Slabber and stonemason started - to Oct 24th

Last week the slabbing started with all the ceilings on the ground floor completed and now the walls have started. Upstairs all the stud walls got 1 sided slabs, so then i had the job of packing in the rockwool over the weekend. This week is completing the other side of stud walls and onto the attic. Rooms are now feeling like real rooms as you can't see from room to room anymore. Smaller in some ways but now i know the layouts etc.

Stonemason started yesterday 23rd Oct. Here is a photo of their work so far.
Garage front gable ->


Steel on order to be put in over all window and door openings to support the stone over that! Window sills on order (was going to precast and make them but that effort will take too long and outcome is unknown). so back to the shop made. hopefully they'll arrive by early next week and we'll rock on with getting stone up and windows in. Then finally the house will be sealed up!

Slabber has then to return to do the sunroom and around the windows/front door that are not in yet.

Heating and electricity are the next jobs and then onto tiling aswell.

up to Oct 15th

Finally 2 buckets of colour render arrived on on 10th October so plasterer could do the back wall of house, then up on the scaffolding again to paint the sills.

Inside the electricians got all 1st fix done by Friday evening.

Insulating guys came on Sat morning, did about a 1/4 of the attic with kingspan, and didn't come back til today Monday. pressure on them now as the slabbing team arrived to meet the delivery of plasterboards so they are going to start on ground floor today and once insulation in roof and between joists they'll start upstairs.

Stonemason due on later this week, so steel order in for over the windows/doors of sunroom and front door and garage.

busy week, no new pictures.

Sunroom roof on.

With the gable wall plastered by the sunroom, it finally got roofed.
While the scaffolding is up, we cleaned the windows upstairs on all sides of the house and painted the window sills black.
Taking great shape now.

Photo of latest view of front of house ->


Short some colour render so back of house has been delayed and hopefully by Oct 9th it will get finished off.
Some scaffolding to come down this weekend and the rest next weekend once we paint the sills at back of the house.

Stonemason fun.. cancelled original guy, (due to his lack of interest and actually not turning up) and have found another group to come within 2 weeks. Starting 16th Oct. so within 2 weeks they'll hopefully be completed. then cast window sills and get windows in. House then sealed up!

INSIDE ->
Electric points marked so that is ready to go. That was a fun evening. 2 and half hours walking round decided ( even though i had it all on plans already) where switches and sockets should go. Electrician had some good thoughts on different lighting options and some of my plans changed.
He's to be onsite and finished by 20th Oct.
Lining up some help to Kingspan the attic roof, before its slabbed & skimmed. This work is being lined up for week after 20th Oct.

Kitchen plan finalised with final drawing to come next week. Still no tiles picked for floor. or whether the skirting boards and architraves will be painted or wood. Plenty of things to plan out yet :o)

But hopefully by end of October, outside and inside are plastered and fully sealed.. Then its 2nd fixing fun for November. Get the heating system up and running and warm up the house.. I'll nearly be able to sleep in it then!