So big week we had a dead line to beat the return of the batman which was Monday 21 March. Started the week with almost no ceilings having removed most of the old one last week, a mixture of plasterboard, fibreboard and lathe and plaster or a combination of these! It was most frustrating to take down the fibre board as it broke into handful size lumps far to easily, thankfully wearing a mask and goggles did the job of keeping most of the bat crap and years of dust from entering my system! Tuesday came and so did the materials, also a local builder came to the rescue. He was able to supply two guys who worked through to Friday and did a fabulous job of putting up the new ceiling, membrane, boards and insulation. I helped out getting down the remains of the old ceiling, passing stuff up to them and holding things at the right time! During the week I also removed the wooden platform and seating, very carefully of course, so it can be repaired and reused in the Chapel later on. Took countless photos to aid the rebuild process, I only hope they are of the right things when it comes to it! The application for drains went in this week also and I had to work out the best route, falls and number of inspection chambers to build. I'm a bit worried about the falls as they could be very steep which is not too good, but lets see what the building inspector thinks. We have now been added to the mail data base so we should show up as having a post code soon (10 days) this will make life much easier as we show up on delivery systems and most importantly utility company lists, all this makes ordering anything a simple process as opposed to the pain in the ass it is now. Motto get a post code for your property before you do anything else! So we have a new ceiling, fully insulated with 200mm Celotex on the slopes and 300mm Earthwool across the horizontal. Under that a vapour barrier and finally woodwool boards ready for lime plaster later. Most importantly we beat the return of the bats and the batman and I await them both with interest! Onwards to next week should it be floors, walls or drains?
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