"March"ing on with our New Build Home

By the first week of March, all the wall structures for the first floor bedrooms and bathrooms were in place. The first picture also shows the Project Manager, Neil, doing his job! In the second photograph, the stairwell is shown with our temporary stairs (i.e. a ladder).

On the outside of the house, the roofers had added a waterproof membrane (?) over the insulation plus roof battons, ready for tiling. The tiles are stacked, ready, at the front of the house, as shown in one of the photographs below.

A couple of weeks later and here we are (below) with a fully tiled roof and velux windows in situ.

We wanted to go for genuine slate roof tiles but had to settle for a concrete substitute as there was an astronomical price difference. It's a shame but there's a limited budget, determined not only by our bank balance but also because we don't want the cost of the build to exceed the potential market value of the property (even though we are not planning to sell the house in the foreseeable future).

Things have started to slow down now as coronavirus has descended upon us. However, you'll notice good progress in the next post... 

Up the Ladder to the Roof!

During February, the ground floor had a secure ceiling (and the upper floor had a floor!) and the very tall crane came back to lift roofing materials to the second storey.

By mid-February, the roof trusses were in place:

A few days later the roof panels were (almost completely) in place:

It's getting quite exciting now. You can see provision for two dormers (bath/shower rooms) and a velux roof window. In case you're wondering... no, we are not having a silver house! These panels are the insulation to keep our home cosy in winter and cool in hot weather.

The fast construction continues...

Installing the Bath

The bath arrived at the end of 2007.

As you can see from the photograph, there is now a Velux window in the plastered ceiling and the bath is in place.

The taps will be mounted centrally on the far wall and the twiddly operating knob for the waste plug will be centrally on the near side of the bath. There will be a bath panel on the front.

The open wall to the left will house the hidden cistern and the loo itself will be hung on the wall. We have chosen one that doesn't stand on the floor (after much deliberation about how safe it is - we're not exactly skinny!) hoping it would make cleaning a little less unpleasant.

Well, that's as far as we've got in 2007 ... happy new year!

;-)