Extension - Week 5 (Nearly there)

Earlier this week the joiners completed their work inside plasterboarding the partition between the family room and utility room, and building a cupboard & fitting the window in the utility room.

Towards the end of the week the taper and plasterer arrived.

On Friday the Plumber started fitting the lead to the flat part of the roof.

Poor Casper and Jasmin, with all the commotion they have had to stop feuding and keep each other company to get through this period of change.


Not long to go now.

Extension - Week 4

Day 12 - Plumbing run and floor insulated.

Day 13 - Floor layed and wiring run in.

Day 14/15 - Ceiling and exterior walls insulated and plasterboarded


Day 16 - Plasterboarding outer walls complete and partition constructed.

Pitched roof tiling complete outside

Kemnay Firework Display

You really had to be there to appreciate it, not bad for a local village, a bit like the Rosehearty firework display but without the massive bonfire.

Extension - Week 3

Day 7 - Scaffolding erected

Day 8 - Roof trusses complete and pitch boarded out

Day 9 - Flat roof boarded out and eaves fitted

Day 10 - Roof felted and batons fitted for tiles

Day 11 - Dining room window relocated into extension and door fitted

I have also been busy inside. The new breakfast bar area is finished

Halloween

Extension - Week 2

The builders were only here 2 days this week, so the progress is not as far as was expected. One of the partners of the firm doing the scaffolding and roof tiles suddenly died, and being a small family run business there was no-one working for most of the week.

Day 5 - Concrete foundations to DPC level

Day 6 - Kit erected

I have been busy destructing inside and running TV cables etc. The knock-out panel between the living room and dining room is gone and all downstairs carpets and skirtings up. Just a shell of a house at the moment, but the kids are loving running around in the space. The cats are looking a bit sorry for themselves though.

The scaffolders arrive on Monday so it should be a productive week ahead and a different picture completely for the next blog entry.

Extension - Week 1

The builders arrived on Wednesday to make a start to our extension.

Day 1 - A big hole

Day 2 - Complete digging and lay concrete foundation.



Day 3 - Sub floor bricked up to DPC level for the kit to go onto.

Day 4 - Window sill and wall cut-out, and starting to backfill foundations.


Some of my handywork in preparation for when they break through into the house in a few weeks. This is a view from the kitchen into the dining room. The wall is coming down for open kitchen/dining and you can see where I have cut away the plasterboard for the french doors into the living room.