Matthews Mansion

 

 It was a quieter week this week. with quite a bit of rain.  I don't think the bricklayers were there this week. They are nearing the end of their work.  Work was on the roof of the side extension. They have added this really thick foam insulation (at least 10 cm deep) , topped it with plyboard and edged the whole thing in wood. Upstairs we have windowsills added to all the windows. the loft room was plastered.  Repairs have been made to all the plaster and brickwork in the other rooms.   It still looks like a building site, but we like to think it is starting to look like a house again.

There is lots of work this week, with beams and bricks and concrete.  Most of the work is in the grand room, getting the beams lifted into place.   There was a little bit of a "hardhat only zone" while the beam was suspended in the air for a few days. Concrete was set in the entrance way, and the stairs are currently attached to the ceiling instead of the floor.  And the downstairs windows are in. We also got a kitten. So I must include cute cat pictures. Monday Saturday  

This week we see lots of work on the floors.  There is a bit more wall and work on the windows. Seeing the rooms get a floor makes is start to feel more like a house than a wreck. The whole ground floor is getting a slab because we are tiling throughout.  We were told that if we didn't do that then the difference between wood and concrete floors would be quite noticeable. It is really hot here this week.  I am impressed that anything is getting done in this weather. The pigeons are gone from the window sill, (I spotted them on the roof) and the window in the stairwell is now in place.  

The builders are back and the brickwork is going up.  The floor has been filled with rubble and sand.  The side extension has the roof beams up. And the pigeon chicks look like pigeons.