Week 42: 'getting there'...slowly but surely

Scaffolding down now

Finishing touches to joinery finishes

Light fittings installed

Week 40: 3 weeks to go

The finishing details around the windows

Joe checks out the drainpipes

Flooring installed in the lounge

Kitchen delivered for installation

Week 38: 5 weeks to go...

First fit complete in family bathroom

More detailing on the staircase

A 'mess' of underfloor heating pipes

The bath arrives

Week 36: Only 7 weeks to go....

Nice to see the sunlight in the hall

The staircase is almost fully formed now

The 'Stolit K' render has now been applied

The underfloor heating system is being installed currently

Boiler installed in the Utility Room

Week 35: Rendering, Painting & Staircase "8 weeks to go!"

The basecoat for the Sto render is applied

"Twin exhausts" fitted to the gutters!

The beginnings of the staircase....

...and the beginning of the end of the ladder!

a very neat job!

Painting and decorating is underway now too.

Week 34: Plastering underway

The plasterers start to put 'the icing on the cake' in Joe's room

Hallway gets a skimming too!

'Fuel for builders'

Week 33: Services Install Commenced

Trench dug for services

Prep work for kitchen nears completion

The supervisors check progress on site

Week 32: Build out for kitchen

Close you eyes and you can almost see it?

Week 31: Screeding

According to the latest schedule we've got about 12 weeks to go.  

Still looks like a lot of work to complete to me?

Downstairs floors screeded - the underfloor heating is now hidden away

A view of the hall and stairs - looks like a building site

Week 30: Underfloor Heating & Cladding

We've now completed first fix electrics and installed the underfloor heating (downstairs). 

Heating pipes installed in Joe's Bedroom

Downstairs heating manifold

 We've also started the external wood cladding on the lower half of the building.  We've chosen Siberian Larch which should fade to a shade of gray as it ages and weathers over the next 12-18 months.

Overlapping larch cladding with the capping piece installed now

Week 29: Up on the roof

Another big milestone today - the roof is completed!

Week 28: More Glass and Slates

Work continues on the roof tiling and with the installation of glass & doors.

The hallway & front doors

Joe in the void where the staircase will be installed.

Week 27: Glass & Slates

Our windows arrived from Internorm - all the way from Austria - this week and the fitters from Calum Walker Energy Source didn't waste any time in starting to install them into the house.  

The team from Calum Walker Energy Source fitting the lounge windows

Susan & Joe check the windows for size

 

The roofers have also started putting the slates on the roof this week.  We chose a traditional heavy Spanish slate from Cupa as we thought it would blend well with neighbouring properties.

The tilers start to get the roof weather tight

Week 26: Cabling & plumbing...

Not much of a day on site today when I popped around to check on progress.  

The rain was torrential.  

Just as well that the windows and doors will be getting installed this week.

The plumbers and electricians have been busy over the last few days installing pipes and cables all around the house.

We also visited The Homebuilding & Renovation Show at The SECC over the weekend and spent an hour or two finalising the specs for bathroom fixtures & fittings. 

Sockets and cables installed in Joe's bedroom

Ethernet cabling installed for the home network

Guess where the loo is going to go?

The hall & staircase beginning to take shape

Week 25: Internal fit out and first fix electrics

Internal walls & ceilings installed

Susan & Joe check progress on site

Loft insulation materials on site

first fix electrics are installed