More good progress

Even when your intrepid correspondent sometimes fails to update the blog, the work does continue. Even when it sometimes gets a bit wet. Did I mention it's been raining a bit? Wettest quarters in over a decade? Oh, I did...

A major achievement this last fortnight has been the garage and loft above. Both now look like rooms at last, rather than just a gap in the walls, and both have (most of) a roof. It also provides the second last wall on the internal courtyard.




The garage has a delightfully high roof. There'll be some steps up to the doorway onto the courtyard, a folding (loft) ladder into the... loft, and also a trapdoor into the loft for anything a little larger or awkward, with a little winch/pulley above it to help lift things.

From the loft you can see the roof-deck starting to appear in full size. Yes, it's strong enough to hold a spa. If we ever want to do that...



The skylight/solar chimney is now mostly boxed in.



Inside, more of the joinery is done, and placed into position. The closest box will be the laundry, hence the pipes and cables going into it.



Apart from the garage wall and some piers, the brickies have been busy filling in lots of the gaps around the windows, including the challenging circular window. This will all be rendered and painted, hiding the bricks.



More of the plaster sheeting is up inside, making the rooms look a lot cleaner, with a nice flat ceiling at last.


The circular window is now properly wrapped.



Perhaps there's been a little too much plastering work, or plastering-under-the-influence. I'm sure we had a window right here....



I'm told it's still there, and we'll see it again. One day...