Day 6

The house seems to have shot up and is now already looking very impressive. It is day 6 of the build and the roof trusses are on and all is ahead of plan. We have had a few problems with lack of delivery of part of the roof trusses so rather than delay work we bought them in from elsewhere and Skye Homes will have to cover the cost. Also they ran out of nails - not enough supplied. But these are all teething problems and easily sorted out. The kit has gone up very easily and the carpenters say they are ahead of schedule - so much so, they finished early this evening.


Day 2 saw the groundfloor walls go up and Day 3 the first floor was put in. Day 4 saw the first floor walls in place and Day 5 the beginnings of the roof. Today a large crane arrived and the trusses were put in place and the roof is well on the way to being finished.





We have also had Brian here - he is installing the sewerage system. A large blue drum (which takes all the sewage, oxygenates and purifies it) has been buried in the ground and a mound built to take the outlet water and filter it back into the water course.




Phil has put the first stages of the waste pipes in under the ground floor and is now looking forward to getting to work on the inside and to some of the jobs he wants to do himself.
Tomorrow the steel frame is due and they will be able to put the garden room at the front of the house in place.