The plasterers have been in today and after two months, we've got a sealed room again! Ok, so there are still a few holes to the outside, but the room is almost entirely plasterboarded. Although it was dark, I managed to get some photos...
It's already feeling a lot warmer in the house; I'm not sure whether that's because we're sealed or whether it's the small heater that's been left on in the kitchen, but it's a definite improvement! Tomorrow the plasterers start skimming and they should be done by the end of Saturday. Next week the electrician and plumbers will be back to put sockets in and connect up the under floor heating! The heated floor will make one happy wife for Christmas!
As always, with good news seems to come bad; nothing too serious, but a few minor problems have been uncovered. The building control plans call for the surface water drainage to go into a soak away. The problem is, the builders have no idea how big the soak away needs to be, nor how deep it needs to go. So.. A bit of phoning around including a call to the architect will be needed to see what we need to do...
Finally, with the freezing cold weather we're getting at the moment (odd for the middle of winter...) The renderer can't come back to do the final cost as it won't adhere properly and will fall off once the weather warms up... As long as water can't get through the first layer, then living with an unfinished outside doesn't really bother us!
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