Bricks and Plasterboard

 Well the sun is shining, and we are finally making progress on the outside.   Here is a view of the house from across the lake - still very 'timber frame' green, but hopefully not for longer!

The 'shoulder' has been built and down the side the bricks are pretty much as far as they can go without the Quoins, which arrived this afternoon.

Here are the Quoins and sandstone for the windows, we have gone for a local reconstructed dark sandstone, which hopefully will match really well with teh bricks.

Inside the plaster board and kingspan is going up - and the rooms which seemed large as timber frame, smaller with the insulation, and then bigger again with the plaster are finally taking shape.  The Electricians are off this week, so not all the plasterwork can be done, whilst we wait for the cables to be put in, hopefully completed by the end of April.

Finally the large center window in the hallway is taking shape, although with all the scaffolding and polythene protecting the frame, its very difficult to see the view and light coming through.

Bricks - at last the bricks start to arrive. An initial delivery and hopefully the brickwork starts this week!

After what seems a week or two of no movement, everything is starting to move forward again.  The plasterboard and kingspan insulation panels are being delivered, now the first fix plumbing is complete, we are just waiting for the electrician, which I hope will be in the next day or so.  The bricks get delivered next - the initial 10,000 spread around the house, and bricking starts next week - 10 weeks roughly to finish.  We are getting a nick name as the 'Green House' locally, so it will be nice to see some bricks covering it up!

The guys have been spending their time doing what must be one of the worst jobs in the house, installing the insulation, which just gets everywhere.  Now the rooms are taking shape and everything is eerily quiet, as the fibregalss absorbs all the sound.  This is the loft space getting the treatment.

One of the back bedrooms, you can see the Kingspan insulation panels on the eaves

And finally Stuart and Steve have finished the roof, and it looks great - all tiles and capping is in place, and we just need a little rain to wash off the dust and dirt.  From the road the slate gives the roof a nice depth, and you can see the thickness and texture of the slates, so very happy with our choice!