The remainder of the windows and doors arrived on site on Monday morning from Norway which have now been installed.
With the first floor now screeded the flooring has now been laid and glued and fixed to the battens which the underfloor heating pipes run between.
With the underfloor heating pipes installed at the beginning of last week the ground and first floors have now been screeded.
Very happy with how the roof looks now that the slating is complete and is definitely an outstanding feature of the house.
After several weeks of deliberation I finally decided to change the roof construction to slate which began being laid a few weeks ago.
My Dad and Brother travelled up from Hertfordshire for a few days this week. It was great to see them and show them the amazing progress that has been made.
Superb view from up here!!
I ordered the sarking to arrive on the afternoon that the roof trusses were being lifted into position so it was there ready for the joiners to make a start on, first thing the next morning.
There has been a lot of activity happening onsite over the last week so this has been my first real opportunity to update the blog since last week. It was brilliant to see the final trusses going up and finally get an idea what the house will look like from my original designs.
There’s always a right and a wrong way of doing things. Hiring a crane for the day was definitely the right way (and quickest way) of lifting the trusses into place.
The crane arrived on site first thing this morning and started lifting the roof trusses and Kerto beams into position.
Horrendous weather on site today but we managed to get most of the first floor panels in place. The scaffolding was also lifted in preparation for the roof trusses to go on next week. With high winds forecast for the next few days I have put the crane off until Tuesday.
The first floor panel arrived this morning which will go on later this week. I have booked a crane for Monday which will allow us to get all the roof trusses lifted into position and fixed in one day.
A steel column has been sent to site 120mm short. To prevent this causing several days delay in progress while another is fabricated, I decided to form a reinforced concrete pad for the steel column to sit on.
