Finally we have the ground floor slabs on. They were lifted in yesterday, and another stage of the house is completed. It also helps us to get the real size of the rooms on this floor and many of these are the key rooms in the house as the most used. The added height of the ceiling (to make up for the step in the kitchen) is evident when you walk in, below the floor to ceiling height is not too far off 3.5 meters, this will come down by 400mm with floor and suspended ceiling. We can also start thinking of things such as kitchen layouts and other significant rooms that will effect parts of the build such as underfloor heating. We're still a good 3 weeks behind where I wanted to be, so the race is on to get weather tight - something I'm clearly obsessed with at the moment. The back rooms now seem dark - the concrete blocks don't reflect any light and we're used to having full daylight all over the rooms.
Window quotes still continue to come in. There is a range of quotes as you'd expect from a number of companies with products that appear similar. Some of the things I'm looking for are U-values (performance on insulation) and security - the first is important for us as we're at the edge of the heating system capability and anything we can claw back and save brings us closer to being able to work as is without adding extra heat pumps. The question will be how much of a premium that is worth, you spend pounds to save pennies over 20 years or so. Once that is resolved, then the next phases are pretty much lined up to the point where we can think of starting the interior fit out.
Finally the perspective picture view with these slabs on and the steel frame completed on the front windows.
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