Our Journey North of the Border

What's the slightly blue / purple tinted plasterboard? or is that just a trick of the light?

19 minutes ago, ProDave said:

What's the slightly blue / purple tinted plasterboard? or is that just a trick of the light?

 

No trick of the light - the blue plaster boards have sound proofing qualities - they certainly have something as they weigh 6kg more than the standard white boards. The blue ones have been used for the ceilings and partition walls. The standard white ones for everywhere else. Not something we stipulated - it was supplied by the TF manufacturer.

As always it looks fantastic and super clean but what on earth is that big dividing line in the front stonework! . Please don’t take offence I am sure there is a rational explanation (expansion gap) but as a guy who has worked stone most of his life I am a little shocked ! Maybe I need to read earlier bogs to find out what’s going on. As i said it all looks amazing but I am baffled by that joint.. the family are away and I had a very very rare glass of wine so maybe it’s me overreacting on alcohol. 

If you don’t mind me asking how long did it take for all your insulating and plasterboarding upstairs?

30 minutes ago, Cpd said:

As always it looks fantastic and super clean but what on earth is that big dividing line in the front stonework! . Please don’t take offence I am sure there is a rational explanation (expansion gap) but as a guy who has worked stone most of his life I am a little shocked ! Maybe I need to read earlier bogs to find out what’s going on. As i said it all looks amazing but I am baffled by that joint.. the family are away and I had a very very rare glass of wine so maybe it’s me overreacting on alcohol. 

 

Ha - relax and enjoy the glass of red. Well spotted mind. Yes it is a movement joint which is necessary I am informed. We had discussions about these and they have been positioned in certain places for a reason. The one you have identified will be "hidden" from view by an oak frame porch which will hopefully be erected and attached mid Sept. The ones at the rear ties in with a down pipe an the others have been positioned in corners as to disguise them better.

7 minutes ago, Christine Walker said:

If you don’t mind me asking how long did it take for all your insulating and plasterboarding upstairs?

 

I did the "loose fit"  insulation and I suppose it took me 5 - 6 days -  a steady pace with plenty of tea breaks ! The plaster boarding upstairs took two guys probably two weeks [10 - 12 days maybe] and they have managed the downstairs in a week due to the nature of the rooms -  fewer angles and corners than upstairs I suppose.

Phew ! I thought it was an expansion gap but was shocked at how obvious it was ! Great to see you have a plan to hide them. It really does look great ! What sort of guttering are you going for ?  I recently got some plastic “fake cast iron “ and a blind man on a galloping horse would not be able to tell it was not the real thing .....  in all fairness it’s actually quite good and a hell of a lot cheaper than cast..... but......    

@Cpd we have gone with Lindlab - a  precoated galvanized steel product.  One section has already had to be replaced as it proved not to be "scaffolder" proof after he decided to swing a long pole into it when dismantling the scaffold!! ?

Love it

Very nice, love the stone and slate.

Looking wonderful!