The brickies returned for one day (yesterday) and finished off the inside walls. They also did a good tidy up, there were a lot of broken blocks, and little piles of cement. Now we are ready for the roof!

Two weeks work upstairs, the gable walls are well up, the windows almost complete at the front, and the final lift of blocks through the back wall was delivered yesterday.

Hopefully the incoming week will finish the work, weather allowing, the roof is ordered and should be ready in a week. The house should be sealed by Christmas.

One weeks work upstairs, and we are ready for cills at the front. An area around the bathroom has been left down at the back to allow more blocks to be lifted up when required.

The fireplace has also been completed along with the gable wall in the living room.

A little more progress - photos taken at lunchtime, so hopefully there will be a lot more progress by the weekend. The forecast for the rest of the week is fairly good. The brickies think that 2-3 weeks will complete it depending on weather.

You will notice a deteriation in the quality of the pictures - this is because most are now taken in poor lighting conditions. Unfortunately it is now pitch dark when I arrive home (5pm) as the first pic shows. The others were taken at 8am - they look a bit grainy because they are corrected for brightness.

At last the slabs have arrived, and 2 hours put them on. There are a couple of pics here, but follow the full progress here.

The brickies arrived back today, some more progress, and some internal walls.

This has been a week of slow progress, lots of rain and miserable weather. However they are now ready to put lintils on at the back, and another couple of days should see a lot of progress. Once the building is up to first floor level there will be a two week delay while the concrete slabs are made. The company has to come out and measure, and then make them as they won't trust drawings!

For the most of the morning it rained, so progress was slow.

Today turned out to be a milder, calmer, drier day. Some sills are set, others ready to be set - hopefully it will be good again tomorrow.

The brickwork has started, and the weather has changed. Over the weekend we saw gale force winds, and persistant rain. Hopefully this is not the pattern for the winter...