A big delivery.....

The timber framing for the first floor extension is coming on nicely and the floor and ceiling joists are now in position.  Today we took delivery of the purlins for the roof structure they are really huge!!

 ....and here they are in place!

So roof and walls next!

Today we climbed the scaffolding to see inside our new bedroom and bathroom.  The view from our bed will be great - down the drive to the beautiful Lincolnshire countryside....

 

This will be the view from our new bathroom window - just our garden and lovely woodland behind!

This will be the view across the garden  from the new Bedroom 3 

 

 

By the time we have knocked two small bedrooms into one larger room in the existing house we will end up with a 4 bedroom house with a family bathroom and a master ensuite.

Well, Christmas is fast approaching and the guys will be off site for a two week break so, before they finish, they intend to have the walls and roof boarded out.  Whilst we won't be quite watertight in the new section we will certainly be able to see it all begin to dry out. 

In the meantime those decisions keep having to be made and this week we have been pondering how to heat the domestic hot water.  At present we have a huge, very poorly lagged hot water cylinder heated by the oil boiler and/or an electric immersion heater.  It heats far more water that we need and we are trying to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels so we think a new well insulated tank with a coil so that we can connect solar thermal may be the way to go. The old tank is copper and can be recycled and will have some scrap value. 

After the Christmas break all hell will break loose I fear as the guys will need to start breaking into the house to connect all the new sections up with the existing so we will be in for some fun times!!