Although this room looks full of stuff, it is now drywalled.
Here I am facing the front of the house. Above is the large skylight/
velux
that will be cut out very shortly. They are waiting for the roofer
before doing this because the lead flashing has to go on first. The
cubby
in the lower left is our eaves storage and on the right the light is
coming from our little sitting space (ideal for kids visiting).
You can see facing the back and the hallway where the bathroom door is to the right when you walk into the hall.
The little sitting/reading nook. I will have to make a big comfy floor cushion for that area.
The shower room. I think our plumber is going to finish this room off when he plumbs the whole thing.
Looking
down our soon-to-be stairwell. The floor is being cut out tomorrow and
will descend in line with the stairs below. The skylight in our roof
that will light this area has yet to be cut out, as you can see.
A view from the loft room looking towards the future hall and staircase. You can see the original brick party wall.
We
arrived home one day to find part of our banister missing. This bit
will be cut out anyway as the new staircase will come down here. It
took us awhile to figure out that this is the piece that is taken to
the company who make the spindles and banisters. They will make a match
for our original spindles and hand rail that don't
exist in stores
anymore. Our existing end posts are very 60's style. We asked to have made an
original design copied from a friend's house who just used
the same company to build their loft. They should have the design
already on file as a result.
This
is the middle floor looking towards the front of the house. Soon the
stairs will come down at the far end. Because regulation states you
need a 2 metre head space between the stairs below and the ones coming
from the loft they will have to shift the upper stairs forward into the
small room. This means the wall ahead of you (the blue one) will have
to be shifted into the room about 6 inches to
accommodate the staircase.
Although this room looks full of stuff, it is now drywalled.
Here I am facing the front of the house. Above is the large skylight/velux
that will be cut out very shortly. They are waiting for the roofer
before doing this because the lead flashing has to go on first. The cubby
in the lower left is our eaves storage and on the right the light is
coming from our little sitting space (ideal for kids visiting).
You can see facing the back and the hallway where the bathroom door is to the right when you walk into the hall.
The little sitting/reading nook. I will have to make a big comfy floor cushion for that area.
The shower room. I think our plumber is going to finish this room off when he plumbs the whole thing.
Looking
down our soon-to-be stairwell. The floor is being cut out tomorrow and
will descend in line with the stairs below. The skylight in our roof
that will light this area has yet to be cut out, as you can see.
A view from the loft room looking towards the future hall and staircase. You can see the original brick party wall.
We
arrived home one day to find part of our banister missing. This bit
will be cut out anyway as the new staircase will come down here. It
took us awhile to figure out that this is the piece that is taken to
the company who make the spindles and banisters. They will make a match
for our original spindles and hand rail that don't exist in stores
anymore. Our existing end posts are very 60's style. We asked to have made an
original design copied from a friend's house who just used
the same company to build their loft. They should have the design
already on file as a result.
This
is the middle floor looking towards the front of the house. Soon the
stairs will come down at the far end. Because regulation states you
need a 2 metre head space between the stairs below and the ones coming
from the loft they will have to shift the upper stairs forward into the
small room. This means the wall ahead of you (the blue one) will have
to be shifted into the room about 6 inches to accommodate the staircase.
Coming together nicely!!
ReplyDeleteHey Michal and Nigel, will you be leaving the bricks exposed at the party wall adjacent to the new stairs?
ReplyDeleteGeo
I would love to, but it is a bigger job than one thinks. The bricks up close are wonky and in poor shape. You would have to scrape out the mortar and repoint it. Our builder said a lot of people ask if there is something they can put on to fix it and leave it as is. I think the answer was no.
ReplyDeletePlastering the wall is much cheaper. Too bad.