Day 72 - Fireplace

The bricklayers are back, despite the rain, and work has continued. The brick work over the front door is now in thanks to the arrival of the missing arches last week and work to construct the fireplace has got off to a great start.

   

Day 71 - Guttering

This weekend we tackled the guttering. Andrew and I were up the scaffold on Sunday and, despite the rain, had the job licked in just over four hours. The guttering is white uPVC with a ogee profile and looks really good. It all clips together with rubber seals at the joints so even complete novices like us can do a good job!

   

Day 70 - Bricks & Blocks

The brick and block work is moving on at pace and we're just waiting on a few structural items (lintels, arches) etc that have been delayed. Work should resume later this week.

This weekend Martha and I painted the facia and soffits - three coats! - and I took delivery of the guttering that I'll be fitting myself this Sunday.

We're getting there!

   

Day 67 - Roof complete

The work to the roof is complete now and the brick work is moving on a pace.

    

Day 66 - Getting there

The brick work is almost up to the first floor now, with the first stone sills in a looking great. The roof is almost finished as well, with only a few tiles and ridge tiles missing.

    

Day 63 - Almost up to DPC

The brick work is continuing slowly but surely. We should be up to DPC after one more day.

    

Day 61 - Soldier Course

The below DPC brick work continued today, with most of the work both on the roof and the bricks going on at the back of the house. You can see the nice soldier course detail below the back door and the first of the complete sections of slate work - scaffold climbing required!

    

Day 60 - Bricks & Windmills

The brick work has begun today and the brickies have started to define the corners of the below DPC courses. The slates have also arrived and are going up on the roof - all at the back of the house though so I can't get a picture from the ground. I'll have to climb the scaffold for you later in the week and get a shot.

We went for a walk on the Fen last night too and, although all of the wildlife was in hiding, I got some good pictures of the Wicken windmill on the way back.

    

Day 58 - Ground Floor Windows

The ground floor windows are now in and the roofing effort continues.

I've also had confirmation that slates will be arriving on Monday/Tuesday next week!

   

Day 57 - Windows and Roofing Felt

Progress has been slower than expected this week due to bad weather. You can see from the pictures just how wet its been.

Despite this though there has been a lot going on. The sand and cement for the brick layers has been delivered, the roofers have made a start on the felt and batton work on the roof and, best of all, the first of the sash windows have been delivered!

A groundworks crew also arrived to drop the curb on the entrance to Number 49 which will allow the new owner of the bungalow to put in their own driveway and allow us to complete the fence to ours.

The roofers are back for the rest of the week to complete the felt work and Ben and his brick layer team will be working hard to get started despite the wet ground conditions.