With the building now completely weathertight, work on the second fix and internal fit-out is marching on. I’m generally on site two or three times a week, and progress is tangible every visit. For instance, the decorators have now mist-coated most of the house in a durable Dulux Trade matt emulsion, which instantly creates a better feeling of light and space than bare plaster. And we’re now getting down to nitty gritty details like installing the pre-primed MDF skirting boards (we’ve gone with Howdens Burford range). Here’s a round-up of some of the major interior elements we’ve been progressing:
Installing the island unit’s waterfall-effect Caesarstone White Attica quartz. The central cut-out is for our induction hob, which will be fitted with a recirculating downdraft extractor hidden underneath
With the building now completely weathertight, work on the second fix and internal fit-out is marching on. I’m generally on site two or three times a week, and progress is tangible every visit. For instance, the decorators have now mist-coated most of the house in a durable Dulux Trade matt emulsion, which instantly creates a better feeling of light and space than bare plaster. And we’re now getting down to nitty gritty details like installing the pre-primed MDF skirting boards (we’ve gone with Howdens Burford range). Here’s a round-up of some of the major interior elements we’ve been progressing:
Installing the kitchen worktops
I mentioned last month that I picked up a few valuable tips when Tim Rotherham from The Granite House first came on site to (try to) template for the quartz worksurfaces in our Linear kitchen from Howdens. For instance, we had our undermounted sink and three-way Kinetico kitchen tap (which will give us hot, cold and filtered water on demand) available on site. But we hadn’t realised the sink needed to be pre-fitted before measuring up to ensure everything will fit. Thankfully, the worktops aren’t really holding anything else up, so there was room in our schedule to accommodate the slight delay before we could confirm the worktop order.