25/07/19
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The roof of the main house is now pretty much done for the moment. PV panels in and looking good. Incorrect concrete ridgeline tiles were installed that will have to be swapped out for slate. Annoyingly the ridgeline isn’t perfectly flat, which will no doubt annoy us for the rest of our lives. PV panels to be hooked up very shortly, with the inverter located in the loft space. Hopefully we’ll get a small battery at some point and install alongside. In the loft space, the two lots of pitch insulation is almost complete which is great. Floor boarded. Loft hatch fitted etc. Out back, the extension roof is also nearly complete. There’s a load of insualtion to be added on top of the silver membrane prior to it being finished with a grey rubber roof. Eventually we’ll lay a sedum green roof on one half whilst the other half forms the roof terrace. The skylight arrived and is temporarily perched in the front garden ready to be dropped into place.
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There’s been a tonne of stuff happening inside but it doesn’t make for the most interesing shots. Lots more plumbing and electric has been completed. The UFH on the ground floor was installed albeit there’s an issue in the kitchen that needs to be ironed out. Living room has been chipboarded over ready for finish. Elsewhere the plasterboarding is shortly to begin. Doorways are being finished by the joiner ready for the frameless door system to be installed. Windows are touch wood being finally ordered after this weekend after a bit of back and forth. Cue 12 week wait. Can’t be avoided unfortunately. Must be patient. The black stuff in the shot below is hiding a load of wooden battening and building out that has been completed ready for the vertical timber cladding to be fitted. We’re still working out which wood to use but should nail that down soon enough.
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The roof of the main house is now pretty much done for the moment. PV panels in and looking good. Incorrect concrete ridgeline tiles were installed that will have to be swapped out for slate. Annoyingly the ridgeline isn’t perfectly flat, which will no doubt annoy us for the rest of our lives. PV panels to be hooked up very shortly, with the inverter located in the loft space. Hopefully we’ll get a small battery at some point and install alongside. In the loft space, the two lots of pitch insulation is almost complete which is great. Floor boarded. Loft hatch fitted etc. Out back, the extension roof is also nearly complete. There’s a load of insualtion to be added on top of the silver membrane prior to it being finished with a grey rubber roof. Eventually we’ll lay a sedum green roof on one half whilst the other half forms the roof terrace. The skylight arrived and is temporarily perched in the front garden ready to be dropped into place.
There’s been a tonne of stuff happening inside but it doesn’t make for the most interesing shots. Lots more plumbing and electric has been completed. The UFH on the ground floor was installed albeit there’s an issue in the kitchen that needs to be ironed out. Living room has been chipboarded over ready for finish. Elsewhere the plasterboarding is shortly to begin. Doorways are being finished by the joiner ready for the frameless door system to be installed. Windows are touch wood being finally ordered after this weekend after a bit of back and forth. Cue 12 week wait. Can’t be avoided unfortunately. Must be patient. The black stuff in the shot below is hiding a load of wooden battening and building out that has been completed ready for the vertical timber cladding to be fitted. We’re still working out which wood to use but should nail that down soon enough.
