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Dormers Finished!

Great day today , 6 dormers in my roof and I am very happy.

Been doing samples of mortar for repointing of the house and stripping render and plaster of the inside and out , joy of joy.

However the render on the gable at the north end of the house has come off OK and it looks as if it will point up , which will look so much better.

Stripped the chimney breast in the sitting room today , roll on having a fire and a glass of whisky in front of it with Lou and the kids.

Mowed the front field yesterday as Chris from Pure Renewables is doing a site inspection tomorrow ready for the Ground Source heat pump coil.

I really am loving this building lark , just miss the family , Looking out the windows of what will be the kids bedrooms , it will be so worth it.

Off she goes!

TALLULAHS OFF !!!

Concrete Floors !!

Its official I now feel 63 , 10.75 cube metres of concrete would do it to the best of us.

However its done and can not wait to see how it looks on Monday.We used a guy called Stuart Knaggs who has a lorry which mixes the concrete at the site so you only pay for what you use , he made the job a dream and waited with us while we barrowed it in.

The boys from Harrisons the builders were great too and the job was done in 3 hours , as with all these things there were a few comedy moments most at the expense of the bosses son Brian , who had definitely not passed his test for driving a wheelbarrow missing the ramp to the house , hitting walls and dropping barrows , he took it all in good spirit.

4 dormers out the roof and can not wait to get back at it.

Have a great weekend , i will , kids get better and better.Tallulah took her first crawl this week.

Over and out!

Working Is so Overrated

Another day on the back of a Shovel , I am feeling everyone of my 43 years .

3 dormers and counting , big day tomorrow laying concrete , still very happy.

Also new tiles for the roof landed today.

Moving On

Its been a great couple of weeks , the dormers are finally appearing from the roof and the chimney stacks are down ready to be rebuilt.

Inside we are just about to finish putting the hardcore down and the concrete is booked for Friday afternoon , way hay.

I also made the decision last week with regard to the ground source heatpump.The company we are using are called Pure renewables , Chris Whitelock who owns the company has been great in explaining the ins and outs of the process and worked within our budget , you can contact him at this address chris.whitelock@purerenewables.co.uk .