28th May 2010 - Roof works have begun!

Roof works have begun - the joists for the "attic floor" are mostly nogged* and they have begun fitting the CaberDek which will provide a solid platform to work on as the main roof timbers are erected next week.

* Yes, I checked, there is a verb "to nog" in the OED.

22nd May 2010 - Plate level

And here we are at last, up to plate level. The timbers for the roof have been delivered, so here come's the roof soon!

15th May 2010 - Second lift of the scaffolding

The scaffolders were back on Thursday this week, doing the 2nd lift. That means the scaffold boards are now approx in line with the bedroom windows, plus there is scaffolding across the top of the garage.

Abuv is zee piktur off ze hauz.

Blow, is zee piktur of ze skavolding ovver ze garaj, zo ewe kan zee howw big zee playrum iz.

The brickies then had to move all the bricks & blocks from the ground up to this 2nd lift and have set-up ready to start laying again on Monday. Tony says it took them all day to move the large amount of matérial and make those neat little piles of bricks. They have the JCB/forklift to lift up to the deck since hod-carrying up ladders is frowned upon in this day and age. Even by Lithuanians...

7th May 2010 - Going up

The walls are being built up and up. We're well on the way to seeing the shapes of the bedrooms, and especially the playroom above the garage which seems like it will be an awesome space. The guys have been doing plenty of blockwork and now the 2nd load of bricks have arrived the outer skin is going round nicely too.

The fork-lift is on-site - please may I have my own JCB for Christmas? Quick quiz: what does JCB stand for?

Here's what she looks like at the moment:

And here's one showing how her balcony is coming along: