Aberdour House, Fife, Progress - updated 31st August 2011
31st August 2011 - Master bedroom looking into stair well
31st August 2011 - new bedroom
31st August 2011 - original bedrooms being redecorated
31st August 2011 - rooflight to Granny flat kitchen
31st August 2011 -new back porch
31st August 2011 - Glazing to west extension
31st August 2011 - view from the road
31st August 2011 - Outside the master bedroom
31st August 2011 - Master bedroom now fully glazed
31st August 2011 - Box room turning into bathroom
17th August 2011 - New glazing into one of the first floor bedrooms
17th August 2011
17th August 2011 - New steps in front of the extension
9th August 2011 - New glazed lantern over stair
9th August 2011
27th July 2011 - New stonework
29th June 2011 - New plasterboard in bedroom
15th June 2011 - the lower roof that will be covered in sedum blanket, also now fully watertight.
15th June 2011 - the upper roof which will be covered in sedum blanket - now insulated and waterproofed
15th June 2011 - bedroom and bathroom spaces being formed - glazed clerestorey to the left.
7th June 2011 - lower retaining walls under construction
7th June 2011 - insulation and services going in.
7th June 2011 - upper roof membranes being laid.
7th June 2011 - first layer in the sedum covered roof build-up. Lower roof
1st June 2011 - concerete roof being poured over some sub-teranean utility spaces. This will become a small paved terrace outside the master bedroom.
1st June 2011 - where the new roof will be grafted into the old
1st June 2011 - inside one of the future first floor bedrooms
1st June 2011 - wall panels at first floor with gap above that will become a glazed clerestorey
18th May 2011 - roof carcassing and framing
4th May 2011 - roof steels installed
4th May 2011 - roof steels for the back extension
4th May 2011 - rafters going up
26th April 2011 - back utility areas framed out
26th April 2011 - first floor joists being installed
15th April 2011 - view from the side extension
15th April 2011 - The future kitchen area
15th April 2011 - part of the first floor structure to the two-storey extension
15th April 2011 - timber for the lower roof and walls has been installed
28th March 2011 - tanking system is being put in
28th March 2011 - waiting for the slab
9th March 2011 - steel for west extension goes up
9th March 2011 - steel around new stair goes in
10th Feb 2011 - the back of the original house
10th Feb 2011 - work to the upper retaining walls
15th Dec - the back wall of the house has been taken down completely and excavations at the upper terrace level started. A tentative restart after being clobbered by two weeks of snow and ice, but more may be on the way.
23rd Nov - view from road, before the snow arrives.
23rd Nov - new retaining wall grows
23rd Nov - back lean-to completely removed.
23rd Nov - new retaining wall to hold back the broken scree slope. This wall is about 90cm thick at its base and tapers as it goes up.
On site 23rd Nov - the back part of the roof taken down and made safe.
On site 15th Nov - the original stair well is dismantled.
On site 8th November- excavations into the bank for the west extension.
On site 8th November - excavations into the bank for the west extension.
On site 4th November - internal propping in the original bedrooms. The new extension will be tied in along this line.
On site 4th November - digging starts.
On site 27th October - original lean-to's are removed.
On site 27th October - the existing floors are propped in preparation for taking the back wall of the existing house down.
On site 27th October - the back lean-to is stripped back
