This week the house had it’s first étanchité (air seal) test, which was fine for the 1st test, but resulted in lots more work on sealing the plaster boarding throughout, before the artisan starts on Monday on the final wall & ceiling finishes in the “guest wing”.
The British will see that it’s a very different system for plaster board, but it works well. Our previous house was done in exactly the same way.
The outside is also progressing well, with the 2nd gable end almost finished, after which the roof can then be completed.
The house front facade is well on its way to being done & then there’s just the rear of the house to complete.
The guys doing the stonework are excellent!
We’ll be finishing the interior step by step whilst the builder will be starting on all the external earthworks, filling in all around the house, grading the site, fitting the drive/parking areas etc.
Before long all of the heaps of spoil will be distributed to raise up the land to the house level, with hopefully some stones left over to build some walls.
There’s also a water ‘sack” of 15,000 litres (15 cubic metres) to go in the back garden. Water’s very important here as the summers get hotter & drier. Even today the temp is over 30°c & it’s forecast to continue well into October. It’s not easy on the team working outside.
The flow chart for finishing is interesting these days!