Week 5 saw the floorboards and first of the insulation go in.

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This week the stairs went in. For a few nights we had no insulation, and our bedroom was cold! We lost part of the bedroom for the stairs, luckily only a very small part was needed. As well as the stairs, some more supports were put in for the walls. ,

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Roof web supports come out and floor joists go in.

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Steels for the loft conversion are put in place

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Pretty much the first job the builders did was build the dormer, which makes up the main part of the new bedroom. it’s 5m long with 2 small obscure glazed windows on the side – the main bedroom window is to the rear. They also started installing the larger wood supports that will eventually be…

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I have decided that the best use of the loft space is to have a 5 metre side dormer, which will create the main bedroom area. The ensuite will be within the non-dormer space to the front and the other room (probably office / spare room) will be the main side area (top in the drawing),…

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I have been rethinking my loft conversion and may build on the other side of my roof, with one large dormer running down the side of the house. This will not look so pretty from the street, but it will be set back and hardly visible due to the closeness of the houses. My roof…

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