A second week of work

We are still keeping our expectations on build progress at a low level but we have seen work happening every day this past week. Importantly they have progressed the two key issues that have delayed things.

Here is the first - the creation of three window opening in the roof line at the front of the original house.

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The key to this was to create windows that you could look through while standing. The second picture gives a hint of the reason and result. You can just about make out the view of the Three Sisters through the scaffolding. Before the change you would have to be sitting down or crouching to get this view.

The second "roof problem" was the need to connect the new extension to the roof of the original building. Again this needed to be done to create a full height doorway from the kitchen area to the pantry and utility room.

The the first picture below shows the progress on this from the outside  and the second shows it from the inside.

Still plenty to do. The wall level of the original house needs to be built up to join the new flat roof. The aperture to the front right of the photo is where the new staircase will arrive into the dining / kitchen area. As you look into the picture three walls will go up. The first, furthest from the point of view will create the pantry. The second, moving towards the point of view will create the utility room that will be accessed via the pantry. The third wall will span the new extension from front to back - joining the new at the edge of the top of the stairs. The room created by this will be the upstairs WC. You can make out the apertures in the roof that are for three skylights, one on the pantry, one in the WC, and - the nearest one is over the staircase.

Last - now getting a sense of the form of the  house, first from the Dun Quin side

 Second from across the road. 

Cheers