Lofty Aspirations
A week into the loft build and we were off skiing - a very good time to leave as large sections of the roof were being removed and lots of sawing and general noisiness was happening in our absence. We drove down in the new car which was a fun road trip, as you can see from the picture, 4 wheel drive was a bonus in the resort... For the automotive engineers amongst our readers, the Subaru passed a -10degC cold start test on the Sunday morning of our return.
Here is a picture of our ski gang. We were 8 lots of DINKYs that formed the group (Double Income No Kids Yet), obviously we have limited time left as DINKYs! Observe the rosy faces from the Alpine sun, nothing to do with copious amounts of cheap and cheerful chalet wine!
After a week in the Alps we were keen to get home and see how work on the loft was progressing. I'm pleased to say that very well was the answer.
The dormer was largely finished, just needing tiles and windows. The purlin wall is built and most of the internal studwork and joists are in place. By the end of the 3rd week we will have windows and a staircase, to quote from TopGun - our builders "feel the need, feel the need for speed".
Sunday saw the first unleashing of my new plastering trowel. Photo to follow when I am around in the daylight to take a picture!
posted by Ali & Dave @ 9:44 pm
2 Comments:
Whoah guys! I am impressed. Not only are you so organised that you make loads of progress while you're there, but you manage to pull off the same trick while out skiing and boozing in another country. I look forward to further installments!
Great to see progress and lots of photos.
It must be a bit like 3 dimensional chess and simultaneous juggling to keep all the different projects on the go.
The pipe saga sounds a bit scary. Hope we don't hear a bang!
Looking forward to seeing it all in the flesh.
Perhaps you could start keeping a hamster for a use for all that sawdust.
M & P
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