Week 35 - Underfloor heating on and plumbing continues

Yay you can see the lines where the UFH is on and the screed is starting to dry out. There is alot of moisture in the air so we have hired a dehumidifier as the water was frozen on the inside of the windows but you can already feel a huge difference in the temperature downstairs which has gone from absolute bitter cold to quite cosy. It is going to take a week or 2 for the screed to get up to tempreture.





This is the bathroom on the top floor with the shower tray just about fitted. The plumber again did not think the drainage through so we have made a feature of having to have a raised shower tray which I will tile with mosaic tiles. Hopefully should look quite good (at least the builder came for an hour this week)

Week 34 - Kitchen nearly completed

Oh my goodness, it is really starting to look like a house and a kitchen, some of the appliances are in now and the granite people have templated so this will be fitted very soon. Very dissappointingly there is no sign of the builder so progress on the things he is suppose to be doing is at a stand still.

Week 33 - Kitchen starts to be fitted and tiling the floor of the ensuite

Yay the kitchen was delivered over the weekend and has started to be fitted. We didn't want any wall units to keep it quite open and airy so we have a nice L shape and an island and just behind all the boxes on the left hand side will be floor to ceiling bank of cupboards and appliances. The floor units are hi-gloss cream and the bank will be hi-gloss black. The shelves at the side of the extractor are nice big box lights.

We have used some really pretty mosaic tiles in the shower area of the ensuite and the larger tiles for the rest of the room. They are are a polished cappaccino marble. It has so far taken quite a bit longer than I thought but it is looking really nice already. Still no sign of the builder which is so gutting because this is the 33rd week of a 20 week build but he is promising for next week so fingesr crossed.

Week 32 - Underfloor heating on the ground floor and ensuite

This is the picture of the dining room as it is now. The walls and ceiling have been undercoated the water system underfloor heating pipes have been laid and a layer of around 5-7cm of screed is covering the pipes. I am so pleased it is really starting to look like a house again. We can't connect the pipes up to the boiler yet as the screed needs a good week to initially dry before you can turn the system on. Even then it will still take many weeks before we can tile. The house is bitter cold.



This is a bit of a funny angle but it is essentially the floor of the ensuite bathroom. I have tanked it using the homelux 100% waterproof system, it took a bit longer than I thought but is done now. I opted for the loose wire electric undefloor heating because I thought it would be easier to lay around the room and objects. This also took quite a bit longer than expected but I think we did a damn fine job :-) There was been no sign of the builder whatsoever this week, very dissappointing!!!

Week 31 - Preparing the floor and 2nd fix Joinery cotinues

Very nearly all the doors are on now and we have handles as well. Progress on the builders part has just been incredibly slow and very dissappointing but non the less progress.

We have had a very busy weekend preparing the floor for the underfloor heating. Spent hours scraping the floor getting all the splats of plaster, adhesive and concrete off and brushing up tons of and tons of dust. We have laid insulation on top of the concrete and we had to order different depths for each room to try level things out.

Week 30 - Floor and brick work very nearly done

This is the very last of the brick work that is almost completed, it is just at the side of the back lounge so I am really hoping it should finally be finished this next week. It is now 10 weeks over the original estimate which I am really struggling with and am just so desparate to move back in.











This is the last of the concrete floor area in the new kitchen. We are a bit worried about the floor level as the back of the house seems to be a bit higher than the front. The next step is to try level this out when the underfloor heating and screed goes in hopefully soon.

Week 29 - Conrete in the existing floors and some 2nd fix plumbing

Yay - finally we have got the concrete in on the existing part of the house so it is starting to look even more like a house again. It is very stressful getting the sand in and visqueen down in time but it all came together in the end.



This is the first of the second fix plumbing to be completed, progress is just so slow at the moment. The door is also on for the ensuite so things are just about starting to take shape. All we need now is for the heating to be connected up so we could potentially move back in which would be great.