Week 27:  2nd November

Alex and Marc - our two mainstay builders trying to mend a temperamental nail gun.
Tremendous workers with hearts of gold - we will always be indebted to them.

A day visit from Mum, Guy (who is due to commence a new job in Qatar on 15th November)
and Megan

The roof above the kitchen/dining area - with windows!

David, with John, Alex and Marc (from Reeves)

Wednesday 4th November - our busiest day so far; there were 14 people on site at one time, with three deliveries in the space of 30 minutes. 
In the middle of all this I received a call from the bank to tell me that someone in London was enjoying a spending spree with my credit card - despite the fact that it was still 'safely' in my possession.

Three chaps came from near Crewe to fit a post in the garage opening
(we are having both a double roller door and a personal door)

Jake, Justin and Tony (brought along 

by MJP Bathrooms) have nailed battens in between the underfloor heating tubes on the first floor, poured pug screed in between the battens and will return on Friday to
lay plywood on the top of all of this - so we will then have a 'finished' floor on this level.

Aaron (a partner in MJP Bathrooms) and Sam continued with work on the heating pipes.

 Paul, our Building Control inspector, came along to join the party, which with Vicki, made 14 in total.  The tea and sugar bill is taking us seriously over budget.










This has to be one of the best insulated houses in the country (Vicki does not intend to be cold in her old age).  On top of the SIPs is the grey waterproof membrane, with treated battens on top of that, the beige layer is another breathable waterproof membrane, with a waterproof cement board (Aquapanel) on top of that.  We've still got two more layers to go, but they won't be until the new year (we have just submitted a 'Non-material amendment' to the planning department as we have had to change the supplier of the stone slips).