Batts in the belfry

The windowsills are all done now, so the brickwork is done. The plumber has been in to start work on the bathrooms and toilets (you can see the little vent pipe sticking out of the roof above the ensuite). Pre-lining inspection will be happening on Wednesday, then the Gib board (plasterboard) will go on.







Internal doors have all been hung, nice double doors for the Master bedroom/playroom

The insulation you get here is called "Pink Batts" which caused me much confusion when people started talking about having "batts in your roof". The green stuff is sound-proofing batts which we have put up between the living area and bedrooms, the pink stuff just goes in the exterior walls and in the ceiling (except where you run out of green stuff and stick pink stuff in instead!!)

more brick pics

OMG! BRICKS!

Now they just have to do the windowsills and the brickwork is FINISHED!! Windows and doors are all in, so the house is secure and lockable which is extremely exciting.

Next stages:
Insulation in
Lining up (GIB board, ceilings, internal doors etc)
Internal painting
Fixtures and fittings
Flooring
Multi-fuel burner
Drainage, septic and water tanks

aaaaand I think that will be it. Builders are being optimistic about being done by Sept/Oct, but I reckon with all the bits we have to organise, we'll be complete around end November. Definitely in by Christmas woo!

Some pictures from Tareka's phone on-site

The next member of the team

A blurry pair of arms

The face! The little white dot in BabyDumplings eye is the lens.

We all get to lay a brick

Windows in and bricks going on!