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Month: October 2013 (Page 4 of 4)

More reclaimed stone arrives

October 3, 2013 /

Our 2nd of three loads of reclaimed stone for the exterior of the extension arrived late this afternoon.  This makes a total of 140 sqm on site.  Tomorrow, this stone will need to be coursed out.  A job that can apparently be done in the rain. This is just as well as the forecast for tomorrow is for showers!

Another 70 sqm of reclaimed stone arrived today. This is the 2nd load of three. Tomorrow, it will need to be coursed out.

Another 70 sqm of reclaimed stone arrived today. This is the 2nd load of three. Tomorrow, it will need to be coursed out.

When this stone has been coursed out, it will be sorted into the same piles that you can see in the background.

When this stone has been coursed out, it will be sorted into the same piles that you can see in the background.

First fix – still not ready

October 1, 2013 /

Well, there was a lot of work to be done in a short time, but the contractor was confident of getting it all done last week.  Unfortunately, it looks like we should be ready by tomorrow lunchtime – 2.5 days late.  As it happens, it shouldn’t cause too much of a problem.  While the plasterers are due to start tomorrow, I suspect that they will spend most of the day getting the plasterboard to where it needs to be – we have just brought it inside the house (out of any potential weather), but will leave it to the plasterers to carry it up the stairs!

This is the cabling for the lighting, network, power and telephone. It all comes back to a central point in a cupboard on the top of the cellar steps.

This is the cabling for the lighting, network, power and telephone. It all comes back to a central point in a cupboard on the top of the cellar steps.

This is a photo on the first floor. You can see the underfloor heating above the cables. Yellow cables are for light switches (Cat5e), black are co-ax for the TV/radio, purple are Cat6 network cables, white cables are for the alarm system and the grey round cables are for data/telephone. There are a lot of them!

This is a photo on the first floor. You can see the underfloor heating above the cables. Yellow cables are for light switches (Cat5e), black are co-ax for the TV/radio, purple are Cat6 network cables, white cables are for the alarm system and the grey round cables are for data/telephone. There are a lot of them!

Coursing out the reclaimed stone

October 1, 2013 /

The builders took a couple of hours this morning and coursed out all of the stone that was delivered yesterday.  “Coursing out” means sorting the stones into groups that are all the same height, i.e. stones that can be used to build a single course.

For each stone, you identify the front face and then measure it’s height with a tape measure.  For some reason, this is all done in inches.

This makes building with this sort of stone much quicker as the labourers aren’t hunting around searching for the right size stone.  It also means that you might not start a course of a particular size, if you can see that you don’t have enough stones.  You can get the stone yards to supply the stones already sorted and bagged according to their size.  However, many builders prefer to do it themselves.

It took the builders a couple of hours to course out all the stone that was delvered yesterday. It is sorted into piles according to the height of the stone (with it's front face forward).

It took the builders a couple of hours to course out all the stone that was delvered yesterday. It is sorted into piles according to the height of the stone (with it’s front face forward).

All the stones in these rows have a height of 7.5 inches. There is a clue on the brick in the background.

All the stones in these rows have a height of 7.5 inches. There is a clue on the brick in the background.

 

Getting ready for the plasterers

October 1, 2013 /
With the plasterers starting tomorrow, the materials arrived today ready for them to start. There are 120 boards on the right. This is about 80% of what will be needed - we will order the remainder once we know exactly how much more we need.

With the plasterers starting tomorrow, the materials arrived today ready for them to start. There are 120 boards on the right. This is about 80% of what will be needed – we will order the remainder once we know exactly how much more we need.

The insulated plasterboard is for the inside of the exterior walls (remember these are solid walls with no cavity) and for the first floor ceiling. The insulation in the yellow bags is for the inside of the partitions (for soundproofing) and in the ceiling on the ground floor (to ensure that the heat rises from the underfloor heating).

The insulated plasterboard is for the inside of the exterior walls (remember these are solid walls with no cavity) and for the first floor ceiling. The insulation in the yellow bags is for the inside of the partitions (for soundproofing) and in the ceiling on the ground floor (to ensure that the heat rises from the underfloor heating).

There are 50 bags of plaster here. With rain forecast for tomorrow, we can't leave it outside overnight.

There are 50 bags of plaster here. With rain forecast for tomorrow, we can’t leave it outside overnight.

The plasterers are due to start tomorrow and much of the materials that we have ordered for them turned up today.

Unloading them from the lorries wasn’t too much of a pain (it was all on palets), however, it had to be manhandled into the house – with 150 sheets of plasterboard and 50 bags of plaster, this takes time!

Still it is all indoors now ready for tomorrow.

 

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