Getting stuck back in.

Good evening friends
Well, after the delightful little interlude of the previous post, today saw me getting back to dust and grime.
This morning I had a good long site meeting to develop a plan of action for the next few weeks which culminated as it usually does with ordering a bunch of materials and my bank balance taking a battering....

This evening I thought I'd just share a bit of a roundup of the progress made.
First up, the doorway from the kitchen to the utility has been moved. This turned out to be a more complicated process than hoped though we weren't prepared to not move it as it makes a big (positive) difference to the kitchen space

 So, what was so complicating about it you ask. Well the thickness of the wall and the fact that it is load bearing was an issue. We had to use four lintels to support the opening. Then the fact that we had to support the whole wall from down on the cellar stairs as the floor is not structurally strong enough to carry the weight. So the whole job had to be done slowly and carefully and time of course means money!
It also didn't help that when  knocking out the wall for the opening the builder discovered that there was a chimney flue there too which created some complications too.  Thankfully it is all sorted now.

We also had the opportunity to create an alcove in the new wall to "hide" the  electric meter and board which I am happy about.

Now that the kitchen sink unit and plaster has been removed you can clearly see where the original doorway was which was turned into one of the windows. Yet another snapshot of the past.

Doing all this has naturally created yet another pile of rubble.......

Moving upstairs the massive bathroom window has been reduced down to a  more practical size to allow us to add a shower

The new wiring is going in now too, at least now we are going from one plug per room to between six to eight as well as usb plugs so we should have enough lol!

Still a very long road ahead but it's important to get it right because we definitely don't intend to do it again .....
Tomorrow I am back to chipping some more plaster off the walls and then preparing some walls ready for the next stage. Wish me luck.
Take care.