A lot going on

The blog has taken a back seat lately as it's getting busy on site - no bad thing! A quick summary of where we are is:

The American White Oak front door and the back door have arrived. They can't be installed just yet as there's too much muck around. But they look good.

First fix electrics have started, and the plumber is due to start anytime soon. The inside of the house is a mess with the changes to the internal layout almost complete, but it's resulted in brick dust and debris everywhere!

The lead valley gutter is inplace so the rest of the kitchen/diner roof can now be covered in shingles and clay tiles.

Meanwhile, the final smooth coat of render has started outside and we've even painted the fascias ready for the guttering to be installed.

There are now loads of questions from the various trades for us so we're juggling being on site with scouring the 'net for materials and visiting suppliers to check that we like what they're offering. So the next couple of days off work, using up my annual leave, will be spent trying to finally source the best cedar cladding along with lime based render paint.

Good to see so much happening!