Quite some time has passed since we last looked the construction site of the extension at Chartwell. In fact, we are now approaching the end of Phase 2 which brings us to the point where the structure is fairly weather-tight and ready for the internal construction.
For the record, we are now at 14 August 2014 which is Construction Day 40. We’ve had the electrician Jacques in to do the complete wiring and the roofers on a couple of occasions. They have completed their job, and it appears to be satisfactorily water-tight. The plumber Todd has laid his water supply pipes and waste water drain pipes, and is currently in consultation with the KCDC in respect of the waste water treatment unit.
The builders have each been hit with a bout of the flu, and one can sympathise with them, as they need to earn a living despite the old and wet conditions doled out by Winter.
Today, the rough-sawn weatherboard was delivered and I started back-priming and applying the first coat to the front of the boards.
(Above): It’s hell on the back – either too low or too high, using trestles on which to coat the weatherboards. No sooner is a batch of boards coated than the sky decides to let a batch of raindrops on the paint before it has a chance to dry. And so on…
(Above): The cladding in place on the bedroom and dressing-room walls on the north side (with the narrow section of the deck to be constructed under the roof overhang.
(Above): The cladding fixed in place on the west-facing bedroom wall. The French doors will open onto the main part of the deck still to be constructed.
(Above): The French window frame on the floor prior to installation.
(Above) Ricky standing in the bathroom, ready to receive the window frame for the bathroom.
(Above): Windows fixed in place, laundry on the left and the bathroom on the right.
(Above): Heave-ho! Lifting the three-panel frame with double-glazing is quite heavy, despite its light-weight appearance.
(Above): Whew! Quite a job, but the frame is eventually seated properly and level in its new home-to-be.
(Above): The dressing-room window is an example of a typical window installation in the timber framing.
(Above) Obscure (frosted) glass window in the bathroom.
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