May - more work on the house

At the start of May we managed to get plasterboard up on the walls once we had fitted the ring main cables.
Must say l was rather taken a back when l read the new rulings relating to the positioning of switches and power sockets. Supposedly, they have been updated to make it more accessible. But for tall people they will cause back pain and future crucial spinal disorders.

Most of the chipboard flooring glued and screwed to stop movement and squeaks. Access points left for radiator connections

View from hall into open plan living area

View of 3.5m deck ready for concrete screeding. Need to lay the damp proof membrane then top it with reinforcing mesh

Hallway looking towards the stairs

Power point template set at 400mm above floor with light switches being between 90 and 110mm

Supports for fixing vertical column radiators

Plasterboard goes up quickly, but because the walls are taller than the standard 2400, we will have to infill the bottom and top.

Ring main going through cavity

All windows and doors taped and sealed with silver tape

Sealing tape fitted, this is then covered with 25mm of insulation before screwing on the plasterboard. All joints are sealed with waterproof glazing seal.

Ring main and satellite wires fitted including external power supply through a fused spur

Protective concrete is poured behind the fire

Temporary holes are cut prior to fitting the drywall box's for the supply tails

Using 22mm Hep2o for the last section of flow and return. All pipe sections have been insulated with wool instead of the solid insulation. This makes it so much easier to get it under piping

Top section of the concrete poured

All concreting completed and formers removed. We used rough planks to give a wooden grain impression in the cement.

Interesting to see what it looks like once it has completely dried out

Vestibule has the floor fitted. This is set 22mm below the standard to allow for coir matting to be layed

last section of internal walling moved until we have room to fit in the guest bedroom