1. We got an even bigger digger on site to cope with the final positioning of massive boulders onto the banking
2. We got rid of the huge pile of topsoil from The Sidings driveway. Part went onto the top of the embankment by the summer house and the remainder went off site temporarily by lorry to return as infill for the boulder rockery.
3. We dug almost down to bedrock to enable us to get the levels right for laying three important pipes - incoming water, sewage and harvested rainwater.
4. Gordon Beresford of Beresfords of Skipton visited and assessed the roof along with Hopley's Steve Lawson and were able to agree that Hopleys would get the roof ready for Beresfords forthwith. We could therefore get a finished roof next week, weather being kind to us of course.
5. Inside, the impressive stud walls were being finalised.
6. Bob the Building Inspector visited and lo, he was pleased. He was able to offer sound advice on heating. We had already decided that it would be all electric but we had been thinking about a three phase water heater capable of heating and filling a bath in quick time. A sort of 400 volt electric equivalent of a gas combi-boiler. The more I had read online about these the more doubtful I had become on grounds of cost, reliability and actual functionality. Few houses have three phase electricity but Bob the BI had experience of these devices. He agreed with my conclusion. We shall have a standard unvented insulated immersion heated water tank. We shall also have standard oil-filled low powered room radiators with thermostats and timers, running from ordinary 13 amp sockets. Keep it simple.
7. Pat and I went to The Talbot for a splendid birthday (for me) lunch.
This project has been running for about as long as Brexit, one way and another. Big difference seems to be that we could have a watertight result by 31st October.
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