Stone Cladding is Finished

This morning we bid a sad farewell to Robbie & Co; tremendous personalities (missing you already lads!) but they have promised to pop by when they are in the area again and to keep an eye on what is happening on the blog - especially when the rendering on the rest of the rear of the house is done (which is beginning to start on Monday).  This is the largest stone project EuroBrick have done to date (most of their work is done with brick slips) so Richard from EuroBrick came on a visit last Monday and they are going to use us as a case study for future publicity.

We are just delighted with this work; Robbie and Co couldn't have done a better job and we are very happy for anyone who is considering using this system to come to visit us; we will provide glowing references. They took great pride in their work; paying attention to detail, checking and re-checking every last strip of pointing.  They made a 'tent' out of a large tarpaulin to work under when it was raining and even left us with a very tidy site - all of which is appreciated enormously.  To add to this they were extremely sociable and David has now taken a leaf out of Robbie's book and when he wants something, is calling me his 'little swamp duck' - it works every time!

Vicki cutting rockwool sound insulation - quite an 'itchy' job.

Meanwhile, inside, preparations have gone well for this coming Monday (22nd February) when Tony et al are returning to plaster bedrooms 2 & 3.  These are the simplest rooms to do first as although we have tried to install everything we can think of before they come in, we can still access these rooms from the loft if there is anything we have forgotten.

 David has built 'cages' around the wiring as this shouldn't come into contact with the insulation (fire risk); these panels have extra plasterboard behind them.

Here we have cables Radio Frequency (RF) cables (for the television and DAB radio), cabling to put a light above the mirror, a television socket, internet cables, other sockets, and a socket for the room thermostat (the temperature in every room will be controlled individually).  There is also a piece of plywood which will be covered over with plasterboard but which will provide a strong fixing to support a wall bracket for a TV.