Week 42, Day 1

Week 42, Day 1:

  • The team from Full Metal Roofing were back on-site and completed about half of the zinc roof covering on the curved section of the north roof
  • More plastering, including the Hall ceiling and the Balcony ceiling
  • Trimming back the cedar cladding around the first- and second-floor windows ready for boards on the reveals and the window sills
  • Marking out the kitchen ceiling ready for the in-ceiling loudspeakers
  • (Actually on Saturday): Transporting the bespoke (extra-tall) interior doors from the builders’ workshop to site
Week 42, Day 1

Week 42, Day 1

Working on the zinc over the curved section of the north roof

Working on the zinc over the curved section of the north roof

Plastered ceiling above the first-floor balcony

Plastered ceiling above the first-floor balcony

Mira shower in second bedroom en-suite

Mira shower fittings in second bedroom en-suite

Bespoke interior doors temporarily stored in Living Room

Bespoke interior doors temporarily stored in Living Room

Week 41, Day 4

Week 41, Day 4:

  • More second-fix electrical, including the installation of some of the LED down-lighters
  • More work on the kitchen, including installing the fridge, the main sink, sorting out the placement of the taps and the pop-up sockets and having Midland Stone Centre measure up for the worktops which should be ready in a week
  • More finishing up on the balcony, cladding the walls in cedar
    • Now that I come to check the photo some of the boards have been stored wet, have discoloured and will need to be replaced
  • More plastering in the Living Room
Week 41, Day 4

Week 41, Day 4

One of the LED down-lighters

One of the LED down-lighters (SPOT from BPM Lighting)

Main sink in the kitchen

Main sink in the kitchen, made by BLANCO

 

Cedar cladding around the balcony

Cedar cladding around the balcony