Main bathroom plumbing

The plumber did the first fix for the plumbing in the main bathroom. This photo showing the shower.

The bath plumbing and electrical wiring (blue and white) for the heated towel rail.

Plumbing for the vanity.

More roofing

More colorbond roofing placed on the southern side of the old part of the house.

Ceiling joists installed in Sophie's room.

Battens installed in the master bedroom.

The last of the roof tiles

The last of the roof tiles came off today. They are preparing to do the colorbond roofing over the front two rooms.

Natural light entering Sophie's room. The old ceiling joists were removed.

The same lighting for Lucy's room with battens installed (wood running left/right) for the ceiling.

Ceilings down and plumbing

The ceilings in the two front rooms of the old part of the house (closest to the road) have been removed. Here is a photo showing the old ceiling joists in Sophie's room.

The ceiling joists have been replaced in Lucy's room and extra purlins added.

Rough in (or as Kevin McCloud would say, "first fix") for the plumbing has started. Here is the plumbing for the shower in the ensuite.

More scratching

All the walls now have at least a scratch coat of render on them. This photo is of the hallway looking towards the front door.

The master bedroom with a scratch coat of render.

Our patch of red

The colorbond roof (manor red is the colour) has been installed over the ensuite and part of the master bedroom on the northern side of the house.

Fascia boards for the edge of the upper roof were installed.

Evens and Beginnings

Temporary stairs were placed from Bedroom 3 (old lounge area) into the loft.

An old air vent in Bedroom 3 was bricked in.

More brick work in the recess for the window in the ensuite to bring it up to the correct height.

The high wall on the southern side of the house went a bit too far east and now has to be cut back so the lower roof can fit.

Our patch of blue

More work was done on installing the roof over the old part of the house. This is a view from the scaffolding on the northern side of the property looking towards the east.

A view into the ceiling space.

Work done on the lining boards for the eaves at the eastern end of the roof at the height of the roof line for the old part of the house.

The last of the old plaster was removed.

Roofing

Some of the roofing material arrived today.

Start of the insulation and sarking for the roof.

More work on the eaves.

Start of the chasing in the walls for electrical wiring.

Eaves

Work has started on the carpentry for the eaves.

A slow day at the office

After such a flurry of activity of the last week or so, today was a much slower day. Repair of some brickwork in the master bedroom.

Rough in of electrical outlets in the study and dining areas.

Stuffed up rough in

Unfortunately yesterday there were a few mistakes with the location of electrical outlets in the kitchen area. The orange word patch and X show the mistakes.

More electrical work in the master bedroom.

More rough stuff

Another day of electrical roughing in. This is a photo of the loft.

A second coat of render for the southern and eastern walls.

A first coat of render for bedroom 3 (the old lounge area).

Start of electrical rough in

More exciting stuff happening at the house today. The electrical rough in started. Here is a photo of the master bedroom.

Start of the second coat of render to make the walls smooth.

Rafters above the loft.

Gable framing over loft

The gable framing over the loft was done today.

The old plaster in the master bedroom was removed. Hard to imagine but the last time that these walls were exposed like this was about 80 years ago!

More cement rendering and carpentry

The main bathroom was cement rendered.

Rendering of the loft area as viewed from the ensuite.

More carpentry with the rafters above the ensuite installed.

Cement Rendering

The heat wave is finally over with a cool change dropping the temperature down by 10C in half an hour yesterday. The tragic news for Sophie yesterday was that the mast on the sailing boat on which she was sailing snapped.

Cement rendering of the internal walls started today. A view along the corridor towards the new extension.

The internal walls of the new extension rendered.

High gable window framing

Record heat today in Sydney. Work was done on the framing for the high gable windows. This is a view from the master bedroom to the ensuite.

A view of the framing from the new extension towards the old part of the house. The ensuite is on the right and the loft on the left.

Different view of the framing

Hot in Sydney still. A view of the framing from within the ensuite showing the entrance from the hallway into the master bedroom on the right.

A view of the framing up top for the

high windows into the ensuite.

The roof rafters as seen from the ensuite.