Great news; the plastering is now virtually complete (apart from some touching up when all the doors and windows are finished). Conrad has started on the guttering and downpipes, in the process he has been able to re-use one of the cast iron downpipes that’s probably over 100 years old. He has also installed the …
Unfortunately our plasterers were not available for the start of the week, although they were able to get back to us on Friday and will now continue until the work has been completed – hopefully by the middle of next week. Meanwhile Conrad and Jamie have been working on the false ceiling above the …
The week started with completion of the plasterboarding (is that a word?), including the new lobby area and accessible WC. And then on to the plastering…. this will take a few days but we are hopeful that it will be finished before the end of next week. Meanwhile, Conrad will be moving on with the …
The week started with the completion of the battening that was required to support the plasterboard. And here’s a fun fact; take a guess at the approximate length of wooden components (rafters, joists, purlins, battens etc.) that has gone into this project so far (answer below*). But once that was done, the next job was …
It’s been all go this week, mostly inside, but at least the accessible toilet now has some plumbing and a soil stack! In fact, the first fix plumbing has been completed and pressure tested, and the electricity cabling is in and ready. But most effort has been concentrated on the roof. Now that the first …
Week 13: there’s an awful lot of wood in that roof! Read More »
Now that the building is nearly water-tight, work has begun inside. First to go in was insulation to the roof. Ultimately there will be two layers totalling 175 mm thickness and the pictures below show how much of the stuff there is! At the same time the “First Fix” internal works have started, with the …
Following installation of the ridge tiles, the main roof construction is now complete, leaving only the join between the new and the old rooflines, and the guttering and downpipes to be added. We made a deliberate decision to retain the open internal roof structure and photos show the imposing wooden beams. Insulation and plasterboard is …
With the basic roof timbers now in place, four more courses of brickwork have been added to the walls to bring them up to the underside of the woodwork, and the gable at the Church Street end of the building has been constructed in blockwork. These blocks will be rendered and a half-timbered gable end …
Another week of good weather, and by the end of Monday the major roof trusses were in place. But that evening, a neighbour – to whom we are very grateful – interrupted the theft of some lengths of timber from the site. Even though the culprits fled, on Tuesday morning Conrad realised that several of …
Week 9: a bit of a rollercoaster, but with a happy ending Read More »
What with Bank Holiday Monday and further delays sorting out the roof, it’s been a disappointing week. However the roof timbers finally arrived on Friday and Conrad and his colleagues have been able to get started again. We were also fortunate that the weather got a bit better towards the end of the week. With …
Week 8: a slow start, but things have just started again! Read More »