House build

[jowwy]

Hows things going Grig???

 

[Colin Grigson]

Hows things going Grig???

Fine, thank you for your interest Jowwy. We’re waiting for the staircase concrete to set and then we’ve got electricians, plumbers and air-con prep moving in. Windows are due in around three weeks and garage door a couple of weeks after that - at least then the site will be secure. Once the first fix electrics, water / waste, air-con’s finished and the fireplace is built we can plaster … can’t wait for that . Then in early spring we’ll start the floors - damp course, thermal insulation, underfloor heating, fresh air feed for fireplace, screed and finally tiles. In the meantime external hidden blinds will be installed and the outside insulated and finished with silicon structure. Reading that back it seems endless .

 

[Colin Grigson]

Finally we have some windows - that means the plumbers can start, followed by air-con and electrics … the windows were the ‘big one’ - now we can get a move on

 

[JhnBssll]

Very cool, thats a lot of glass! It's going to feel very light and airy Quite different to fat and hairy, which describes me rather better

 

[jowwy]

Finally we have some windows - that means the plumbers can start, followed by air-con and electrics … the windows were the ‘big one’ - now we can get a move on
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Nice airy bar area and man cave you have the grig lol

 

[Colin Grigson]

Some more progress this week, plumbers have been busy preparing the wastes that will serve the bathrooms and kitchen. Next week they’ll be on hot and cold water supplies to the same. We’re having a hot water system that recirculates hot water (via pump) to within 2’ of each hot water tap, so that no matter how far the tap from the boiler we should have almost instantaneous hot water. In our current house we have time to make a pot of tea whilst the hot water travels to the tap

 

[alicat]

Thanks for the update - it looks nearly habitable!

 

[Colin Grigson]

Thanks for the update - it looks nearly habitable!

I wish alicat … there’s still bits and bobs to finish off

 

[jowwy]

Have you moved in yet Grigg???

 

[Colin Grigson]

Have you moved in yet Grigg???

Hahaha … not quite !. I’ll update the thread mid-week next week, it’s chaos there at the moment with the electricians chasing out anything that doesn’t move. There’s also a digger there doing a preliminary levelling before we mark out the (small) pool, therefore, outside is virtually ‘out of bounds’ and the inside is too - one good thing is that the electric Velux windows were fitted to the bathrooms earlier in the week so they’re a lot more light … seems never-ending at this stage

 

[jowwy]

Hahaha … not quite !. I’ll update the thread mid-week next week, it’s chaos there at the moment with the electricians chasing out anything that doesn’t move. There’s also a digger there doing a preliminary levelling before we mark out the (small) pool, therefore, outside is virtually ‘out of bounds’ and the inside is too - one good thing is that the electric Velux windows were fitted to the bathrooms earlier in the week so they’re a lot more light … seems never-ending at this stage

Hopefully i’ll still be around to see it finished.

 

[Colin Grigson]

The promised update … electricians have finished cable laying, the plumbers first fix is patched ready for plaster and the air-con prep is in … we’ll patch in the electricians chases this week ready for plaster next Monday - hopefully !. We’ve also removed a load of soil in preparation for the pool and to get to a level we can start to work with for the groundwork’s that are planned - no grass - just blocks, tiles and some Astro-turf

 

[newts]

Very organised first fix, clean & tidy too

 

[Colin Grigson]

Very organised first fix, clean & tidy too

Thank you newts

 

[slowmotion]

I'm amazed at the neatness of the services. If the surfaces haven't been plastered yet, take some photos of where the pipe runs are. Embedded plastic pipes can be hard to detect, unlike cables or metal.
You have a very smart house.