Another very productive two weeks inside and outside, which has seen Neil Smillie on-site doing more external weather boarding, NRL Plumbing & Heating with the underfloor heating and Acorn Construction installing the flowing screed. We've also paid a deposit on the stairs and seen a ply drawing on how they will work.
The external weatherboarding is really taking shape now, with good progress being made. Starting with the gable ends and then the front and finally around the back, it's been really good to see this transformation to the look of the building. We are both delighted with how it looks.
From this...
To this...
Then this...
We decided to pre-paint the boards with 2 coats of paint, which meant that all we would have to do is touch up as and where required, however after shuffling 85 boards backwards and forwards inside the house it appears that the paint is thin on a few boards, they have only had one coat... well Fliss was in charge of painting so it's obviously her fault! We also however found that there were 5 boards with the back painted (again I will blame Fliss, even if I was sorting the boards so they were right side up for painting ;)).
Whilst this has all been happening outside loads of work has gone on inside. On the ground floor we've built the level to floor level. We've put 50mm of polystyrene insulation in and then 100mm of Kingspan Kooltherm K3 floor insulation on top and then finished the top by taping a membrane to separate the insulation and the screed.
The external weatherboarding is really taking shape now, with good progress being made. Starting with the gable ends and then the front and finally around the back, it's been really good to see this transformation to the look of the building. We are both delighted with how it looks.
From this...
We decided to pre-paint the boards with 2 coats of paint, which meant that all we would have to do is touch up as and where required, however after shuffling 85 boards backwards and forwards inside the house it appears that the paint is thin on a few boards, they have only had one coat... well Fliss was in charge of painting so it's obviously her fault! We also however found that there were 5 boards with the back painted (again I will blame Fliss, even if I was sorting the boards so they were right side up for painting ;)).
Whilst this has all been happening outside loads of work has gone on inside. On the ground floor we've built the level to floor level. We've put 50mm of polystyrene insulation in and then 100mm of Kingspan Kooltherm K3 floor insulation on top and then finished the top by taping a membrane to separate the insulation and the screed.
50mm polystyrene and 100mm Kingspan Kooltherm on top.
Floor insulation installed and inspected by building control
Separation membrane taped on joints and edges to stop screed penetrating to the insulation.
Underfloor heating pipe circuits clipped in place
Underfloor heating manifold - located under the stairs
Flowing screed delivery arrived
Flowing screed being poured
Screed encapsulating the pipes as it fills
Getting closer to the front door...
Dappling the screed to level and remove air
Finished job, looks like glass before it dries
We decided to go with a flowing screed after speaking the Shaun at Acorn Construction. The aim was to give us a smoother finish as we harbour for our screed/polished concrete/polished concrete effect floor finish. It was amazingly quick, they arrived onsite at just after 7am to carry out the final checks on the surface prior to the pour, the screed arrived just before 9 and they were pretty much wrapped up by 10:30. We've poured 50mm screed which meant that we needed to increase polystyrene insulation from 25mm to 50mm to bring it to finished floor level. Within 48 hours it is dry enough for foot traffic but we've tried to stay off it for as long as possible to allow it to dry/cure.
24 hours on, our bedroom (if Fliss gets her way)
And with that, I'll leave it for now, Tim
