Road Trip, Stone Masons, and the Log Burner – Part 17.2

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• Getting the Electricity Connected – Megan Miln
  We left for holidays with our electricity connection unresolved. We had signed up with a supplier and were waiting for the electricity network to connect us up. It was supposed to take 8 to 10 days, but two weeks later, we’d had no news.
• Electricity and Final Concrete Pour
  The electricity has been turned on and the final layer of concrete has been poured on the floor. The internal floor of the house is at the correct level and we can turn on and off lights.
• An Unwelcome Lack of Progress
  For the first time since building began, there has been almost no progress on-site. The electricity connection has progressed but is not complete. No sign of the expected underfloor heating or next layer of insulation.
• Plumbing, Pipes, Burners, and Tiles
  The pipes across the floor trouble the tiler and we change our minds on tiles in the bathroom.
• Transformed – Megan Miln
  For almost 3 months, bags of render have been sitting in front of the house, and every visit we have wondered whether it would be done. It had been there for so long that I had given up on it happening until after winter when the weather improves.