April 17th report

This might be best read by clicking through the link to the blog itself.

After horrendous wind and rain on Monday, it looks like there will be no work on site this week. This snap, from the road, shows the house at a key stage.

The next step for the extension is to get the roof on. For the original structure, the next step is to break into the roof line to extend the first floor window apertures to their full size. This is the bit that the builder has been hesitant to do and we had to get a structural engineer in to certify that it was safe to do it.
The snap below is a view of the first floor of the original structure. On the right you can see the windows that need to be enlarged into the line of the roof.

The aperture on the left will be made into a doorway that will lead in to the new rear extension, in to a space we will use as a pantry and then on in to a utility / plant room. From this point of view, I am standing where we intend to put the dining table and the kitchen will be (largely) on the back wall.  For the snap below I now have my back to that back wall and looking to where I was standing for the snap above.
Now, on the left are the windows to be enlarged into the roof line. The aperture on the right will be expanded and this is, approximately, where the stairs will rise from the ground floor.

By the side of the blue sheeting you can see the start of demolishing part of the wall to create the connection between the old and the new - the way to the new living room.

A glimpse through the part demolished wall into the living room in prospect.

One final snap for this message. I am not sure why we did not realise this before, as it has been part of the plan from the start, but we have an unanticipated view.

This is the window in the back of the new living room, we didn't think through that we would have a view as good as this.  I think that this was partly because, in our mind's eye, the window was going to be higher up the wall and be more like a letterbox. As it is, we are delighted - hope the neighbours are as well.