Wednesday 5 October 2016

Extension Progress - Up To First Floor Joist

Things have been busy here. Dill got the brick and block work up to joist level by the middle of last week and I've been trying to get the floor joists in whenever I've got a spare few minutes. 
"Helpers"
Luckily mum came over on Thursday to help with the children so I go a few hours in then as well as a full day on Sunday (I had to work on Saturday unfortunately). I've also stole a couple of hours whilst my girls have been at playschool and school whilst my baby boy took a two hour nap, I have to seize every moment I can at the moment and hit the ground running! 





I've still got some more to do on the floor, noggins to go in and hangers to be fixed, then I can fit a temporary floor (bought for £45 so it doesn't matter if the rain gets on it) so we can build the next level up. The scaffolders (an old building friend) came on Monday and installed the first lift of scaffold so once I've finished the floor I can start loading out all the bricks and blocks which helps save a lot of money by doing the labouring myself.

I've also installed a temporary hatch in the floor (in the picture above), the idea behind this is that I should be able to work in the upstairs of the extension before I knock through. That means that when the old bathroom is destroyed to make way for the the corridor we should have another bathroom ready and waiting! that's the plan anyway, we'll see how it goes!

Hopefully more brickwork continuing next week and I should have the floor all finished by then! 

11 comments:

  1. I hope the weather holds for you and your builders, thats a good idea with the hatch and getting it all done before you knock through

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  2. Your energy and organization never ceases to amaze.

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  3. this is a very impressive project!

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  4. Excellent work, and I hope the weather holds good for you.

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  5. Kev, you are a marvel with all the stuff you get done with the littles around! Looks fab!

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  6. The progress is brilliant, great forward thinking.

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  7. Look at you go! And yeah for the grannie who came and helped with the wee ones. Can't wait to see the final results.

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  8. I hope the weather cooperates so you can complete the extension. It will be so nice to have the extra room.

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  9. Lookin' good. Building is such good fun, I bet the kids are loving it.

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  10. What a project! You're doing a marvelous job on both construction and everything else . . . kiddos included which is a full-time job itself!

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  11. Absolutely brilliant, it must be so hard with all the children to organise. That two hour nap time must have flown by. The hatch idea is a really good one.

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