Building progress report
Posted: Tuesday 14 September, 2010
It's glorious here today, but breezy - a good drying day, so the washing is done and out.
The ewes are still bawling at having no grass - so much so, I gave them a leaf of hay to shut them up. Dickie is back with the boys - they absconded yesterday to find him and spring him from wherever he'd been imprisoned. The joiner came and asked if three sheep should be wandering about. Actually there were four, so I let Dickie out to join them and they all followed me back to the field. I must have left the gate ajar.
The joiners have been here yesterday and today - very busy! All windows are now in, new front door is on as is the one new internal door we've bought for between the boot room and the kitchen. We're keeping the original doors as far as possible. They're now cracking on with the framing and the insulation, so on target for plasterboarding by the end of the week, unless the steel for another job they're doing is delivered, in which case, they'll have to go there for a few days. So fingers crossed that it doesn't come.
The builders are pointing the bits of wall that need it. They've also brought samples of hearth, so we're having black slate. We've picked a Charnwood Country 4 woodburning stove, so Dan's ordering that today. I think Mark, the joiner, might make the surround. Graeme and I have also sorted out, more or less, how the cupboards and shelves in the dining room will be constructed.
We ordered the wall lights for the living room and the pendant for the dining room at the weekend. They're from Jim Lawrence - we've had stuff from him before and, although it's not cheap, it's very good quality.
The "to do" list for the house is getting shorter, as the credit card bills get longer! It will be worth it, though.
