The windows and doors have now been installed and are looking good.They arrived from Ling Joinery in Penrith already in their finished state with light natural wood on the inside and blue-grey aluminium cladding on the outside to protect them from the coastal weather. The new extension will be faced with cedar cladding and the first section has just been started around the living room windows. It smells really good. The master bedroom on the right is faced with brick that will be covered with render then painted to match the finish of the original cottage. Work is also under way on the lead flashing on the roof. You can see some of the lead gully work and the roof edging that has already been done. The roof slating will start when the lead work and the zinc roof over the sun room have been completed.
We decided to add a bit of colour to the overall design by choosing fairly bright red doors for the main entrance door and the door to the entrance porch on the south side of the original cottage. The door wall will be faced with cedar wood cladding. The brick wall is the outside of the kitchen. It will be rendered and painted in the same way as the the master bedroom. There will be a zinc porch roof attached along the edge of the main roof above the red door where there is a gap in the green Roofshield membrane.
Here’s the inside of the lounge. The big window will slide open to give access to the patio. The final floor level will be up to the bottom of the windows once the insulation, under floor heating and wood flooring have been installed.

Meanwhile, back at the building site the roof is now fully boarded and covered with bright green Roofshield membrane. The new back porch is now built and looking good. The windows, cedar cladding, roof slates and the component parts for the outside shed are all on site and just waiting for the next team from the builders to get things moving again.