SNOWY SUNDAY - Mark has been taking some plasterboard down and de-nailing - taking the strawboard insulation to the recycling centre - although they don't seem to know what it is, so it won't be recycled!!!!

skylight

space for old hall skylight

another skylight

space for skylight in new hall

snowy view across garden from winter quarters......

SATURDAY - sorry to keep you waiting - more photos tomorrow.

Skylight cut into old hallway yesterday.  The snow and rain came in.......

Mark cut all the scrap metal down and cut up pipes, removed the copper tanks, and most of the wiring, and was off to the scrap metal merchant today.

Pictures up tomorrow - promise.

THURSDAY - its beginning to look like a house again

skylight

the flitch beam at the front

the corners

the old kitchen door

beams end roof

south front

south front corner

so this is what its going to look like - imagine white panels and sparkly windows

M - vent classic?

the super flitch beam

the school side

its starting to look like a building

old insulation

WEEK 6 - having been away over weekend have come back to something that is beginning to look like a house!!!

THE KITCHEN see my shadow standing in the doorway!

looking into kitchen

new bedroom 

window of new bedroom

bedroom window

the 'en suite bathroom'

hall skylight

looking into new hall from the bedroom

looking out from bedroom onto garden

ROOFSCAPE

more roof

where the water tank used to be

roof supports

roof bracket

the other bracket

WEDNESDAY 15th February

No pictures today - or for the next few days - builders off today, working on Saturday instead.  I am away until early next week, when I hope there will be some interesting developments to show you.  Keep looking.

TUESDAY - very cold - still looks like a forest of sticks, but look

men on roof, with chain saw

bits that have been cut off the roof

rebuilding the brickwork

still more bits of roof, plus windows

roof cut back 

window out

and more windows out 

waiting for the big beams

MONDAY - WEEK 5 - sunny day, but very cold

bedroom going up

roof beams for bedroom

where the en-suite bathroom will be

SUNDAY - Team Foley/Le May get stuck into stripping out plasterboard

striker Foley

demo dad

skip girl 1

skip girl 2

demolition dadagain

Chris has nearly got all the plaster off

a wee fire to keep us warm and cheery on a cold Sunday