Waiting for render

Well nothing happened Friday and today. Was not expecting anything on Friday but had hoped that they would deliver sand for the render but alas it was not to be. Still there was someone at the house today as they water house from the meter to the house was disconnected. Apart from that nothing else appears to have happened.
Waiting for tomorrow.

Roof tiling done

Roof tiling done. Well all the tiles have been put onto the roof and laid. Just need to tidy up and install the grout ("pointing" is the term I think)

Front portico
Roof space

Colour match

Tidy valley cuts

Pile of scrap

Roof tiling started!

Well the sparky finished today. Must have been a pain for him putting all those switches and light points in. He has done a really neat and tidy job so we are happy that he took his time to do this job. All the external lights and power points are now run and also the phone cable. The phone cable has been run to the corner of the house however the phone trench ends in the porch!! I assume they will run a new trench to the corner of the house.

The roof tilers turned up sometime mid morning as they would not have worked with the electrician still inside. Anyway they got a lot more done that expected. I guess having six guys makes the job move quicker. Also first time I have seen hard hats worn on a domestic house construction site!

Load centre in garage with powerpoint beneath
Rear view

Looking up at the roof tiles

Light point outside laundry

Kitchen from games room

Roof tilers hard at work (notice the hard hats and extensive signage)

Garage light points

Roof tile colour

Electrical Day 6 and Plumbing Day 5

Yes, we are up to a week for both trades. They are really working hard but I think we added too many lights and switches and power points and data points and TV points. :)
The plumber has now finished and left the house water connected and turned on. I think this is to check that there is no leaks in the connections. The gas is also now finished. Bec does not like the grey mortar used by the plumber on the alfresco point but I think this will be covered up by the bayonet fitting.
The electrical is likely to be finished tomorrow. All the lights have been run and all the connections have been tidied up and put into boxes. Most of the power points have been done. He has run the telephone line from the study to the main bed corner however the conduit has been run to the garage corner (where the load centre is located).

Electrical getting there...

Stove hob and fridge recess

Plumber has mortared all the plumbing

Outside tap

Gas bayonet in alfresco - note the grey mortor used by the plumber

Hot water piping

Water connected and left on!

More electrical and plumbing

More work by the plumber and electrician today. The plumber seems to have finished now. He also installed the copper gas pipes. Looks like a 25mm incoming so per the specifications (19mm minimum). The sparky still have quite a lot to do though. Even though a lot of the light switches were added today, it looks like he still has a couple more solid days to go. Didn't notice any of the holes drilled for the external lights yet. Photos to come tomorrow.

Roof tiles delivered! Photos

OK so here are the photos from Friday. A lot of progress so don't know where to start. Electrical chasing now complete - they had to come back for the ones they missed and to change a couple. Plumbing day 2 and a lot of the chasing is now done. Holes drilled for the external taps so now we have a good idea of their location. They have put them through from the internal wall. They have chased on our front bedroom wall and down through the footings at two locations. Took us a while to figure what these were for but we believe that one is for the incoming water and one for the incoming gas. Kinda makes sense.
Also the roof tiles and battens were delivered! So the SS was dead on when he said 9th October a couple of weeks ago when we met him.
Also drove past the block today (Saturday) and the plumber was working! He worked the whole day as he was still there at 4pm!

Roof tiles delivered!

Couldn't get photos today as they were still!! working at 4:30. What are they doing working this late on a Friday! Anyway the roof tiles have been delivered.
The plumber was working hard so hopefully they have finished. Photos to come tomorrow.