So the weather in the first week of July has been dreadful!!
rain nearly everyday this week would have caused some delays each day, and the deluge that we had on Friday causing flood alerts all around the area, would have washed away meters of hard work on the pointing.
Thank heavens for the tent which still continues to save us time from weather, next week it starts to come down and we will be fully glazed and secure!
This week was all about the kitchen. The fitters came in and started to fit the kitchen, most of it is done now, and we are awaiting the stone to be cut for the work tops. I put a CAD drawing on of our kitchen back at the beginning of the blog and it looks uncanny!
A couple more rooms have been plastered and we should be through the most of the plastering by the end of this week.
I spent the weekend cutting out the electrical boxes in the plaster work. a really easy but time consuming job, a great way of getting involved and saving a few pounds in electricians labour costs. I also painted the kitchen/family room which is the largest room in the house, it took all day Sunday but it has made the whole project feel closer now!
All that needs to be done to complete that room is flooring, glazing, second fix joinery (Architraves and Skirts) and some interior doors hung, which makes it feel like we are getting somewhere!
So a busy weekend, This week is about plastering, glazing and getting secure so that the tent can come down and we can finally see our house the week after!
Neil
Days tented - 127
Number of Days saved to weather - 78
No of days done ahead of untented schedule - 62
Great! I've also been trying to build a room in my spacious house now. Thanks for sharing!
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