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.
The weather has been frightful, which allows us to notice that the house does not leak.... Actually, its quite comfortable, though you can hear the rain on the roof in the loft, but it is isn't that loud. Also I managed to do my Christmas shopping before lockdown was called. And we got the tree in too. And the link to the cute cat video. https://photos.app.goo.gl/ 5FPm2a7VLZR6edUj9
We got to experience the underfloor heating today. The weather has turned a bit ick as usually happens in autumn. There has been blowy rain, and a bit more rain and the temperature is now in the low teens. With all the garden work that is happening with fences, there is a lot of mud. This mud got tracked through the house, making the slab quite muddy. But a few days ago it all got cleaned up, and I think the garden and fence workman have been locked out of the house because of the muddy feet. Anyway, because the slab was too cold, it was not setting fast enough, and is now being gently warmed by the underfloor heating. So when we went through the house today ( taking off our shoes because.. mud) I got to feel the warm concrete under my toes. The painting in the grand room looks mostly done and it is looking a lot brighter. There is some blue-green sealing goo in study and laundry. Most of the action this week has been with the ...
The builders are gone. I don't think anything much got done this week. So it is tools down outside until they come back or they get another team in. There was an electrician. And there is talk of getting someone into do tiling and plastering next week. So we have the site to ourselves and decided to do some gardening on the back fence.
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