April 2023

 

1 April: The new joists are prepared and positioned.

1 April: Lifting equipment for the heavy beams and joists.

1 April: Steel supports fixed to wall and joists.

1 April: Looking down on the joists.

5 April: The upper floor is being laid.

5 April: And a beam is put in place.

6 April: Wall timbers have appeared.

6 April: Downstairs is mostly covered over.

8 April: Upstairs is divided up into rooms.

8 April: On the left is the bathroom, and a central corridor is on the right.

8 April: Looking east through a doorway into the second bedroom.

8 April: A workbench beneath a window frame.

8 April: Timbers are measured, cut to size and planed right where they're needed.

10 April: Ceiling joists are put in place.

15 April: Five photos showing work done on the upper storey and roof over the past few rainy days. There is a gorgeous smell of timber everywhere coming from walls, studs, joists, beams and rafters. Dotted around are wonderfully sophisticated cutting tools as well as basic hand saws.

17 April: The insulation for the walls has arrived.

17 April: Battens are fixed to the walls. The hanging tiles will be fixed to these.

18 April: Access to the upper floor is now via this ladder, where the stairs will be.

18 April: Timbers are doubled up (quintupled here!) where necessary to support the structures above.

28 April: During the past ten days, more timbers, insulation panels, liners and battens have been fitted. The electrician has threaded wires through a complicated system of holes in timbers and joists, and worked out where to put sockets and switches. More supplies have arrived on site, including many thousands of tiles. This contraption carries tiles up to where they will be needed.

28 April: The hanging tiles will be fixed to these battens.

28 April: This series of photos shows the wiring weaving its way through joists and emerging at outlets for power points and switches. Our electrician has fitted it all over the past three days.

28 April: Power points surrounded by warm, fluffy insulation.

30 April: Access into the roof space is from the main bedroom. (Access from the relatively small landing is not possible because of the positioning of structural beams.) The roof space is a lot bigger than it appears to be from the next three photos.

30 April: In just two days, good progress has been made on tiling the roof.

And that's it for April. Well ahead of schedule!