None of this could have been achieved without our lovely builders:

Mark, Mike, Sid, Al and Fred

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Our own plans to have a day out buying paint and other essentials were scuppered this morning when Paul had to ring for an emergency dental appointment for treatment for an abcess.

Meanwhile, another bits and pieces day and more painting for our busy boys.

Fred, chief painter, and his temporary helper Mark, painted the walls and ceiling in the loft with two coats of top coat. It turned out paler than we thought but we're very happy with it, and it makes for a very light, bright room. Also, more painting was done on the landing:














Mike fitted the shower tray in the en-suite and sorted out the waste pipework, plus some plastering in the bathroom. Al was busy finishing off some plasterboarding that couldn't be completed until the shower tray was fixed and the temporary shower in the main bathroom was rigged up again. Tanking in the shower area was also completed:














Sid was busy with Mark cutting and fitted architraves and skirtings, also making the window sills for the loft windows:














Mark has made himself comfortable in the loft, it looks like a real home from home!











This picture shows the new dormer in all it's glory. There is still work to do on the kitchen extension roof as the slates are at too shallow an angle so this needs to be remedied, plus the conservatory polycarbonate roof is to be removed and replaced with a slate roof to match:

2 comments:

Lisalou said...

Wow its looking fab! I can't believe how fast its all coming together!

Do you have a finish date? We hope to move in at the end of March but I think thst still might be a little hopeful!

x

Susan (aka TomsMom) said...

We're hoping we'll be moved by the end of March too. Builders will probably be here another two or three weeks.