the Studio, I think it looks great against the MDF wall covering.

 Ciaran explaining to me about the control panel for the lighting.

Weathering corten Steel!

Ciaran was out on site twice today.  The corten steel (weathering steel) is going up on the building and the fixings needed to be detailed. Ciaran had hoped to do hidden fixings but due to the properties of the steel this could not be done at a reasonable cost so he had to come up with an alternative fixing detail.  All going well the steel cladding will take a couple of days to be fitted.

Door out from the kitchen to the teeny-weeny yard.

Studio with the doors open - Builder is preparing the external wall for the cor-ten steel fixings.