Cae Helygen Barn: Cae Helygen Barn September to December 2017

From September onwards we have been fixing insulated plasterboard to the ceilings and external stud walls.
Some of the rooms were really challenging as often the walls weren't square. Sometimes we made templates first to cut the plasterboard to.
Dylan our plasterer did most of the high ceilings in the living room, the larger bedroom and the dot and dab on the blockwork walls.
We also inserted some of the original rafters in the new ceilings.
The most challenging job was to sort out the window reveals, taking half a day each.
Sarah helped to board out the small bedroom and the downstairs bathroom- thanks.
We also had to fix the character oak door linings and window boards.
Work and a 12 day trek to Everest Base Camp got in the way of progress in October!
After we came back I sorted out the the internal reveals to the bi fold door. I used anthracite barge board which has a 90 degree angle which covered the steelwork which buts up to the windows.
The limestone floor arrived after a lot of faff and we have paid the kitchen floor- it took 4 of us a day to lay the floor and another day to grout and clean the floor.
I have started to plumb the bathroom, we are using cement board as a backer for the tiles in the shower, they needed stainless steel screws.
Before Xmas Dylan the plasterer came back for a week and finished off the living room, 2 bedrooms and corridor. Just the downstairs bathroom and loft room and bathroom to go.
Over Xmas we built the internal gable framework in the loft, and built the loft bathroom, blocked up the gable end doorway and made the plinth for the air source heat pump which is going in in the new year.
See the pictures of where we are up to, sorry in no particular order..

Loft gable end stud work- 3x2 backed by breather membrane, 70mm insulation and then insulated plasterboard.

Jen filling the ladder with insulation

Messy job

Flashback to 2015 when I was making the foundation to the Bi -Fold

Template for difficult shapes

Sarah did a great job of the Vellux

Complicated shapes

Sarah's artwork

More shapes

Window reveals- battened out top bottom and then sides

Finished job with window board in

Dot and Dab

Jen spent a lot of time cleaning the kitchen wall

The pervious day we sealed the floor with primer G.

Laying the kitchen floor - Sarah working with me the pattern is called queens- we bought a special trowel but ended up just using a £5 plastic spreader. Mixing the flexible adhesive was important to get the mix right- not too sloppy and not too stiff.