Last weekend saw me again back at the house for a weekend of work. I had just returned from a trip to Jakarta, Indonesia with work before flying over to Aberdeen the next day so was some what jet lagged and also brought a stomache bug back with me which knocked the stuffing out of me for a day. Despite that some good progress was made.
The joiners had finished their work earlier in the week, including the construction of the bath frames in the family bathroom and master ensuite. You can really start to see how these rooms will look now.
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| Family bathroom |
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| Master Ensuite bath frame |
For the first time in 2012 when I have been on site there was no snow :). Rather there was glorious sunshine. We (mum & I ) took advantage of this to finish the varnishing of the larch work on the exterior of the house and garage.
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| At max reach wishing I had a long paint brush! |
We also discovered the house has become quite a bird nesting sanctuary with no fewer than 3 different nests visible. Two House Martin nests, one either end of the house at the apex of the big gables ends and a blackbird over the front entrance.
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| Blackbird nest |
On Sunday we got started with the installation of the ceiling insulation in the kitchen and utility room. This was rather slow, hot (long sleeve shirts, hats and masks required in 25 deg C temperatures) and dirty work (the rock wool spits off small shards when you handle it which in tern irritae the skin and get everywhere) which was made all the worse by not feeling well thanks to the stomache bug that had kept me on the loo for a good while over night. Before the day was out I had decided that I would pay someone to install the remainder of the insulation. I now have our trusted joiner lined up to do this work for us - while I hate having to pay someone to do a job I can, this is one time I feel that this is money well spent.
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| Utility room ceiling insulation installed |
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| Kitchen ceiling insulation with hole in joists for MVHR ducting |
The final half day was spent installing some soil pipe work connecting the first floor facilities with the drains laid below the ground floor concrete slab. While I had though this out many time before there was still an aspect of working it out as we went due to the confines of where the vertical drops are located and the need to avoid going through joists where possible.
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| Soil drop that will be in pantry |
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| Soil pipe from guest ensuite in lounge ceiling |
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| Soil pipe from guest ensuite toilet |
Thoughts now turn to 1st fix jobs, electrical, distributed audio/video, and plumbing which we will get kicked off during the last week of June - I must be a glutten for punishment as I be straight off the plane from the US this time. I am back for a week by myself while Heidi and the boys stay with her parents in the US for a couple extra weeks.
