It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

WEEK 8 - Steel's up


The lift is back in action and the steel beams have been successfully installed. Having been given a coat of red oxide paint, the structure now looks like that famous Victorian engineering masterpiece, the Forth Rail Bridge!

During the day, the floor insulation layer in the utility has been fitted and a truck-load of timber, for the first floor frame, has been delivered.

posted by Hard hatter at 23:34