Flooring, and a bit of tiling

I want to keep the space bright and use strong contrasting colours for the furnishings.

I chose a hardwood flooring with a slight white sheen in the varnish. You see the sheen if you look at a low angle. 

But it's less obvious looking down on the wood.  I'm assured that with this varnish the colour will not tan with age.

The brown layer is soundproofing underlay. In total, this floor has:-

• A layer of wire netting supporting 6" of glass fibre insulation;
• A 1" layer of plywood flooring
• A 3/4" layer of sound-proofing foam
• A 3/4" layer of chipboard
• Another 3/4" layer of sound-proofing foam
• A 16mm layer of hardwood floor.

The club sandwich alone is about 4" thick!

The flooring was made by Kahrs. It has a nifty woodloc system. The planks have hook shaped edges which latch together.  No glue.  This whole hardwood floor was laid in less than a day.

The step into the Snug has a nose glued on. It's flush.

 Once laid, the floor was covered with protective surface.

Heck! There's a box left over!

The shower room tiling is moving ahead. the alcove will contain the basin.

The right hand side is the shower space, the left hand side is for the toilet. I chose "brick wall" style of tiling pattern rather than straight lines.

Opening the Stairwell, and a New Sash Window

The guys did a fairly good job of preventing dust going everywhere. 

Oops. The cupboard has gone.

Looking down on the hallway ceiling, lath and plaster...

It's almost pretty.

And then there was a great big hole.

Looking up, new ceiling and a velux rooflight to brighten the hallway.  These houses originally had a rooflight here, but for some daft reason, mine was removed many years ago.
The funny sticking-out bit that seems to hang in the air contains the new wash basin.

Viktor removes the old sash window.

And in goes the new sash double glazed window, worth gazoogles of pounds.

Costa.

Final plastering, and 1st fix plumbing

Storage cubby hole 1

Storage cubby hole 2, also the route into the rear loft.

Storage cubby hole 3

The Snug. Still don't know what to do with it.  Maybe install a clothes rail.

A quick tour of the shower room: 

Looking through the door, we have an alcove which will contain a basin, and the shower beyond it. Let's hope they don't forget to put a window in.

So, starting at the shower tray...

A closer view of the shower thingy.

Look right to the mixer tap above the basin...

Turn around to see... The cistern.

Look left to see the towel rail...

Back out of the door, a Velux window above the stairs... 

 Blimey.  It actually resembles a room. 

Shower room

This is the back of the shower room wall where the TV will be mounted. Two cables for satellite and HD, and one for old fashioned UHF TV signals. Then there's 3 cables for the audio-visual, and some mains power.

The other end of the audio visual cables will allow connection of iPods or MP3 players next to the bed. There's mains power for lights and a switch for the overhead lights. Blimey, it's a 3-star hotel!

The builders are finding the cubby hole very useful.

The inside of the shower wall has the shower control on it.

This is where the basin will go.  There will be a mirror above it.

The shower...

The concealed cistern...

The front "conservation" Velux is now installed.  The builders now enter the loft by climbing over the top of the roof and going through the dormers.

Plastering has started.

The cistern is mounted.

The wall is reinforced to allow me to mount a TV on it.

A good impression of the available head height...

The left hand chimney...

The "snug". What shall I do with this space? 

Front Velux...  Note the ventilation tile. The insulation is so tight the air gap has to be ventilated.

 Lead covering of the dormer, nearly done. That chimney still needs fixing.

 The hole where the chimney was has now been tiled.

 The top of the dormer has a layer of insulation between the lead and the wooden structure, which also has insulation between the wood beams. The thickness of the dormer roof indicates how much insulation this place has!

Velux roof light to the left, should give a nice view of the aerials.

Closing up for the weekend.