Week 18: Final steelwork now in situ

More progress to report this week as the final steelwork has been installed in the hall and on the first floor to form the window opening upstairs in the lounge. The builders have also left some boards on the floor joists meaning that, for the first time, we've been able to stand in the lounge and see the view framed by the window steels.

Steels form the lounge window opening

Our architect, builder, glazier and structural engineers have also been refining the design for the staircase.  The brief was 'minimalist' and after several iterations they've come up with something really special.

Joe surveys the build from the scaffold platform

We're probably running a few weeks behind schedule now, mainly due to bad weather.  Next week sees Bernhard & the brickie back on site to finish the block work and then the following week should see the beginning of the installation of the roof.