Oak

26/11/13 will forever be know to us as Oak Day. On Tuesday the Oak trusses were delivered and with it came crowds of people watching from the front of the house and at the back.

The trusses ordered after we were dramatically let down by a previous supplier. This put our programme behind by 6 weeks and caused an awful lot of distress and delay to our project. Somehow as a team we all worked around the problems but at a cost!

OakMasters of Hayward's Heath in Sussex were able to come to the rescue but we still had to wait 6 weeks for the trusses to arrive. On Tuesday they most certainly did.

A crane was hired and in they went. It took nearly all day as the hips by the bay had to be cut in site.

We added a special touch for austerity for our boys, their initials to the centre trusses.

Time flies

Since last post so much has happened which is why I've not had time to write about it!

We have an almost functioning bathroom, Oak in situ, a window in place, a front door, screed in the front bedroom, a working garage door, a new hallway and a very bright sun pipe....more details to follow!

Heating on!

On the 5th of August 2013 our gas supply was moved to a new location due to the demolition works required for the build. As such we have been without heating since that time, and for a week after the 5th we were without hot water but that is a distant memory....

On the 4th of November our heating was switched on again! Just in time for fireworks night! 

It's amazing how quickly the house warmed up again and soon those biting cold nights of October and November will be a distant memory....

A final job which will hopefully be this weekend will be the cylinder move ! Pic to follow!