Week 21:  Week beginning 21st September

The windows arrived today.  They have come all the way from the Internorm factory in Austria; the UK agent is EcoHaus in Stroud.  They have a special triple gasket system on the frame, are triple glazed and are made of timber/aluminium.  They have a thermal insulation value of 0.74W/m2K and a sound insulation value of 35dB.  They are spruce on the inside and anthracite grey on the outside.

Being Austrian, they are tilt and turn, opening inwards either at the top or at the side.  

Some of the panels are fixed.  The next job is to cover them up again to protect them whilst the walls are finished off.  Although it looks in the photograph as though they have Georgian feature bars, they are plain glass - what you can see is just the reflection of the scaffolding.

The front door and fixed side panel

The dining area (sliding door with fixed side panel) and
the lounge (left hand panel opens like a door and goes back 180 degrees against the other panel).

Also today, SSE fitted the electricity meter; this may seem like pretty standard but mentally it is quite a big move forward.

And finally, more progress has been made on the roof this week.

The Caselle garage and Workshop (still awaiting the ridge tiles).

Bedroom 4 and the roof over the main part of the house.