{"id":4203,"date":"2018-09-26T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T22:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2018-09-26T22:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T22:00:52","slug":"the-big-build-week-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=4203","title":{"rendered":"The Big Build – Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thursday 27th September<\/h3>\n

Electricians back in this morning to continue the work in the garage extension.\u00a0 Main electricity switched off as they were replacing the fuse box and also moving the alarm box and the gas meter board so these could be boxed in a little easier.<\/p>\n

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Still no absolute confirmation that the floor was going down today but thankfully they did turn up.\u00a0 Tripods and lasers positioned all over the floor, then the floor screed pumped into the room.<\/p>\n

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Andy would need to come in tomorrow morning to sweep the film off the surface.\u00a0 Malcolm (plasterer) was also coming in to prepare for plastering the following week.\u00a0 Beading needed to secured to all the corners to ensure a smooth finish.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday 26th September<\/h3>\n

The gang were back on site today and trying to finish the plasterboarding, lay the insulation and clear the room ready for the screen flow flooring to be done on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Jimmy was making a start with the plumbing.\u00a0 We would be losing water and heating for the day as new pipes are laid over to the new kitchen area.\u00a0 This would involve moving the mains pipe and the stop-cock.\u00a0 The guys made sure we could access some water at all times for the essential cuppa!\u00a0 Priorities \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Nearly all the steel work was now cladded in pink fireproof plasterboard and just a few patches of plasterboard that needs filling in here and there.\u00a0 Hopefully no more electrical wires have been nicked.\u00a0 It is starting to look more like a room and less like a shell now.\u00a0 As well as clearing everything out, layers of polystyrene were laid onto the base with\u00a0 insulating celotex on top which brings the floor level up to the level of the scraped dining room floor.\u00a0 Jimmy and co assured me that this was absolutely normal and the flow screed would be poured on top, filling all the gaps and would set incredibly hard and dry out comparatively quickly.<\/p>\n

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The architect popped by today and casually dropped into conversation that the flow screeding hadn’t actually been confirmed for Thursday afternoon – if they don’t turn up, then we will be seriously cheesed off as will be the guys who have worked their socks off this week to meet the incredibly tight and short-notice deadline (some working through their lunch breaks).<\/p>\n

The plasterer should be on site next week and work needs to start on the new utility and downstairs bathroom.\u00a0 We need the space in the garage to move everything from the new and old utility into … but at least we know what we are using on daily basis … and what we can pack away for the next four weeks.\u00a0 Minimalist approach will be needed!<\/p>\n

Revised schedule issued today and fingers crossed looking like early November is a realistic target of having things completed.<\/p>\n

Karen & Nigel very kindly had sent us some flowers today … with all the vases packed away and in storage, I had to improvise.\u00a0 Thank you, they are lovely!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday 25th September<\/h3>\n

No sign of the electricians today but six builders on site.\u00a0 Work continued at great speed with the plasterboarding.\u00a0 No sign of Andy though and the fibreglassing of the final roof section.\u00a0 Forecast was for a dry week so really hope it is done before the next load of rain arrives.\u00a0 Else we would have a soggy mess of plasterboard on the ceiling.<\/p>\n

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Oh, I am now ready to move on from the “Guinness” Orange and Red colour schemed kitchen!<\/p>\n

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Monday 24th September<\/h3>\n

Another full house today with five builders and three electricians on site today.\u00a0 The electricians continued to wire up the extension … and the garage conversion.\u00a0 They have disabled all the lights in the rooms that are going to be changed in some way … and also disabled most of the sockets too!<\/p>\n

The builders were eventually told that the floor was going down on Thursday afternoon – which sent them into a little bit of a panic as they doubted all the plasterboarding would be completed in time AND the floor completely cleared.<\/p>\n

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With it starting to get dark by 7.30pm, we needed a plan to light the kitchen.\u00a0 Jon remembered he had a portable light purchased ages ago which was on one of the shelves in the garage.\u00a0 He dig it out, installed the bulb … only to find it no longer worked!<\/p>\n

Onto Amazon, but we’d just missed the Prime delivery cut-off for the day so this wouldn’t be with us until Wednesday!\u00a0 Karen then hunted high and low for the candles that hadn’t been put away into storage so at least we would have a little light in the kitchen.\u00a0 Torch was also located but it wasn’t particularly bright so we’ve a feeling new batteries may be needed before too much longer.<\/p>\n

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