We have made quite a bit of progress this week:

  • The ground source heat pump arrived on Monday and, fingers crossed, we hope to have it up and running by the end of the week.  It will be good to get some heat in the house to start drying out the walls and floors;
  • The plasterers are back.  We need to get the old part of the building finished off so that the decorators can start after Christmas;
  • We have started pointing the stonework.  We are going to have to pick the days carefully as this can only be done in dry weather (otherwise, the rain will wash the pointing out);
  • We have almost finished the upstairs bathroom.  It will be good to get this one put to bed before Christmas.  If the ground source heat pump is turned on at the end of the week, we may have some hot and cold water in the old house.
The roof is nearing completion and by the end of the day, there is only two courses of slates plus the ridge tiles left to do. We should have this all sorted before the end of the week.

The roof is nearing completion and by the end of the day, there is only two courses of slates plus the ridge tiles left to do. We should have this all sorted before the end of the week.

Now the stonework has been sandblasted, we can start on the pointing. This is a slow process. We are using a lime based render. It will probably take a couple of weeks to get all the pointing done.

Now the stonework has been sandblasted, we can start on the pointing. This is a slow process. We are using a lime based render. It will probably take a couple of weeks to get all the pointing done.