More cladding

Finally, almost all the cladding is on...

We've also got doors! But unfortunately we're not 100% happy with the result. They don't line up properly. Have already spoken to Nordhus about it, and as always, they have been very accommodating and are looking into it.

Other things on the agenda:

- Inside staircase. Met with them today and we measured everything, but will have to do the final measures once the floor is in. There had also been a little misunderstanding regarding design (and price), which is now sorted with both parties happy.
- The heating pump will be delivered next week!
- Argued with Schenker on the phone who wants more money to deliver our wooden floor... That is not going to happen! Update to follow...
- Did a revised order for floor heating stuff, so that Westcon can finalise it.
- Toilets have arrived from Germany today!
- Will pick up 'wet proofing' materials from a friend tomorrow. Will get on the case this weekend and also paint the last bits of the outside of house!

Next week:
- Bottom layer of concrete floor, downstairs, to go down on Friday!
- More skimming of walls (spackling)
- Painting (?!!)
- Laying wooden floor next weekend
- etc. etc. etc.

With a little help from our friends...

...Petra, Kim, Cissi and Henrik, at the weekend, we managed to shift a HUGE pile of rubbish (it was half way up the pine!) and take it to the recycling place. Filled the lorry up twice. The girls also did a bit of painting, and the boys helped out with the water pump (which had broken for the third time, but not really cause we managed to connect it and then it worked again...)

THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your help! We're very grateful! It gave us the energy to stay and finish off the floor heating (meaning Matt spent 14 hours at the house on Saturday... new record?)

Oh, and me and Petra took a morning trip to Hornbach and bought ten (10) inside doors too...

Also, the living room window is in! It is big! And lovely!

Under floor heating

Right, so we've finished the under floor heating! Last weekend. Matt did most of it actually, I was helping as best as I could, but he did a brilliant job, and it looks very professional! Fingers crossed it works professionally too...

The other pic just shows work-in-progress really...

Matt just sent me this...

... the cladding finally going up on the back! Whohoo! The builders have put focus on the inside but is now also finalising the outside. Looking good! Matt's out there being the top man - making tracks for the underfloor heating with a funny looking machine. At the weekend we'll be spending lots of time out there to put the piping down. Fingers crossed.

And more pics to come from progress inside!

Update

It's been a while... Been so extremely busy, but here's the current status:

- All windows are in apart from the large window wall in living room. That is going in next week after they have removed the lift used to put the ceiling plaster boards in place.
- All ceilings downstairs now have plasterboard
- The electricians have made progress, more is needed, will come shortly!
- Inside walls have gone up!
- Matt's friend Paul has started with the skimming of the walls (spackling)
- Danne will come and help us with the painting, bless him!
- Matt and myself to start putting underfloor heating down at weekend.
- Floorboards for upstairs will be ordered
- We've found really nice wash basins for the bathrooms which we'll order
- Matt's looking into marble work top for kitchen
- I am ordering toilets (yep that also has to be done)
- we'll be ordering the new kick-ass heating pump from Nibe, called Nibe Split
- we won't be in by end of october, but HAVE to be in by the weekend after... fingers crossed everybody!