19th Nov 2012

The roof trusses have been delivered today. The only problem is they were delivered on the back of an articulated lorry, there is no way he was ever going to be able to get around the tight turns to where we are. The only answer was for them to be offloaded down the road and temporarily be left at a neighbours house. What makes this even more challenging is the weather, it has been raining all morning and it is forecast to get worse throughout the day.

Once they were carried up to our property, the only that needed to be done then was to manually lift them up on top of the extension. Fortunately though, with a little help they were soon being man handled up onto the scaffolding. Incidentally, in the photo below, they appear to be resting against next doors chimney, they are actually resting against the scaffolding, it is just the position I was stood in when taking the photo.

18th Nov 2012

The front wall has been completed up to the roof plate. A door space has been created which will lead from the master bedroom into the new en-suite  On the opposite side of this door is the boarding the builder installed back on 15th October.

The photos below also show the position of the loft access, between the new and old loft space. This will be directly above the new landing access between the new and old sections.

Eventually all the areas with the black plastic will be opened up to join the new extension with the existing house.

The exiting so-fits and fascias have been removed, ready for joining the new roof when it arrives.

The temporary satellite position is visible in the photo on the right, as you can see, there is no roof yet, so although we think it is high enough not to be blocked and need moving again, only time will tell.

2nd Nov 2012

We have been granted planning permission for the raised roof line. Now we know how high the walls need to be, furthermore the window above the garage door can be raised accordingly so the internal window sill is at a more acceptable height off the floor.