Commencing Monday 13th May 2024.
Preparatory work, cellar stairs 6th May.
Preparatory work, moving kitchen contents, 9th May.
Final clearing of the kitchen, 12th May.
The team of three arrived at 9:00am on 13th May.
The superfluous addition at the top of the cupboards has been removed.
Insulation install in kitchen ceiling completed.
Bathroom, ready for action on 13th May.
No issues with water ingress found.
100mm in the flat ceiling area, 50mm where the ceiling is angled which should be augmented by 50mm insulating plasterboard.
Installation of insulation completed. Plasterer due Tuesday morning.
Tuesday morning, standard plasterboard installed.
Tuesday afternoon, insulated plasterboard being installed.
Wednesday morning, ready for skylight installation.
Work commenced but did not progress because of an issue with roof tiles that could not be 'moved' as they were cemented into place!
Tiles to the left and top of the window need to be 'released'.
Thursday, plastering.
Plastering finished.
Insulated plasterboard installation in the kitchen.
Friday, cellar stairs insulation.
Plastering, first fix.
Plastering, finished.
Monday 20th May, in the cellar.
Tiles ready for Velux installation on 5th June
Tuesday, first coats.
Tuesday 21st May, back in the cellar.
Cellar thoughts...
Tuesday evening deluge and leak running all the way down the new ceiling.
Wednesday morning, downpipe elbow replaced and fittings removed. Crack revealed for fixing on Thursday.
Wednesday, final coat?
Wednesday, bathroom finished.
Wednesday, bathroom finished and re-instated, mostly.
Friday 24th May, above the bathroom, parapet clad.
Tuesday 4th June, preparation for window installation.
Wednesday 5th June, further preparation for window installation and fillet replacement.
Wednesday 5th June, window installed.
Wednesday 5th June, first layer of the fillet.
Thursday 6th June, outside work completed.
Thursday 6th June, inside plasterwork to be finished Tuesday 11th June.
Tuesday 11th June, plastering done.
Wednesday 12th June, timber elements primed.
Friday 14th June, first coat.
Saturday 15th June, final coat.
Site Updated February 2026 Felix Mottram