Stairs

While we disappeared for a short holiday, Andy and Mike were mostly redeployed at another big job the firm is working on down at Ocean Village, but they still had time to lay the floor and put in the ceiling joists over a couple of days. So when we got back we were straight up that ladder and examining progress.

It's so good to be able to wander around freely up there 

From the gable towards where the bed will be

Ian with one foot in the dressing-room and one in the bathroom

Over the weekend, we were up and down that ladder several times, trying to work out where we want the partition walls and where the bathroom fixtures will best fit.  Still not really worked that out, although we did make a useful trip to City Plumbing in Millbrook on Saturday.

This morning, Andy and Mike were on the doorstep bright and early, and Andy spent some time talking through the positioning of the walls, Velux windows and radiators with me and Ian before the stairs were delivered and Ian headed off for work. 

stair bits

Dust sheets went down on the landing, the stairs and the hall floor. Then came lots of noise as they sawed through the stairwell ceiling. By the time the chaps stopped for their lunch, the stairs were beginning their ascent....

At about 4.15, Andy tapped on the dining-room door and asked to borrow me for a moment. He wanted me to be the guinea-pig! 

All the way to the top! (Hurray! No more ladder!)