June: Floor insulation laid and floor screeded

Joe spent last week insulating the floor (50mm Celotex). Today the plasterers arrived and screeded the floor. Once the materials finally arrived, all went smoothly. The hard part is keeping all pets and wildlife off it until it has cured (a few days).

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Coping stones, gutters and vent pipe completed! (Friday)

Today marked the end of the build! They spent the day putting the concrete coping stones on top of the parapets (to deflect water), then put on the gutters and extended the soil stack up to the roof line.

Roof completed (Thurs)

Today they insulated and felted the roof. The building inspector came to check the correct amount of insulation had been used (100mm) to create a "warm roof".

A few pics!

Week 3: Roofwork begins (Wed)

Today the roof went on! What speedy roofers they are! Here are some pics from the end of the day. Tomorrow I think they are going to felt the flat section, insulate the pitched part and finish off the lead flashings.

Roof preparation and cavity closers (Thurs)

Today the straps went on, cavity closers installed, and roof materials delivered for next week. Am sure they have done more than that as had a team of 4 men working all day. They also installed the fascia board.

Wed (more parapets I think)

Week 2: Brickwork finished (Tues)

I have lost track a bit of what was done on each day this past week. They finished off the brickwork at the start of the week, including fitting cavity trays. They had to grind out all of the old pointing and repointed it, then on Thursday they started preparing the roof (securing the timbers with straps). They fitted the cavity closers so our doors can go in. They have also cut a hole for the vent pipe through the roof.

On Saturday the groundworkers came in and dug the soakaway, and fitted a gulley for the kitchen sink waste.