It really is all coming together. The roof and internal walls are progressing and we start the finishing off process with the first plastering. The internal walls are being filled with insulation (sound and heat) then plasterboarded. Not all of them are being done quite yet as Voodoo (our chippy) has to build in additional…
Big Build – Week 6 It’s All About The New Roof!
More wood this week, lots more wood! Quite focused this week on the roof, building the remaining internal walls and doing more of the ceiling electrics. Darren is our sparky and he’s been great at doing everything we wanted quite efficiently, including routing cables from a CCTV kit I had bought. I had to do…
Big Build – Week 5 Internal Walls, Bits of Roof and Plumbing First Fix
Week 5 was all about the wood. Lots of it. Voodoo ran out of it at one stage… Internal walls upstairs were built, all completed except for one between the master suite wardrobe room and the ensuite as we have a particular size shower that needs to go in first and the wall built next…
Big Build – All Change Please! Bathrooms and Building Regs
During weeks 4 and 5 we had a few things change in our original plan as internal walls went up and we started the first fix of electricity and plumbing. First fix is where you have all the cables or pipework laid, before floors and walls go in, ready for the ‘final fix’ where taps…
Big Build – Week 4 Steels In, Stairs In, Prep for Roof
This week was all about downstairs. Mainly. We had wondered how on earth we were going to get our steels in (one is nearly 8m long) as the house is surrounded with scaffolding and the driveway isn’t wide enough to swing it round into the garden. First job was to put in the stairs. John…
Big Build – Week 3/4 Video Update
I thought you’d like a quick tour of our works in glorious technicolour! Work is progressing well, I shall post a full Week 4 update shortly. If you’d like to ask any questions, please contact me below:
Big Build – Week 3 New Floor Joists, Walls and Foundation Pads
Week 3 felt like we were having a pause. Mainly because the visible work downstairs slowed down because we couldn’t get a skip on the driveway due to deliveries of blocks, sand and cement for upstairs. We were wrong to think that though as things did continue at pace. Our chief chippy Voodoo (long and…
Big Build – Planning Shenanigans
I thought I’d do a post about the planning process we went through for our build as we had one rejection with an appeal also rejected and then a successful approval for a plan I didn’t think would get through. I will explain! We bought our house knowing that a few years ago, it had…
Big Build – Week 2 Dust, Unhappy Neighbours and More Dust
My goodness. Whatever you prepare for, nothing can prepare you for the dust you get during a demolition phase of a build. We had grand plans of still being able to use the sheeted-off section of our living room each night but it very quickly became clear that the entire living space we are…
Big Build – Week 1 Removal of the Roof and Fun with Skips
Week 1 of our build is over. It was less of a build and more of quite the opposite. We had our roof taken off and preparation work done downstairs for demolishing walls. You will hear the ‘dust warnings’ from everyone when you start a build but nothing can prepare you for the noise, the…
