Well it is almost the end of the year, which has been a very wet one. I heard on the news today that you would have to go back 137 years to find another year where we have had this much rain in our part of the world. Typical isn't it?
So here is the final update of 2012 unless something remarkable happens tomorrow. Given the very cold and wet weather we have been having, I think its fair to say we are not as far forward as we would have liked. Having said that, with the felt on the rood, and the windows being covered over it is drying out surprisingly well inside the extension.
The gable end internal wall is now complete up to the roof line. The photo below was taken from outside on the scaffolding. The external wall is still to be finished, but with the freezing conditions we have had for much of December it has hardly been the time for laying bricks with mortar that would freeze rather than dry.
At the rear of the house, the first roof tiles are in place. We have had to use new ones as there were not enough original ones to cover all the new roof. The decision to place the new ones on the back and allow the front of the extension to blend into the existing property by using the old ones seemed an easy one to make. Of course, this meant that all the new ones delivered to the front had to be moved to the back, and all the old ones stored at the back had to be carried to the front. This was all completed by the builders though thankfully.
The new and old tiles next to one another at the rear of the property show just how much they have weathered over the 15 or so years the house has been built. These are the same base colour and style of tile, no doubt it will take a few years but they should match eventually.
There you have it, the progress so far in 2012. We wait for work to continue in 2013 and keep our fingers crossed for some warmer and dryer weather.