The whole house

Some slightly ropey photos today. Here is the whole rear of the house. You can see the full scale of the extension at the right of the house


Here you can see the front of the house. The window lintel isn't on yet, but should be up tomorrow.
Rob is now here full time bricking and Geoff has him working on the front and gable walls so the main roof can go on soon. We need Howard the structural engineer to work out whether the RSJ along the side of the house is up to the job if we go for a traditional roof (as Geoff suggests) rather than a modern truss job. The trusses would sit on the front and rear walls whereas a traditional roof will load the side walls as well. Once we know the loadings, RSJ sizes and cost comparison we'll decide which roof to go for and Geoff can order it straight away to put it up (hopefully) the week after next. Then we should see the glass going in and the extension made water tight (excluding the porch). Time to get the valuer back and get the next load of money! £12K left at the moment.

Next door have also got into the act with a dormer (and a similar side extension later on)....

Roof

The rear roof has been built now - you can see the outlines of the 3 Velux windows across the roof. Next step is the felt and batten (I believe), then the felt is cut to insert the Velux flashings, then the tiles, then the windows themselves


This is the new rear porch. Rob is having some fun building the pillars either side of the door as they are quite small. We may consider using a conservatory corner - with uPVC panels instead of bricks/blocks - we need to check if we can do it.


Geoff is back from holiday on Thursday. Time to talk about the time to get the main roof up and the windows in - then we get the valuer back and try and get some more money out of the bank. Also time to see if it's time to get the new boiler and tank installed. The new boiler is gas and nPower want £350 to do their bit of the gas supply, we'll need to excavate and run the rest of the pipe to the house and install the box, and nPower will fit the meter. Hopefully we can plumb the new boiler/tank into the existing rads and hot water supply then we can see about getting the old boiler and the oil tank removed.